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Marvel's Midnight Suns
Developer(s)Firaxis Games
Publisher(s)2K
Director(s)Jake Solomon
Chad Rocco
Writer(s)Shanon Ingles
Patrick Kevin Day
Matthew Garcia-Dunn
EngineUnreal Engine[1]
Platform(s)
Release
October 7, 2022
  • Windows, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
  • October 7, 2022
  • Nintendo Switch
  • TBD
Genre(s)Tactical role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

Marvel's Midnight Suns is an upcoming tactical role-playing game developed by Firaxis Games in collaboration with Marvel Games. It will feature comic book characters from multiple Marvel Comics properties, such as Midnight Sons, Avengers, X-Men, and Runaways. Players will be able to create their own superhero named "The Hunter" with choice of over 40 different powers.

The game was announced at the virtual Gamescom 2021 in August 2021 with the game being scheduled for release on October 7, 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Microsoft Windows. A version for Nintendo Switch will launch at a later date.

Gameplay

Players will take the role of "The Hunter", a customizable superhero created for Midnight Suns by Firaxis Games in collaboration with Marvel.[2] The playable roster includes Iron Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Spider-Man, Scarlet Witch, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Blade, Ghost Rider, Magik, and Nico Minoru. The Hunter can be male or female and customized in appearance.[2][3] Players will be able to choose The Hunter's superpowers from over 40 different abilities.[4] The game will include 13 different heroes, including The Hunter.[5] Combat will be turn-based similar to Firaxis Games' XCOM series. Between combat missions, players will be managing their upgradeable base of operations called "The Abbey" which they can walk around in a third-person view to explore the grounds and interact with other heroes.[2] Role-playing elements such as interaction with other characters will influence the gameplay and those heroes' abilities.[2] At the start of a new mission, players will be allowed to choose from three heroes to take into battle.[6] They are dealt a deck of random ability cards which they are restricted to during the mission.[6] Those abilities will affect either enemies, the player's own heroes or the environment in order to defeat enemies.[6]

Synopsis

Doctor Faustus of Hydra uses a twist of dark magic and science to raise Lilith, Mother of Demons from her eternal slumber. Lilith seeks to bring back her master Chthon; all the while, her growing powers destabilize the fabric of magic. With the Avengers no match for such a powerful magical threat, Doctor Strange decides to recruit the Midnight Suns (Nico Minoru,Blade, Magik and Ghost Rider), young heroes with supernatural powers, whom took the name of the prophecy Lillith is trying to fulfill. Together, they resurrect an ancient warrior - the Hunter, Lilith’s forsaken child and the one who sealed her before.[7] To counter the heroes' efforts, Lilith begins to magically enhance and brainwash other superpowered beings into her enforcers "the Fallen".

Development

Rumors that Firaxis Games, the studio responsible for the Civilization and XCOM series of turn-based tactical strategy games, was developing a Marvel Universe-based game similar to XCOM emerged in early June 2021 ahead of E3 2021. Bloomberg's Jason Schreier confirmed that such a game was in development though was not sure when it was planned for the announcement.[8]

Midnight Suns was officially announced during Gamescom 2021 on 25 August.[9] It was given a scheduled release date of March 2022.[4] In January 2022, Michael Jai White announced that he will be voicing Blade.[10] In June 2022, alongside the reveal of Spider-Man as a playable character in the roster, it was announced that Yuri Lowenthal would be voicing Peter Parker in the game, reprising his role from the Marvel's Spider-Man games by Insomniac Games, and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order (2019).[11] Nico Minoru is voiced by Lyrica Okano, who reprises her role from the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Runaways.[12]

Marketing and release

On September 1, 2021, a first gameplay trailer was released showcasing the card system used in combat.[6] Midnight Suns is directed by Jake Solomon.[2] In November 2021, it was announced that the game had been delayed until the second half of 2022. The game was reintroduced during Summer Game Fest in June 2022 with new footage, additionally confirming the October 7, 2022 launch date for all platforms excluding Nintendo Switch, and revealing the additions of Venom, Hulk, Scarlet Witch, Doctor Strange and Spider-Man to the roster of characters.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Awesome Unreal Engine-powered games of 2022". Unreal Engine. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  2. ^ a b c d e Tapsell, Chris (2021-08-25). "Firaxis reveals Marvel's Midnight Suns, a "tactical RPG" that's less XCOM than you might think". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  3. ^ Wilde, Tyler (25 August 2021). "Here are the Marvel heroes who'll be in Midnight Suns". PC Gamer. Retrieved 27 August 2021. ...a new customizable hero named The Hunter. She appears as a woman in the trailer, but can also be given a male identity...
  4. ^ a b Hall, Charlie (2021-08-25). "Marvel's Midnight Suns is the next game from the XCOM team". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  5. ^ Nunneley, Stephen (25 August 2021). "Marvel's Midnight Suns from Firaxis is out next year". VG247. Retrieved 2021-08-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ a b c d Kim, Matt (1 September 2021). "Marvel's Midnight Suns Combat Uses a Card System". IGN. Retrieved 2021-09-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Marvel's Midnight Suns on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  8. ^ Jason Schreier [@jasonschreier] (4 June 2021). "Yes this 2K leak is real but I'm not sure all of it is going to be at E3. Can't wait for Marvel XCOM though" (Tweet). Retrieved 26 August 2021 – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Bailey, Kat (25 August 2021). "Marvel's Midnight Suns, Firaxis' Marvel XCOM Game, Officially Announced". IGN.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "Marvel's Midnight Suns: Michael Jai White to Voice Blade".
  11. ^ "PlayStation's Spider-Man actor reprises his role in Marvel's Midnight Suns". VGC. 2022-06-09. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
  12. ^ "Marvel's Midnight Suns Cast: Every Hero and Villain Confirmed So Far".
  13. ^ Purslow, Matt (2022-06-09). "Marvel's Midnight Suns Trailer Reveals Spider-Man and Release Date". IGN. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
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