Marvel's Midnight Suns

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"Midnight Suns" redirects here. For the fictional team of characters, see Midnight Sons.
Marvel's Midnight Suns
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Developer(s) Firaxis Games
Publisher(s) 2K
Director(s) Jake Solomon
Engine Unreal Engine[1]
Platforms
Release date(s)
October 7, 2022
  • Windows, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S
  • October 7, 2022
  • Nintendo Switch
  • TBD
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 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.

The game was announced at the virtual Gamescom 2021 in August 2021 with the game being scheduled for release on October 7, 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Microsoft Windows. A version for 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, Scarlet Witch, Doctor Strange, Captain Marvel, Blade, Ghost Rider, Magik, 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 40 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

After centuries of sleep, Lilith, Mother of Demons, has been revived by Hydra through a twist of dark magic and science. Lilith stops at nothing to complete an ancient prophecy and bring back her evil master, Chthon. Pushed to the brink, the Avengers enlist the help of the Midnight Suns (Nico Minoru, Blade, Magik and Ghost Rider), young heroes with powers deeply rooted in the supernatural, formed to prevent the very prophecy Lilith aims to fulfill. Together, they resurrect an ancient warrior - the Hunter, Lilith’s forsaken child and the only hero known to have ever defeated her.[7]

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 officially 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]

References

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