Marveland Electronic Arts are officially announcing a “multi-title collaboration” for EA to develop three games based on establishedMarvelcharacters, including Iron Man. Marvel has been increasing its efforts to license its comic book superheroes, villains, and properties out for video game development.Marvel Snap,Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, and the upcomingMidnight Sunsare just a few examples. Marvel’s partnership with EA is one of its largest, albeit not exclusive, yet.
The partnership between Marvel and EA does not come as a significant surprise. In late September, EA and Marvel announced the development of a single-playerIron Mangame at Motive Studios, the team behind the upcomingDead Spaceremake. TheIron Manproject was confirmed to be early in development, so is unlikely to be released for years yet. EA also confirmed that more Marvel games would be developed in the future.
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In the latest update regarding Marvel and EA’s collaboration, the official total for upcoming games has been increased from justIron Manto three games in total. The two additional games have not had their titles confirmed, as yet. The only other details shared include confirmation that each game will focus on its own storyset in the Marvel universeand that they’re being developed for consoles and PC.
While Marvel and EA weren’t willing to share any further information about the three projects, there has been some secondary reporting on the subject. Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb shared on Twitter that he’s confirmed that the first two games will beIron Manand anunannouncedBlack Pantherproject.Black Pantheris said to be an open-world project being made by a newly-started EA studio in Seattle. TheBlack Panthergame’s codename is Project Ranier, and it’s being headed by ex-Monolith VP Kevin Stephens.
As for the third game, Grubb says that EA and Marvel actually haven’t decided what the game will be yet.EA and Marvelhave simply agreed that another game should be made, but the property it focuses on and the team that will develop it are still a mystery. Grubb also believes that this third project is “so far off that it could change a hundred times.”
It may be exciting to hear that Marvel and EA will be making multiple projects, but in terms of actual game news fans may be waiting quite a while for an update. Luckily, as noted, there are a lot of Marvel games currently in development, includingMarvel’s Spider-Man 2andMarvel World of Heroes, outside of EA that should be arriving in the next year or two. Expect plenty ofMarvelgame news from EA and elsewhere before long.
