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Polygon article: Marvel Games' new mandate is 'Make epic games (brief Telltale-Marvel reference)

Blind SniperBlind Sniper Moderator
edited June 2016 in Guardians of the Galaxy

http://www.polygon.com/e3/2016/6/14/11937012/marvel-games-aaa-spider-man-insomniac-games-jay-ong

This article goes into detail about Marvel's new push for gaming and a few other things, such as their selective criteria. Given that Marvel and Telltale are making a game for 2017, I thought this might be relevant to share.

According to Jay Ong, Marvel's vice president of games, Insomniac's Spider-Man game is just the beginning for Marvel's ambitious plan to bring its superheroes to consoles.

"When I joined Marvel two years ago, I came in with a mandate to usher in a new era for Marvel Games," Ong told Polygon in an interview. "We have a treasure trove of the best superhero characters on earth. What can we do with this to create truly epic games?

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Ong said there was a lot about Marvel Games' plans for consoles that he couldn't talk about. There are existing partnerships with Telltale Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment and Warner Bros.' TT Games to make titles based on Marvel's properties, but he indicated there's a lot more in the works, some of which we'll hear more about later this year.

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"One of the things we really focus on in terms of our new strategy is that we all believe that great games drive the brand and great games are what our fans really deserve," Ong said. "The question is, 'How we can get there?' The thing we landed on is to be really selective with who we partner with. Extremely selective. Right now I would say that out of every 10 opportunities we look at, we maybe do one."

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It's not yet clear when Marvel, Sony and Insomniac's Spider-Man game — or Telltale's unnamed Marvel game, which Ong says will delight fans — will be released. But those titles represent a new course for Marvel Games.

Comments

  • InGen_Nate_KennyInGen_Nate_Kenny Moderator

    TT Games to make titles based on Marvel's properties, but he indicated there's a lot more in the works, some of which we'll hear more about later this year.

    Interesting. Titles, plural. Hm.

  • Blind SniperBlind Sniper Moderator
    edited June 2016

    They were referring to a different company there, not Telltale.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TT_Games

    InGen_Nate_Kenny posted: »

    TT Games to make titles based on Marvel's properties, but he indicated there's a lot more in the works, some of which we'll hear more about later this year. Interesting. Titles, plural. Hm.

  • InGen_Nate_KennyInGen_Nate_Kenny Moderator

    Oh well, darn it.

    I swear the amount of times I gloss over something and mistake for something is too high.

    Still though, an interesting read. I'm curious about the part of delighting fans. Really builds a sense of hype.

    Blind Sniper posted: »

    They were referring to a different company there, not Telltale. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/TT_Games

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