EA Still Making At Least 3 Marvel Games, Even After Black Panther Cancellation

Yesterday, EA announced it would beryllium shutting down Cliffhanger Games and canceling the studio's project, Black Panther. But some EA and Marvel are adamant that this changes thing for the concern betwixt the 2 companies, which volition inactive beryllium processing astatine slightest 3 games together, opening with Iron Man.

Back successful 2023, Marvel and EA signed a woody for 3 games, 1 of which was the in-progress Iron Man crippled being developed astatine Motive Studio, with a 2nd being Cliffhanger's Black Panther. The 3rd crippled has yet to beryllium revealed. The cancelation of Black Panther prompted questions arsenic to the presumption of this collaboration, but some EA and Marvel person since provided statements to IGN asserting that the three-game woody is inactive successful place, with Motive Studio taking the lead.

"Our concern with Marvel remains beardown and our multi-title, semipermanent collaboration continues," reads a connection sent to IGN by EA attributed to EA Entertainment president Laura Miele. A Marvel spokesperson besides sent the pursuing statement:

"The multi-title, semipermanent narration betwixt Marvel Games and EA, a originative collaboration focused connected archetypal storytelling with various, beloved Marvel characters, remains strong. Development of our console and PC titles, opening with Marvel's Iron Man, is led by Motive Studios."

When asked if this meant determination were inactive astatine slightest 3 games full successful the works, the Marvel spokesperson confirmed this was the case.

This collaboration is continuing successful spite of EA president Andrew Wilson's expressed tendency for the institution to determination "away from improvement of aboriginal licensed IP that we bash not judge volition beryllium palmy successful our changing industry," suggesting that the steadfast inactive believes Marvel IP games tin beryllium successful. A fig of Marvel games stay successful improvement industry-wide, including Skydance's Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, Insomniac's Wolverine, and Arkane Lyon's Blade.

Black Panther is the 3rd known crippled EA has canceled this year, pursuing the shuttering of 2 incubation projects. The institution has chopped hundreds of jobs some this twelvemonth and last, portion simultaneously expanding its wide headcount arsenic it staffs up connected different teams moving connected games specified arsenic Battlefield. It besides implemented a mandatory instrumentality to bureau mandate earlier this year.

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