Category Archives: Marvel

Gazillion’s upcoming MMORPG based on the Marvel comics universe has been renamed.

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Gazillion and Marvel have announced that over 1 million players have joined Marvel Super Hero Squad Online since the free-to-play browser-based game launched in April. “Thanks to our players, the world of Super Hero Squad Online is growing at an amazing rate,” stated Jay Minn VP of The Amazing Society, the developers of the game, in the press release. “We’ll keep adding new content and characters all the time, it’s truly wonderful to see the game alive with over a million registered players having fun brawling, battling, exploring and making super heroic friends.”

Keeping up with its Marvel Universe Online reveals, MMOSociety has renders of Iron Man up on the site for perusing. Previously revealed characters include Thor, Deadpool, Wolverine, and Captain America.

A release date has not been set for Gazillion’s MMO.

A trio of new gameplay trailers from GamesCom 2011 are giving us a glimpse at some all-new Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 characters: Dr. Strange and Nemesis.
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Marvel has announced on its official website that Performance Designed Products LLC has created a limited Marvel Edition Versus Fighting Pad for the Xbox 360.

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SEGA Europe has confirmed to VG247 that the PSP version of Thor as been canceled.

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LEGO Universe studio Gazillion Entertainment has obtained an extra $60 million in funding from Singaporean private equity firm Temasek Holdings.

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SEGA and Marvel announced Captain America: Super Soldier today for a 2011 release on DS, PSP, PS3, Wii, and Xbox 360.

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Marvel has announced LittleBigPlanet will be the proud recipient of its Costume Pack 4 on August 17.

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Activision has announced Neil Patrick Harris will reprise his role as Spider-Man in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions.

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Marvel and Sega announced today a third-person adventure game based on the God of Thunder himself, Thor.

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Marvel has revealed on its official site the second LittleBigPlanet Marvel Character Pack will land on PSN July 20.

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Marvel has announced that starting July 7, the Marvel Super Hero and Super villain costumes for your Sackboys and Sackgirls will be made available for LBP.

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Ready to see Dante and Deadpool in action via Marvel vs Capcom 3?

Sure you are, so hit the break.

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Looks like recently announced Captivate 2010 darling MvC3 has been in development a lot longer than one would think.

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Marvel’s latest financial report’s confirmed game tie-ins for the new Thor and Captain America movies in 2011, Gamespot reports.

First out will be Thor, with the movie releasing in May. Captain America will follow in July.

Thanks, EG.

Thanks to the SCEA document leak regarding all things SEGA, it appears the two and a half years in the making Thor superhero game is progressing.

So much so that Sony has requested to see the current code from SEGA.

The game will be based on the Thor film and last we heard, the game was set to be released alongside the film in 2011.

Good to know.

Via MTV.

Looks like a Capcom vs. Marvel 3 is not going to happen anytime soon, according to Capcom.

Capcom community manager Seth Killian was asked if gamers can expect the title any time soon by Joystiq during a media event yesterday, and his answer was not very hopeful.

“The short answer is no, that’s not any part of this deal,” he said.

“What we’re hoping is that if people get really juiced about this title, and we can show Marvel that there’s a lot of heat behind this, then they’ll open up the door for us to do something with ’3,’ which is something we’d love to do.”

The biggest problem, he said, has to do with licensing issues preventing further development.

However, there is the possibility of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 arcade sticks heading to retailers.

“It’s a discussion … we would love to make it happen,” he revealed. “If you saw the ‘leak’ of those MadCatz sticks, that was actually B.S. That was a complete fabrication, but it’s something we would love to do.”

More through the link.

Marvel’s Q1 financial report lists $80 million in sales revenue made from licensing deals with net sales at $197 million.

Numbers were higher than expected thanks to “strength in interactive games and royalties from better than anticipated worldwide licensee sales”, even though the company was down y-o-y for the quarter.

Sales are expected to grow due to the following titles:

• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (out now)
• The Punisher: No Mercy (May 2009)
• Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (June 29)
• Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 (September 2009)
• Marvel Super Hero Squad (October 2009)
• Iron Man 2 (April 2010)

Don’t get too excited over the release dates, as each one is tentative.

Via Gamasutra.

Marvel has announced that the new Halo comic Helljumper is set for release in July.

According to the plotline posted on Spong:

“When the colony planet Ariel sends out a mysterious distress signal, it’s up to the UNSC’s elite, highly skilled special-ops Marines, the Orbital Drop Shock Troopers from the 105th, to find out what’s happening. Also known as ODSTs or ‘Helljumpers’, these soldiers are some of the toughest in the galaxy…and some of the roughest as well.

“When the distress signal comes, two Helljumpers will find themselves at the center of the mystery on Ariel, and before it’s solved, they’ll have to put their friendship—and their lives—on the line…”

Helljumpers is the first in a five part series and is written by Peter David and illustrated by Eric Nguyen.

Another series in the Halo comic sphere, titled Spartan Black, is also in the works.