EA's Marvel Brawler KO'ed

[R-iZZy]

When EA Chicago was closed last year, one of the issues unaddressed at the time was the fate of the studio's projects, a Marvel fighting game and a second fighter based on a new intellectual property. That mystery has been cleared up a little, as Electronic Arts and Marvel have terminated both the project and their licensing agreement, according to a GameTap report.

The deal between Marvel and EA dates back to 2004, when the companies announced a multiyear agreement for fighting games featuring famous Marvel characters alongside new EA-created heroes. The first offspring of the deal was Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects, a poorly received effort that saw its price slashed by 40 percent less than two months after its release.

Another mystery in the wake of the EA Chicago closing--the future of the studio's general manager, Kudo Tsunoda--was recently solved when Microsoft confirmed the developer's hiring. Tsunoda will now work at Microsoft Game Studios under corporate vice president Shane Kim. However, a growing tide of unconfirmed reports has Microsoft's own Marvel project--an Xbox 360 and PC massively multiplayer online role-playing game--being put on indefinite hold.
SOURCE (http://www.gamespot.com/news/6185223.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;2)

I'm officially happy! Capcom, pleeeease. :)

[Spitfire]

They need to make Marvel Vs Capcom 3 and cash in on the popularity of the last game. They make no cash off nerds selling it on Ebay for 60 bucks used.

[AquaParade]

They need to make Marvel Vs Capcom 3 and cash in on the popularity of the last game. They make no cash off nerds selling it on Ebay for 60 bucks used.

That truly is what needs to be done. Marvel vs. Capcom has a huge fan base. I gotta say, I'd want it in 3d this time around, taking advantage of next gen beauty...I wouldn't be devestated if they released a 2d one...but I dont know if that would fly with a lot of people.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

I'd like to see another all Marvel fighting game.

Rise of the Imperfects was okay, nothing special but it was fun for a little while. I think it would have been a lot better had they not tried to make original characters and had just made it all Marvel characters.

[Spike Spiegel]

I'd like to see another all Marvel fighting game.



Remember Marvel Super Heroes?? Fun game, though extremely hard to find. There's an arcade version of it at a Big Lots about ten minutes from my house.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Remember Marvel Super Heroes?? Fun game, though extremely hard to find. There's an arcade version of it at a Big Lots about ten minutes from my house.

That's the one I was thinking of. Isn't that the one with the gems? I never figured out how to use those gems before my opponent got them.

[MoreCowbell5263]

Rise of the Imperfects could have been so much better had the Imperfects not been in the game.

They made some good decisions and put some good people in there, heck, they even put Venom in there, even though he's a villian, but they put him in there because of his large fan base. They were somewhat smart. One thing I hated though was that you had EA-original characters (Imperfects, etc) who were pretty much the same as some of the Marvel characters. Spider-Man and Hazmat, Iron Man and Roekel, Human Torch and Solara.

That game could have been the coolest game ever if they replaced the 8 EA characters with...
Captain America
Cyclops
Mr. Fantastic
Invisible Woman
Thor
The Incredible Hulk
Jean Grey
Ice Man
Colossus
Nightcrawler

That's who I would have picked, I'm sure many of you would rather have like Nick Fury, or Punisher or whatever but I like the classic type of superheroes.