After years of being referred to as simply Marvel Universe, Gazillion’s massively multiplayer superhero game finally has an official name. Unfortunately, it’s Marvel Heroes. How can a name featuring such a recognisable name sound so generic? More »
Marvel Universe, the upcoming massively multiplayer role-playing game based on the comics publisher’s roster of heroes and villains, will be free-to-play. That and many more details – the first for the game! – have been provided by PC Gamer. More »
It’s been announced today that Gazillion Entertainment, the people behind the upcoming Marvel MMO, have hired Blizzard veteran David Brevik to run the game’s development studio. More »
Once upon a time, Cryptic were working on Marvel Universe, an MMO based on the company’s comic book characters. It was, in 2007, canned. In 2009, though, it’s back.
The history of games based on Marvel characters is a patchy one at best, and that’s only with Spiderman 2 saving their collective bacon. Perhaps because of this storied history of ineptitude on the part of outside developers, perhaps because the rumours surrounding Marvel Universe might just be true, the comics juggernaut are (according to Develop) about to get a lot more involved in the development of games based on their characters. Whether this comes in the form of in-house supervision of outside production by Marvel staff (the company have long-term deals with Activision, EA and Sega) or will see Marvel move directly into the development scene themselves is unclear. We’re thinking the latter, if only because such a move has a precedent (the establishment of the Marvel Studios film division in 2004).
Marvel to increase game development presence? [Develop] More »
