EA's new Marvel fighter

By Robert Purchese Published 30 July, 2007

Fight Night team creating it.

EA has announced it will be making a fighting game for PS3 and Xbox 360 using the Marvel superhero licence.

It will be created internally at the Chicago office - responsible for the Fight Night series and Def Jam: Icon - and will be released towards the end of next year.

"We're challenging ourselves to make a game that delivers on the Super Hero promises of past top-tier fighting games," said Kudo Tsunoda, big cheese at EA Chicago.

"Featuring a great all-star line-up of Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains with incredible powers that are authentic to the fiction, huge environments and a living world that keeps the gameplay fresh, every battle will be unique; every battle will be like a first edition."

Gameplay details and a name are yet to be confirmed, but it sounds promising. We'll keep our eyes peeled for more.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (17) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • octo #1 5 years ago

    Could be absolutely top-notch. As much as I dislike EA, that studio has a reputation for making excellent fighting games.

  • Ranger101 #2 5 years ago

    I'm trying to look for any indication of sarcasm in that comment...

  • nickthegun #3 5 years ago

    I hope its as good as Rise of the Imperfects and Def Jam: Icon.

    Beat em ups just cant be too slow, in my opinion.

  • Chaote-Imagicka #4 5 years ago

    Hope it actually cashes in on the abilities - not a couple of guys on either side of a screen hitting each other but something on the level of a whole city with two heroes kicking the crap out of each other and everything else.

  • Xerx3s #5 5 years ago

    There is no point if it doesn't have gun's, gangstas & hoo's.

  • rhinoxious #6 5 years ago

    It's bound to be poor, as they have to level the playing field and make all the characters basically the same, so even those who don't have any kind of physical/strength powers can still damage the hulk with a punch.

    Most superheo match-ups are foregone conclusions (on paper), unless there are specific narrative reasons for an upset, which would hardly make for a good fighting game.

  • smoothpete #7 5 years ago

    "hoo's"

    :) Made me laugh for some reason


    It has potential... I'm not holding my breath though. 2D superhero fighting = good. 3D = bad.

  • grimly_reaped #8 5 years ago

    @rhinoxious

    I seem to remember in one Spiderman, he says that all the heroes watch the others for weaknesses, incase they need to fight them one day. It'd be fairly awesome if a game capitalized on that and specialized the characters' moves (or just their specials) based on who they were fighting.

    Doubt it'll ever happen though!

  • DanWhitehead #9 5 years ago

    Hope it actually cashes in on the abilities - not a couple of guys on either side of a screen hitting each other but something on the level of a whole city with two heroes kicking the crap out of each other and everything else.

    A Marvel-themed cross between Crackdown and War of the Monsters would make me fap like a gibbon.

  • SomaticSense #10 5 years ago

    The makers of Def Jam:Icon?

    MY GOD!!!! Give the licence back to Capcom NOW!!!!!!

  • Artemis_Matsas #11 5 years ago

    Rise of the Imperfects... Ban this sick filth!!!

    Captain America and the Avengers on MAME RULES!!!

  • Ranger101 #12 5 years ago

    /What was going on in my head when I was reading JPOOLE's post.


    ".....I love how people slam def jam icon when it tried to do something original, and...."

    ....Wait for it....

    "....forget that the same team made the excellent fight night round 3- ...."

    .. hold on now....

    "....but i guess admitting EA does try something new...."

    ... wait...wait...

    "...ocassionally would ruin some of your ''ea only churns out shitty games'' fantasies now, wouldn't it?..."

    ... Here is comes....

    "...Oh and f*ck 2D fighters. "

    WHUPPPPA!!! There it is boys.

    /End

    Nuf said.

  • Nithron #13 5 years ago

    Needs Deadpool.

  • Meho #14 5 years ago

    Well, colour me deluded then... I love me 3D fighters, but, yes, KoF, SF and even Guilty Gear games will always remain entrenched in my heart for a good reason.

  • Zuiyo #15 5 years ago

    "The makers of Def Jam:Icon?

    MY GOD!!!! Give the licence back to Capcom NOW!!!!!!"

    Ha ha ha ha ha

    +1

  • Zuiyo #16 5 years ago

    "I love how people slam def jam icon when it tried to do something original, and forget that the same team made the excellent fight night round 3- but i guess admitting EA does try something new ocassionally would ruin some of your ''ea only churns out shitty games'' fantasies now, wouldn't it?"

    Very true. I also see this knee jerk reaction a lot, but the truth is that EA has a very decent selection of original games. I just wish they were the norm and not the exception, they have a tendency to milk the franchises.

    "Oh and f*ck 2D fighters."

    Fuck you too, ignorant ass.

    Sincerely yours.

  • charlielopezz123 #17 5 years ago

    i really hope this happens!

    but if it does i really hope it captures the true scale of marvel fights, i would love to see howl citys falling , real distruction. and i hope it works hard on makeing the super ladys hair look realistic i hate shit hair on fighters.:p