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Gazillion Entertainment has revealed that its upcoming Marvel Universe Online will be free-to-play and feature the writing talents of one of Marvel's most notable comic book scribes.
These announcements and more were made during Gazillion's official reveal event for the long awaited superhero MMO, which took place yesterday in San Francisco and live online at Marvel.com. The conference was hosted by Gazillion and Marvel reps who confirmed Marvel Universe Online is being developed from the ground up to support the free-to-play model, later assuring fans it was not their intention to bleed players dry with microtransactions.
The conference was also attended by longtime Marvel writer, Brian Michael Bendis (House of M, Secret Invasion), who said he will be playing a large role in the shaping of Marvel Universe Online's story.
“What's great is that as the world keeps turning, instead of just going to the comics and stealing the comics, now they're stealing the writers,” said Bendis in an interview with Massively. “So instead of hiring someone to imitate Geoff Johns, you hire Geoff Johns. And that's what happened here. I was impeccably qualified, for the last 10 years of my life, to do this; I believed in it tremendously, and I told them, “If an MMO ever happens, let me know.'”
Though Bendis was relatively tight lipped as to where the Marvel Universe Online's story would take players, he did say the game would skew to the mature crowd and that the work was some of his most significant yet, adding, “It's literally like all the writing I've ever done, over 10 years, in one game, in one place. I'm adapting other peoples' stories more or less, but it's so massive... it's a giant story.”
In addition to story tidbits, the panel also revealed players will play as established Marvel characters in lieu of player created avatars, and Dr. Doom will be the main villain.
Marvel Universe Online is currently being developed by Gazillion's Secret Identity studio for the PC. No release date has been set.
[Source: Massively]
Apr 29, 2011
12 CommentsOrder Comments: Newest First | Oldest First
Myko - 1 day 15 hours ago First, some of the best articles today. Report
theretrofish - 1 day 15 hours ago Bendis? Marvel MMO? FREE? Need. NOW! Report
Personamanxx - 1 day 15 hours ago I'm a little confused on how the playing of established characters is going to work but as long as there are not hundreds of Spider-Mans swinging around everywhere I guess it's cool. Report
EnragedTortoise1 - 1 day 15 hours ago Is this on consoles? Because I reeeeeeeeeally want this, and I don't have a good PC... Report
TriforcePlayer - 1 day 14 hours ago Incredible. Hopefully SOE jumps on board the F2P wagon. Report
Bantha_Fodder - 1 day 14 hours ago aw, no custom chaacters? cmon Marvel, I know you don't want to look like a DC Universe/City Of Heros rip-off, but we wouldn't have minded...I honestly have NO idea how this is going to work... in a GOOD way... what, your friends are on a server, but someone is already Spiderman, so tough shit?
I was really excited, then really confused, then really let down, and now I'm really curious...
this is gonna be one I keep an eye on ,but I swear, if there's 50 player controlled Hulks running around Times Square, I'm gonna be pissed... Report
StrayGator - 1 day 14 hours ago Two of my guilty pleasures are the Lego [franchise] and X-Men Legends / Marvel Ultimate Alliance series.Seeing as the Lego MMO is 1) subscription based and 2) unavailable outside NA/EU, this seems like the next best thing.
Also, free. Can't beat that.
Assuming it's available worldwide, of course. Report
Cruddi - 1 day 13 hours ago It should have a subscribe if you want, if you do you get such and such... Just like Hell gate london Report
joryy - 1 day 13 hours ago Dibs on Deadpool. That guy is awesome Report
TheOracle8191 - 1 day 7 hours ago D@mn. I guess getting bought by Disney is paying off already by way of free online! Report
tlopezkid - 1 day 1 hour ago It only said PC on this article. Console adaptation too??? ;) Report
IceBlueKirby - 12 hours 20 minutes ago I've never actually played a MMO, because all the free ones haven't really caught my attention. But you stick some Marvel characters in, and I'm on board. I'm looking forward to trying this out. ReportShowing 1-12 of 12 CommentsPlease click here to login #gr_social_connect {width:300px;}.full-block, .l-block, .r-block {float:left;height:35px;margin-bottom:10px;}.full-block {width:300px;}.l-block {width:145px;overflow:hidden;margin-right:11px;}.r-block {width:144px;overflow:hidden;}.bottom-border{float:left;width:100%;border-bottom:1px dotted #333;margin:5px 0;}#gr-connect-fb a{background: transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) no-repeat 0px 0px;width:145px;height:65px;display:block}#gr-connect-fb a:hover{background: transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) -155px 0px;width:145px;height:65px;display:block}#gr-connect-tweet a{background: transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) no-repeat 0px -150px;width:144px;height:65px;display:block}#gr-connect-tweet a:hover{background: transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) -155px -150px;width:144px;height:65px;display:block}#gr-connect-podcast a{background: transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) no-repeat 0px -75px;width:145px;height:65px;display:block}#gr-connect-podcast a:hover{background: transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) -155px -74px;width:145px;height:65px;display:block}#gr-connect-rss a{background: transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) no-repeat 0px -225px;width:144px;height:65px;display:block}#gr-connect-rss a:hover{background: transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) -155px -225px;width:144px;height:65px;display:block}#gr-connect-app a{background: transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) no-repeat 0px -300px;width:300px;height:65px;display:block}#gr-connect-app a:hover{background: transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) 0px -375px;width:300px;height:65px;display: block}#gr-connect-subscribe {background:transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) no-repeat 0px -450px;height:85px;}#gr-connect-subscribe .esubs{padding:20px 0 0 57px;}#gr-connect-subscribe .emailtxt{width:145px;height:16px;color:#999;padding:0 0 0 3px}#gr-connect-subscribe .sbtn{background:transparent url(/images/gr_connectwith_css.png) no-repeat 0px -623px;width:80px;height:20px;border:none;}#gr-connect-subscribe .signup_other{font-size:10px;word-spacing:-1px;padding:5px 10px 5px 0;line-height: 105%;}#gr-connect-subscribe #signup_other{margin:0 5px 2px 0}#gr-connect-errors {font-size:10px;color:#F00;display:none;padding:5px 0 0 20px;background:url("../images/gr_packed_img.gif") no-repeat 0 -111px;}.browserFirefox #gr-connect-subscribe .emailtxt{height:14px;} Connect with GamesRadarAlso, send me e-mail announcements and special offers from GamesRadar and trusted partners. The Knowledge
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