While Square Enix’s Avengers project has been shrouded in mystery since its initial teaser trailer dropped in January 2017, the publisher finally pulled back the curtain on the upcoming Marvel game during its E3 2019 press conference on June 10. Officially named Marvel’s Avengers, the game now has a release date of May 15, 2020 for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. It’s being developed by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal, the teams behind Tomb Raider and Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.
A new Avengers trailer showed that players will be able to come together and take part in four-player online multiplayer co-op. To begin with, the game will feature Thor, Black Widow, Iron Man, Hulk, and Captain America. However, Crystal Dynamics has said it plans to introduce more characters that will be available for free.
Some details about the game leaked prior to E3 2019 in an accidental listing on the E3 Coliseum website, which was later removed. The listing revealed the game would include both solo and four-player co-op gameplay as well as character customization options.
Of course, at this point, many Marvel fans have seen Avengers: Endgame, which brought Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to a dramatic, emotional close. The upcoming Avengers game will give fans the chance to play as their favorite heroes, such as Thor, Captain America, and Iron Man, and revisit other familiar characters and settings from the Marvel universe. So if you felt a bit sad about some characters’ fates in Endgame, wipe your tears, because their stories are far from over.
Given the huge success of Marvel’s Spider-Man on PS4, there’s an unsurprisingly high level of excitement about Marvel’s Avengers. If you’re already certain it’s a day-one purchase for you, you might be wondering where you can pre-order the game and what kind of bonuses you can receive for ordering early. Here’s everything you need to know about pre-ordering Marvel’s Avengers now.
Pre-order Marvel’s Avengers standard edition
The standard edition of Marvel’s Avengers comes with just the base game and any applicable pre-order bonuses.
Perhaps the biggest news, at least to some, came at the end when Square Enix showcased the all-new Marvel’s Avengers game coming to console and PC in 2020. Here’s is a quick rundown of the biggest announcements to come from the presentation.
Marvel’s Avengers Finally Revealed
Let’s start at the end. Square Enix capped off its E3 2019 briefing with the official reveal of Marvel’s Avengers, which up until this point was locked down in secret. Square Enix didn’t show a lot of gameplay, but the company confirmed its narrative will be told over the course of “multiple years,” and in good news, all post-release characters and locations will be free. We also learned what kind of game it is, sort of.
Square Enix announced Final Fantasy VII Remake’s release date a day prior during a music concert, but the company still had news to share during the briefing. The PS4 exclusive featured extensively at the beginning of the show with an extended gameplay demonstration and combat breakdown with Cloud and Barret. Specifically, Square Enix showed off how Active Tim Battle Wait (ATB Wait) works in the remake. Additionally, the demonstration showed off more of the game’s action-RPG mechanics.
In addition to the combat details, Square Enix announced the $330 1st Class Edition that comes a Steelbook case, art book, mini-soundtrack CD, and a Play Arts Kai Cloud Strife and Hardy Daytona statue. There are also a variety of digital extras such as the bonus summon Materia DLC (Carbuncle and Cactuar) and a Chocobo chick for pre-ordering.
The Final Fantasy VII Remake launches in March 2020.
Gears Of War Judgement Devs Reveal New Game
The Polish developer behind Gears of War Judgement and Bulletstorm announced a brand-new IP called Outriders during the Square Enix press conference. It’s an action/shooter game featuring co-op, and it is set in a dark, brutal world overrun with nasty creatures. Playing to developer People Can Fly’s strengths, the game features a wide variety of different weapons that players can use to vanquish their foes. Outriders launches in Summer 2020 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. People Can Fly says you can expect more details about the game sometime this winter.
Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers Release Date
The popular Final Fantasy MMO Final Fantasy XIV Online featured in Square Enix’s E3 2019 press conference. Producer Naoki Yoshida spoke about how he envisions Shadowbringers as more than an expansion pack, stuffed with enough new content to stand alone as its own game. The expansion adds two new jobs, Gunbreaker and Dancer, while a pair of new races–Hrothgar and Viera–are added in the expansion as well.
Shadowbringers launches on July 2.
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Square Enix finally gave the world a look at its upcoming Avengers game (titled Marvel’s Avengers) at E3 2019, and probably didn’t get the full reaction from the internet it hoped. The game doesn’t feature the likenesses of the Marvel Cinematic Universe actors who’ve embodied the characters for the last decade, and that resulted in the character designs getting dragged on social media.
The reveal was the last thing shown during Square’s press conference at E3 2019 and finally showed something of the game that’s being worked on by Crystal Dynamics and Eidos. Despite an extended look at Avengers, things are still pretty cryptic: though it seems to be a third-person action game, it’s not especially clear how it plays. We do know that it’s an original Avengers story (the same way Insomniac’s recent game, Marvel’s Spider-Man, was divorced from existing storylines). And it seems that Captain America buys it early in the game, with the story picking up five years later after they disband in response to taking the blame for destroying a big part of San Francisco.
It’s not just that the MCU actors’ likenesses weren’t used–although that was part of the reaction. Captain America’s riot officer body armor and Thor’s weird headlight shirt were among the issues many seemed to take with the designs. There were also plenty of people wondering where Hawkeye is. You can check out some of the meanest (or funniest) reactions below.
We’ve got plenty more E3 2019 coverage throughout the show, including rundowns of all the news out of the Square Enix press conference, and all the other press conferences, too–be sure to check back throughout the week for news, previews, and impressions from gaming’s biggest show.
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Marvel’s Avengers will have new content coming for years after launch, Square Enix announced during its E3 2019 livestream broadcast today. The game’s narrative will play out over the course of “multiple years,” it was said, with players assembling into teams of up to four, online, as they build out their characters, customize them, and learn new abilities. Players will work together to defend earth from all kinds of evil threats.
To make sure everyone can play together, Square Enix is offering all post-release superheroes and regions for free. Not only that, but the game won’t have random loot boxes or pay-to-win scenarios, the publisher said.
It was also confirmed that Marvel’s Avengers is being developed across a suite of studios, including Eidos Montreal, Crystal Dynamics (including its new Crystal Northwest studio), Nixxes Software, Marvel Games, and a team at Square Enix.
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To close out its E3 2019 press conference, Square Enix finally took the wraps off its long-awaited and much-rumored Avengers game. After a few cinematic trailers, a chat with the voice cast, and more, the company announced a release date: May 15, 2020.
A cinematic trailer showed the basic premise of the game: the Avengers become hated after an attempt at heroism somehow goes awry and results in mass casualties, but of course they come back together. The playable characters include five key Avengers characters with notable voice actors behind the roles: Captain America (Jeff Schine), Iron Man (Nolan North), Hulk (Troy Baker), Thor (Travis Willingham), and Black Widow (Laura Bailey).
The studio also promised an online co-op component, letting you team up with three friends to fend off increasing threats. It also promised the roster of heroes would grow over time with free DLC, and no random loot boxes.
It will launch on PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Google Stadia, though Square Enix says it has entered a partnership with PlayStation for early beta access and bonus surprises.
Tokyo RPG Factory’s next game Oninaki finally has a confirmed release date. Announced earlier this year, the game is set to launch on August 22, 2019.
Oninaki is the latest game from Tokyo RPG Factory, a Square Enix studio committed to creating classic-style RPGs. Unlike the studio’s previous work on games like I Am Setsuna and Lost Sphear–which utilized the active time battle system made famous by classic Square Enix RPGs–Oninaki is an action-RPG.
The game’s combat revolves around exploring an ethereal realm and saving lost souls, which each grants you unique attacks and abilities in turn. As protagonist Kagachi, you explore the realms of life and death to accomplish this philanthropic goal. All the while, you’re exposed to an even more profound mystery within the realms you explore.
Oninaki will release on PS4, Switch, and PC. For the latest news, previews, and gameplay from E3 2019, be sure to check our E3 hub. If you’re interested in the other press conference, be sure to check out our full E3 2019 press conference schedule.
During E3 2019, Square Enix finally released a trailer for the long-awaited Marvel’s Avengers. The trailer did have some gameplay, but it’s still very unclear what type of game Marvel’s Avengers is.
The game’s been previously marketed as an action game, and there are definitely moments of explosive action and combat in the trailer. We see Iron Man dodge missiles and fire his repulsers at tanks, Hulk smash those same tanks, and Thor calling down the lightning and crushing people with Mjolnir. Captain America and Black Widow even get a few moments where they take out some enemy grunts.
So there is action, but it all seems rather scripted. It’s a bit difficult to tell where the gameplay moments end and the cutscenes begin. Frankly, the trailer is reminiscent of Order: 1886. Which isn’t bad necessarily, but that didn’t seem to be the type of game that Square Enix had advertised before tonight. In a panel description for Marvel’s Avengers, the game was described as “the defining Avengers gaming experience: an epic action-adventure.”
But that adventure seems restricted to a single forward plane. The characters aren’t moving around a space. The trailer suggests the Avengers are each confined to tackling enemies and obstacles in a very specific order. Hopefully, we’ll have a much better understanding of what Marvel’s Avengers is when we see it at E3 this week.
The story was a bit more clear at least. The trailer showcases Captain America, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Black Widow become ostracized from society after failing in a mission that costs the lives of innocents. However, the world still needs avenging and so the group decides to unite one more time. They’re joined by other ex-Avengers, such as Hank Pym, aka Ant-Man/Giant-Man/Yellow Jacket/Goliath.
The third-person action game stars Jeff Schine as Captain America, Laura Bailey as Black Widow, Nolan North as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Travis Willingham as Thor, and Troy Baker as Bruce Banner. Many of these actors have collaborated before. Laura Bailey, Nolan North, and Troy Baker lent their voices to the critically acclaimed Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End as Nadine Ross, Nathan Drake, and Samuel Drake, respectively. Both Jeff Schine and Troy Baker appeared together in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. Troy Baker stars in a lot of video games, so it’s no surprise that he is also in Catherine: Full Body alongside Travis Willingham.
While it won’t launch until next May, a pre-release beta is on the way sometime in the near future, with PS4 getting first access to the game.
The last presentation for E3 2019 is Tuesday’s Nintendo Direct, but check the full schedule to catch up on any pressers you may have missed. And head back here for all the latest announcements and news updates.
