Marvel’s Avengersbrought a renaissance for superheroes with the MCU. In many ways, comic book fans have theAvengersmovies to thank for making nerd culture more mainstream, though not every one Earth’s mightiest heroes outings actually saw the light of day, including a canceledAvengersgame by THQ. However, it appears footage from that title has leaked, showing fans what could have been.
Of course, this game shouldn’t be confused withSquare Enix’s upcomingAvengersgame. That is still slated to launch later this fall, and while it’s a seemingly different take on the heroes, it still has many comic fans excited. The leaked footage comes from anAvengersgame being made by THQ Australia before the company closed.
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The footage comes from what is clearly a very early build of the game. Characters function, and there are environments and enemies, but many things are still missing textures, effects, and polish. The footage briefly shows each character in action as they battle their way through a seemingly wrecked spaceship. The four characters shown — Hulk, Iron Man,Captain America, and Thor — have their own abilities, and seems fairly interesting to play.
Originally, the game was intended to release in 2012 alongside theAvengersmovie, but, for a variety of reasons, that never happened. There’s been a mixture ofMarvelgame’s released since then, fromSpider-Manon PS4 toUltimate Alliance 3.Square Enix’s upcoming game features a notable voice acting cast, but a different look and feel from the other games to release recently, which make it stand out among the rest of the crowd, at least to a degree.
It’s disappointing that thisAvengersnever hit shelves, but game development is fickle, even for major IP likeThe Avengers.EA has canceledStar Warsgames, despite the fact thatStar Warsis one of the biggest entertainment franchises of all time, so nothing is immune to being canceled.
It may have been hard for THQ to predict just how massive theAvengerswould go on to become.Endgameis the highest-grossing movieof all time, and its characters are immediately recognizable to millions of people. Who knows, though, maybe a playable build of the canceled game will show up sometime.
