Marvel Games To Stay Separate from MCU Films
More Than One Story To Tell
By Steven Carter
Marvel are finally making some big moves within the videogame industry and here's a nice update to just confirm a few details about the storytelling agenda. Marvel Games Creative Director Bill Rosemann confirmed when speaking with IGN at DICE 2017, that the developers in charge of the Marvel IP's are given creative freedom to tell unique and original stories within their videogames.
"We want to give our partners...freedom to look at all of Marvel history and to pick from what interests them." Said Roseman, "It's a bit like we're saying, 'Hey you're the chef, you're going to make this meal. Here's all of the ingredients. You pick the ingredients that you like and make a new meal."
"We're not going to rush things, we're not going to get things out before they're done. . . We're also not going to try to do the very tricky balancing act of trying to make a game that adapts a movie and get it out in the same window as the movie."
There are four upcoming Marvel games in development right now - Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite, Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, Spider-Man for PS4, and the recently announced Avengers project. Each of these games will cover a different area of videogame genre and whilst the news that these games will be separate from the MCU it's nice to have further clarification and also to get excited for new takes on iconic characters!
Roseman also added a little about the upcoming story tone for the Spider-Man game for PS4.
“This is our purpose: to show the world why this character is so awesome. To bring this fictional world into the real world.” What’s more, the personal story of the development team is also pushing the game in the right direction. “We’re going to focus our life’s journey into this game, to celebrate him with the world.”
DC Comics have enjoyed great success in borrowing successful elements from their character's long and storied histories, the Arkham Batman games and the Injustice series are great examples of developers having creative freedom and delivering unique interpretations of classic characters in quality products. Let's hope Marvel can follow suit - check out the trailers for their current slate of upcoming triple A games below.
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