Marvel's Midnight Suns

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Marvel's Midnight Suns
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Developer(s)Firaxis Games
Publisher(s)2K Games
Director(s)Jake Solomon
EngineUnreal Engine[1]
Platform(s)
ReleaseQ3/Q4 2022
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 properties, such as Midnight Sons, Avengers, X-Men, and Runaways.[2][3] Players will be able to create their own superhero named "The Hunter" with choice of over 40 different powers.[2]

The game was first announced at the virtual Gamescom 2021 on 25 August 2021[2][4] with the game currently being scheduled for release in the second half of 2022.[5] It is scheduled to be released on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Microsoft Windows via Steam and the Epic Games Store.[2][4]

Gameplay[]

Players will take the role of "The Hunter," a new customizable superhero created especially for Midnight Suns in collaboration with Marvel Comics.[3] The playable roster includes Iron Man, Captain America, Wolverine, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Blade, Ghost Rider, Magik, and Nico Minoru. The Hunter can be male or female and customized in appearance.[3][6] Players will also be able to choose The Hunter's superpowers from over 40 different abilities.[2]

Combat will be turn-based similar to Firaxis Games' XCOM series but between combat missions, players will be managing their upgradeable base of operations called "The Abbey" which they can also walk around in a third-person view to explore the grounds and to interact with other heroes.[3] Role-playing elements such as interaction with other heroes will influence the gameplay and those heroes' abilities.[3] At the start of a new mission, players will be allowed to choose from three heroes (including The Hunter) to take into battle.[7] They are then dealt a deck of random ability cards which they are restricted to during the mission.[7] Those abilities will affect either enemies, the player's own heroes or the environment in order to defeat enemies.[7]

Synopsis[]

Midnight Suns is based on the 1990s comic book series Rise of the Midnight Sons which saw the collaboration of Avengers with various other Marvel Comics heroes such as various Ghost Riders but will not be an exact retelling of the events in that series.[3][8] The Avengers and other supernatural characters team up with new superhero The Hunter to stop Hydra who has awakened Lilith (Mother of All Demons).[3] The Hunter is Lilith's child and the only one to be able to kill her.[3] The game will include 13 different heroes, including The Hunter.[9]

Development[]

Rumors that Firaxis Games, the studio responsible for the 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.[10]

Midnight Suns was officially announced during Gamescom 2021 on 25 August.[4] It was given a scheduled release date of March 2022.[2] In January 2022, Michael Jai White announced that he will be voicing Blade.[11]

Marketing and release[]

On 1 September 2021, a first gameplay trailer was released showcasing the card system used in combat.[7] Midnight Suns is directed by Jake Solomon.[3] In November 2021, it was announced that the game had been delayed until the second half of 2022.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Awesome Unreal Engine-powered games of 2022". Unreal Engine. 2022-01-06. Retrieved 2022-01-17.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Hall, Charlie (2021-08-25). "Marvel's Midnight Suns is the next game from the XCOM team". Polygon. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
  4. ^ a b c Bailey, Kat (25 August 2021). "Marvel's Midnight Suns, Firaxis' Marvel XCOM Game, Officially Announced". IGN.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b Khan, Imran (3 November 2021). "Marvel's Midnight Suns Delayed to Second Half of 2022".
  6. ^ 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...
  7. ^ 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)
  8. ^ Marston, George (25 August 2021). "Midnight Sons: Meet the Marvel Comics supernatural superheroes who inspired the Midnight Suns game". gamesradar. Retrieved 2021-08-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ 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)
  10. ^ 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.
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