Arkane Lyon studio branch Arcane Studios on Friday at The Game Awards 2023 the company surprised with the announcement of a single-player game Marvel’s Blade, which will be played from a third person perspective. But what platforms will the game be released on?
Arkane Studios is owned by Bethesda Softworks, which along with parent company ZeniMax Media is owned by Microsoft. Thus, players automatically expect the game to be released only in the Redmond giant’s ecosystem; Xbox console, PC, cloud and Game Pass. But things could be different.
When fans began asking questions on social media, Arkane Lyon representatives responded in the affirmative. no platforms announced. Head of Development Dingo Bakaba drew attention to the media silence that will now follow. He wants to focus on working with the team and not do anything else (apparently the development started just recently). When VG247 reached out to Bethesda for comment on Marvel’s Blade exclusivity, the company she refused.
It looks like Bethesda is playing the same weird game they played with Starfield again. But if you compare it to a space adventure, there is something interesting here. In a minute and a half teaser for Marvel’s Blade There are no Xbox, Microsoft, or Game Pass logos.. The video is not available on YouTube Xbox, only on Marvel Entertainment. And in the announcement on Xbox Wire there is not a separate article, but links to the Bethesda website, where, again, there is not a single mention of Xbox.
The possibility of releasing Marvel’s Blade on PlayStation is confirmed by Alex Smith. A former employee of Bend Studios (part of PlayStation Studios), Deviation Games and Ember Lab is convinced that It’s not exclusive to Xbox..
“Contrary to the statements: “Bethesda is an independent organization”, “Bethesda is a publisher”, “FTC, CMA regulations”, etc. This was a request from Marvel!!!” stated on social network X. Both Arkane’s Blade and EA’s Black Panther and Iron Man are part of the same wave of Marvel/Disney deals in 2022, Smith said.
Smith received this information from Electronic Arts. According to them, all games must be licensed by Marvel from 2022. multiplatform. Only Wolverine from Insomniac Games will be exclusive. Sony was supposed to close the deal by 2022.
Source :Indian TV
