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.

Marvel's Midnight Suns
Developer(s)	Firaxis Games
Publisher(s)	2K
Director(s)	Jake Solomon Chad Rocco
Writer(s)	Zach Bush Scott Wittbecker Rony Kahana Shanon Ingles Patrick Kevin Day Matthew Garcia-Dunn
Engine	Unreal Engine[1]
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows PlayStation 5 Xbox Series X/S Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Xbox One
Release	December 2, 2022 Windows, PS5, Xbox Series X/S December 2, 2022 Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One TBA
Genre(s)	Tactical role-playing
Mode(s)	Single-player

The game was announced at the virtual Gamescom 2021 in August, with the game being scheduled for release on December 2, 2022 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Versions for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and 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, Venom, Morbius, Scarlet Witch, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Blade, Ghost Rider, Storm, Magik, Deadpool, 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 30 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; resulting in an alliance between her and Hydra. Within the following six months, Lilith's presence destabilizes the fabric of magic.

Doctor Strange and Iron Man try to recruit Johnny Blaze, but are refused; prompting them to return to the Sanctum, where Wanda Maximoff is training. Captain Marvel joins them, just as Hydra goons arrive via magic; followed by Lilith. Lillith is distracted by Wanda's similar magic, just as Strange manages to repel her and put a mystic barrier around the Sanctum. Knowing they are no match for Lilith, Strange decides to seek help at The Abbey with the others, leaving Wanda to maintain the barrier. This leads to a brief standoff with the Midnight Suns (Nico Minoru, Blade, Magik and Ghost Rider II), until Caretaker (Lilith's estranged sister) defuses the situation. Strange intends to raise the Hunter, Lilith's forsaken child and the one who sealed her before. However, something goes awry due to a collar the Hunter is wearing, forcing Nico to use her magic to complete the resurrection.[7]

With her demonic forces and Hydra not enough to counter the heroes, Lilith begins to brainwash and enhance 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 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] On August 8, 2022, the game was further delayed to the following year, with the PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions slated to launch during Take-Two Interactive's next fiscal year ending March 31, 2023, while the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were left undated.[14] On September 10, 2022, it was announced that the PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of the game would launch on December 2, 2022.[15]

References

External links

• Official website

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