Marvel hasn't had great success in video games. At least, nowhere near the amount of success of their movies and TV shows. But that's apparently going to change according to Vice President and Executive Producer of Marvel Games Mike Jones.
Tell Tale's Guardians of the Galaxy has been off to a good start, recently releasing its second episode. There's also the very under wraps game codenamed "The Avengers Project" coming from Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics. On top of that, the PS4 exclusive Spider-Man is also coming together to look like something great. But Marvel Games thinks this is just the tip of the iceberg.
In an interview with Gamespot, Mike Jones said there are also some "incredible" unannounced games for consoles, VR and mobile.
"We absolutely have a roadmap. We have some incredible mobile, console, and VR games planned that I can’t announce or talk about today. We are curating our portfolio and trying to find the best match for character, partner, genre, platform and trying to not just see who wants a license to make a game. We’re actually very active in planning what are the right experiences for the right franchises for the right platforms, as well as finding the right partners who can provide the best of that.
A lot of times partners come to us and tell us they’re really passionate about a character and have an amazing idea for a project. While other times, we have partners and developers that we really respect and want to work with. It’s definitely music and lyrics, and we’re always trying to find those perfect marriages.
Marvel Studios decides who directs a film based on a character’s genre and type of story they’re in, so we’re similarly thinking the same way of who would be perfect for a Spider-Man or an Avengers game experience. We want to make sure that we pair the right characters and the right franchises with the best possible developers. There is a clinical portfolio management excel spreadsheet component to this process, but more importantly, it’s about passion"
He goes on to hint at a possible The Defenders game in the works.
"The same thing goes with Avengers: “What makes an Avengers story unique and different from a Spider-Man story or even a The Defenders story? In a sense, we’ve learned from all kinds of great storytelling in gaming.
There are characters like Spider-Man, Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, and The Defenders, which are all properties that have a natural awareness and fan affinity and we absolutely want to make sure that we deliver on those."
With The Defenders TV show due out on August 18, and each featured hero previously having their own TV shows, it's pretty obvious how invested Marvel is in the Defenders. A video game would fit right into their priorities.
As more Marvel Games news is released, keep it tuned to GameZone for a first look.
