Marvel Fighting Game Axed
- Scribbled on January 29th, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Fighting, Industry News, Press Release
A planned fighting game using the Marvel Comics license has been axed, according to Gametap.
The title would have been the second in a multigame deal Electronic Arts and Marvel entered into in early 2004. The first offspring of the deal was 2005’s underwhelming multiplatform game, Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects.
Back when the two superpowers announced the deal, EA’s then-COO (now its CEO) John Riccitiello called the collaboration “a unique opportunity…to bring [Marvel's] renowned superheroes into original videogame environments, as well as providing us an opportunity to create new heroes that will live in games, comic books and other licensing or media opportunities that Marvel presents.”
The deal with EA was similar to one Marvel had with Capcom. That deal pit classic Marvel superheroes against original characters from the game publisher and resulted in the 1999’s Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.
Back in 2004, Marvel was just as excited by the prospects of the EA collaboration. Then-Marvel CEO Allen Lipson said the deal created a “tremendous opportunity for EA to create new characters for fighting games that can be exploited through our global merchandise licensing machine to fuel sales in many other product categories.”
March 15th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
please reales the game because the game is hot and cool