EA and Marvel to create AAA Iron Man game: "It’s about giving developers freedom"

From GI.biz: "Back when Square Enix’s The Avengers was unveiled at E3, a few of us were wondering: could this be the start of the Marvel Interactive Universe?

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has dominated cinema (and now TV) for nearly 15 years, with its huge comic book universe of interconnecting stories, characters and franchises. Following the success of the PlayStation Spider-Man games, and now with big partnerships with major AAA studios, were we about to see the company try and repeat the trick in video games?

The answer was no. And according to Bill Rosemann, the VP and creative director of Marvel Games, such a move would be detrimental to the company’s overall ambition."

[XiNatsuDragnel]

Oh this will be interesting

[darthv72]

I like that this would be totally original in design, like what Insomniac did with Spider-man. Not based on an existing movie or show concept. that already makes it better than the 7th gen release that Sega did.

[VenomUK]

Project Ragtag says "Hi!"

https://www.eurogamer.net/c...

[neutralgamer1992]

Creative friendly+EA= mediocre

[XxSPIDEYxX]

EA already made an Iron Man game. It was called Anthem lol.

[ClayRules2012]

Lol, oh how I remember that game…

[-Foxtrot]

Kind of feels they chose Iron Man because they didn't want to waste the Anthem flying assets

[ABizzel1]

That's exactly why they're making this. The groundwork is already there and done. They only need to choose/create a story, create a city map, and ensure the mechanics are there.

The flying and combat in Anthem were never the issue with that game so I expect Iron Man to be adequate there, and I also want a PSVR2 mode since Sony's not making their sequel to Iron Mna.

[Snakeeater25]

But I had multiplayer :p so that’s why it sucked

[Lionsguard]

Well, the flying was the best part in that game.

[ClayRules2012]

Yeah, the flying was really good/solid.

[Popsicle]

If this were just about any publisher besides EA, I would be excited.

[darthv72]

do you remember the Sega published one???

[badboyz09]

ughhhhhhhhh no

[Gridknac]

"It’s about giving developers freedom"LMFAO!! Translated this says "We are gonna throw some shit to a wall and see how many suckers will buy the MT."

[gangsta_red]

I said way earlier that this should have already been a thing. Iron Man seriously writes itself as a video game and he's pretty much on par with Batman in terms of interesting usable gadgets that could translate to gaming, even more so with the insane amount of armor he has throughout comic history.

[spicelicka]

People will gobble up anything Marvel

[Godmars290]

Not to be snide but, been waiting for this since...the PS3/Xbox 360 era...?

Okay, I'm being totally effen snide! Been that long since they've been saying SP doesn't matter!

[shinoff2183]

Ea is definitely gonna screw this game up. Theres no way they dont. Itll also probably be littered with microtransactions. Shame

[Ninver]

They experimented with Anthem. If they can build off that and make it a proper ironman game it could work.

[Demetrius]

Yea right we will see EA is a prize winner in abandoning what fans want

[RickRoland]

EA + AAA Superhero game? I'll eat my shoe if they make a quality superhero game.

[mike32UK]

Oh is it really, EA?

[SDuck]

Tag line will be "be Iron man" and by that EA will mean "invest millions to unlock each cosmetic looking armor"