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Marvel’s Avengers Max Power and Level Cap Will Keep You Grinding for Hours

There’s a lot to do in Marvel’s Avengers, the new action-adventure game starring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, who are on a mission to take down MODOK and his Advanced Idea Mechanics, an evil tech corporation hellbent on taking over the world. On top of a single-player campaign with 19 core story missions, there are also over 80 War Zone, Drop Zone, and Iconic multiplayer missions to choose from in the game. And if you want to hit each character’s max power and level cap, you’ll need to do quite a bit of this stuff. With max power set at 150 and…
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Is Marvel’s Avengers Cross-Platform?

Marvel’s Avengers, the new action-adventure game that pits Earth’s Mightiest Heroes against an evil tech corporation that has replaced superheroes, is shaping up to be one of the biggest releases of the fall. Developed by Crystal Dynamics, in collaboration with Eidos Montreal, the game lets you take control of a number of Marvel’s greatest heroes to take down MODOK and Advanced Idea Mechanics in both a single-player campaign as well as a multiplayer mode featuring four-player cooperative play. That means you and three of your friends can team up to complete more than 80 multiplayer missions as any combination of…
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Marvel’s Avengers Update 1.04 Patch Notes Include Various Bug Fixes

The Marvel’s Avengers team has released a new update for the game ahead of its September 4 release date which targets some of the more prevalent technical issues players have encountered so far in the beta. A large number of the updates included in this patch focus on the PC version of Marvel’s Avengers, which some players have noted felt particularly impacted by various bugs and glitches. For instance, the patch is designed to address “severe stutters/lag and irregular performance” that PC players have experienced and also implements “a variety of fixes for crashes seen during the beta.” Interestingly, the…
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Marvel’s Avengers Black Panther DLC Teased by Square Enix

During a recent stream, Square Enix suggested that they intend to release Black Panther themed content for Marvel’s Avengers but delayed the official announcement due to the recent passing of actor Chadwick Boseman. “Marvel’s Avengers fans, out of respect for a fallen true hero, we have altered what we are showing today,” reads a statement from Square Enix and the Marvel’s Avengers development teams displayed prior to the stream. “We know you understand and are with us in commemorating him.” That statement was accompanied by a request for a moment of silence from the Marvel’s Avengers team as well as…
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Marvel’s Avengers: Who is Jessica Yi?

This story contains spoilers for Marvel’s Avengers. Marvel’s Avengers plot has proven to be one of the game’s biggest surprises so far. While the title’s beta suggested that it would be a Destiny-like live service experience that relies largely on vaguely connected content, it turns out that Marvel’s Avengers features a surprisingly compelling storyline that focuses on Kamala Khan as she navigates the aftermath of the A-Day event. Yet, one strange, seemingly simple element of the game’s plot that has caught many people’s attention is the name “Jessica Yi.” While there’s quite a lot to break down regarding Marvel’s Avengers…
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How Long Is Marvel’s Avengers Game?

Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are back in Marvel’s Avengers, the new action-adventure game from developer Crystal Dynamics and publisher Square Enix. The game, which is set sometime after a terrible accident destroys San Francisco and caused the Avengers to disband, follows young Inhuman Kamala Khan as she works to reassamble the superhero team to fight a new threat to the planet. Players with early access to the game ahead of its global launch on Friday can jump in now to take down the villainous MODOK and his AIM goons with Captain America, Thor, the Hulk, Black Widow, Iron Man, and Ms.…
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Marvel’s Avengers Microtransactions Could Mean a Very Expensive Game

A PlayStation Store post reveals more about how Marvel’s Avengers‘ microtransaction system will work, and it’s about as “aggressive” as you probably assumed it would be. It seems that Marvel’s Avengers’ microtransaction system will revolve around credits. When the game launches, you’ll have the privilege of being able to choose between four different kinds of credit packs: 500 Credits for $52,000 Credits (with 200 credits bonus) for $205,000 Credits (with 1,000 credits bonus) for $5010,000 Credits (with 3,000 credits bonus) for $100 So how valuable are credits? Well, at the moment, it seems like the only thing you can purchase…
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Marvel’s Avengers Reveals Kate Bishop as DLC Character

Square Enix is adding another character to Marvel’s Avengers‘ lineup of playable heroes. Kate Bishop has been revealed as a post-launch DLC character for the game that pits Earth’s Mightiest Heroes against Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM), the evil tech corporation that’s taken over the world. As her announcement trailer teases, Kate, the third Hawkeye in the comics, is working with SHIELD and is on a mission to find Clint Barton, the first Hawkeye, who has been captured by AIM. Check out the reveal trailer below: In case you’re not caught up on the comics, Kate was first introduced in Young…
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How New Mutants Fits Into Marvel Movie Timeline

When The New Mutants went into production in early 2017, it was still part of what was once known unofficially as the Fox Marvel Universe: a collection of films based around the Marvel characters that 20th Century Fox owned the screen rights to and had no intention of giving up to Marvel Studios parent company Disney. As director Josh Boone — a big fan of the comics — has explained, The New Mutants was meant as a different kind of superhero thriller, with the aesthetic and tone of a horror movie. In fact, it was meant to be the first…
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Marvel’s Avengers Deepfake Brings MCU Actors to the Game

Marvel’s Avengers is this year’s big superhero extravaganza, and it’s already shaping up to be a bit polarizing. After a beta period that received a bit of a lukewarm reception, publisher Square Enix and developer Crystal Dynamics have only made matters worse by announcing that Spider-Man is coming to game…but only on the PlayStation versions of the game. In case you don’t know, these types of exclusivity deals mean that players on other platforms will be forced to pay the same amount for the game for less content. But even before anyone had gotten their hands on the game or…
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Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 4: Nexus War Pits Marvel Heroes Against Galactus

As teased for the past few days, the Marvel universe has returned to Fortnite, this time for a battle much bigger than last year’s Thanos Avengers: Endgame crossover. Fortnite Season 2 Chapter 4: Nexus War brings some of Marvel’s greatest heroes to face Galactus, the classic world-eating villain who threatens to devour the island once and for all. Iron Man, Wolverine, Storm, Mystique, Doctor Doom, She-Hulk, and Groot join Thor in a fight stop Galactus before it is too late. This story, which seems to be a tie-in to a Thor arc in the Marvel comics, was foreshadowed within comic…
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Fortnite Chapter 2 Season 4 Update Teaser Reveals Marvel Event

A post on the Fortnite Twitter account seemingly confirms previous rumors that the game’s upcoming Chapter 2, Season 4 update will feature a tie-in with Marvel Comics. 🔨⚡🌈 pic.twitter.com/0U7fFnrTsW— Fortnite (@FortniteGame) August 21, 2020 As you can see, the above tweet isn’t exactly overflowing with shocking new details. However, it does seemingly confirm that the next Fortnite update will emphasize the game’s upcoming Marvel collaboration. It also verifies that the update will start on August 27. How long this update will last and what, exactly, will be included as part of this event is what remains to be seen. Of…
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Marvel Releases Eternals Trailer for New Series

Kieron Gillen (Darth Vader, The Wicked + The Divine) is coming back to Marvel, and his new project is a really big deal. The Eternals are simultaneously Jack Kirby’s weirdest and most straightforward creations, and with them coming to the big screen in February, bringing them back to the comics makes a ton of sense. Pairing Gillen with Esad Ribic (Secret Wars, Thor: God of Thunder) shows Marvel is not messing around with it. “I said if I was ever to do a book again at Marvel, it would have to be something I’ve never done before. This is exactly…
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Black Widow Spinoffs Coming From Marvel

Black Widow‘s release delay (due to the COVID-19 pandemic shutting down movie theaters for less time than they really should have been) had a cascade effect, not just on the rest of the MCU slate, but on the comics planned to capitalize on the film’s expected popularity in theaters. So when Black Widow made it back onto the slate for November, it was only a matter of time before the comics also showed back up. Widowmakers: Red Guardian and Yelena Belova and Taskmaster are also coming in November. Widowmakers comes from Devin Grayson (one of Yelena’s creators) and artist Michele…
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New Marvel’s Avengers Characters Leaked by PC Dataminers

The Marvel’s Avengers PC beta went live last weekend. As you’d expect, dataminers have busied themselves with uncovering the game’s secrets, including future content coming to the game. One interesting tidbit discovered by these dataminers (via Eurogamer) is a list of unlockable playable characters coming to the game. On top of the game’s central cast of Avengers — Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow, and Ms. Marvel — there are quite a few other additions that fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be excited about. The datamined list features many characters that have either appeared or will…
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Will Marvel Introduce a New Black Widow?

One of the last new books announced pre-pandemic was Black Widow from Kelly Thompson (Captain Marvel), Elena Casagrande (Catwoman) and Jordie Bellaire (lots of things that won Eisners). Now that comics publishing is chugging along again, Marvel is celebrating this book’s return to the schedule with a new trailer, and holy cats look at that hallway fight. The book is teased as Natasha Romanoff’s end as Black Widow. In an interview about the book with Marvel from The Before Time, Thompson said “…’heartbreaking thrill ride’ is pretty fair but also hard to expand on without giving things away. I will…
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Marvel’s Avengers Could Include Skins Exclusive to Intel and Verizon Customers

Leaked photos posted on Reddit and Twitter suggest that Marvel’s Avengers will offer character skins based on various phone service providers, technology companies, and even chewing gum. The Reddit photos reveal what appears to be a set of red and black outfits for the main Marvel’s Avengers heroes as well as a couple of screenshots that suggest that the addition of these outfits will be tied into promotions with Verizon and Virgin Mobile. Both of those companies utilize similar color schemes, so the popular guess at the moment is that the difference will probably come down to what region you’re…
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Captain Marvel 2: Candyman’s Nia DaCosta to Direct

For the first time since 2010, it’s been over a year since the world has seen a Marvel Studios film. Still, even in the coronavirus pandemic-induced offseason, the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to make headlines.  Deadline reports that Marvel has tapped Candyman director Nia DaCosta to helm the heavily anticipated Captain Marvel sequel. The second Captain Marvel film does not currently have a name but is being targeted for a July 8, 2022 release date. That could change should Disney need to adjust the MCU schedule further due to virus lockdowns.  According to Deadline, Marvel cast a wide net for…
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Marvel’s Avengers: Spider-Man PlayStation Exclusive Explained by Crystal Dynamics

Marvel’s Avengers, a new action-adventure game starring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, is out in a month and developer Crystal Dynamics is using the run-up to the release to tell players much more about what they should expect when servers go live. One thing the studio has confirmed is that Spider-Man is joining the Avengers in 2021, but what should have been great news quickly left some fans outraged when it was revealed that the webslinger was only coming to PlayStation versions of the game. On top of that, PlayStation owners will also get exclusive challenges, cosmetics, and other downloadable content for…
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Marvel’s Avengers Beta Gameplay Footage Revealed

Marvel fans will soon be able to get their hands on Marvel’s Avengers, a new action-adventure game starring Earth Mightiest Heroes from Tomb Raider developer Crystal Dynamics. Before its release in September, the studio is launching a beta where players will be able to try out many of the characters and activities in the game. Included in the beta build are several main story missions, including the A-Day sequence long-teased by publisher Square Enix, as well as a few War Zone, Drop Zone, and Iconic Missions. There are even a few boss fights to complete! The beta includes four of…
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