With Sale of Square Enix’s western teams to Embracer Groupit feels natural to ask what will happen to them Various Marvel-licensed games that the Japanese publisher has run various studios in recent years, namely Marvel’s Avengers and Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and at the moment there is still no definitive answer on the subject.
At the investor conference, where the acquisition of Crystal Dynamics, Eidos Montreal and Square Enix Montreal by the Embracer Group was presented, it was stated that the games installed and published should pass to the new owner, but future games of the genre will pass. has to happen again Discussed with the licenseeor in this case Marvel.
As for Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, the question is pretty easy: the game actually ended up beyond any possible expansions or sequels that weren’t even discounted before, so management may also be interested in future sales of the game. is is.
The case of Marvel’s Avengers is more complicated because it’s a live-service game. long term support.
With Square Enix missing and the move to new ownership, it’s hard to imagine a huge investment envisioned in the game’s later content, given what they should be. Discussed with Marvel With possible license purchases for new characters to be included.
As Forbes reports, it’s reasonable to expect Marvel’s Avengers support to continue as planned with the latest updates, and then crash in terms of new content being provided. On the other hand, while Crystal Dynamics already seems pretty busy with Perfect Dark, with The Initiative and the new Tomb Raider working on Unreal Engine 5, Eidos Montreal seems to be inclined to target historical intellectual property like Deus Ex.
Source: Multiplayer
