According to a new rumor, Marvel might be on its way to repeat one of its biggest mistakes. The multimedia franchise is massively successful, but some projects haven’t received positive responses from fans and professional reviewers.
The Avengers rumored to get a new game after previous bomb
According to industry scooper Daniel Richtman (via Cosmic Marvel), a brand-new Avengers game is still in the works and will not be connected to the previous game Square Enix released. That one came out in 2020 under the title Marvel’s Avengers. Critics gave it a mixed response. For instance, on OpenCritic, the game received a 39% recommended rating. It was a bigger commercial disappointment. According to GamesRadar, the game had sold only three million copies by November 2020.
Accordingly, there are doubts among Marvel fans about how well the next one will perform if and when it comes out. In the comment section of the post above, some fans were hopeful about the rumored game, and a few speculated about what it might cover.
@RealCineVerse shared, “A brand new AAA Avengers game being in development with ZERO connection to Square Enix’s failed live-service title is massive news. Giving the Avengers a single-player focus or a story-driven studio like Insomniac/EA would be incredible.”
Meanwhile, @Queenziitta wrote, “An Avengers game built around a strong single-player story could be exactly what Marvel needs after the 2020 game. The potential is massive.” Some fans expressed hope that it would not include live-service content. @ElijahB0807 posted, “And please don’t let it be a live service mess; we’ve already done that, and it failed… just a single player action game. And let other heroes be playable too.”
Notably, Marvel is releasing a Wolverine game this year. Games about Blade, Iron Man, and Hydra are also on the way. If the above rumors are indeed true, fans can have yet another title to look forward to.
