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SDCC 2010 – Super Hero Squad and Thor Video Game Round-up!

IGN has a preview of the upcoming Super Hero Squad Online MMO with a breakdown of the Helicarier, which serves as player housing. Apparently the environment is pretty interactive, and the review mentions how characters interact with objects… Hulk can lift crates, Daredevil will use the treadmill, characters gain performance benefits from collecting or using items. The game is starting to shape up!

Meanwhile, the THQ Super Hero Squad Infinity Gauntlet video game gets a preview over at Marvel.com (although you’ve already seen the Super Hero Squad Infinity Gauntlet trailer here last week.

Meanwhile, Sega’s upcoming Thor video game also gets a spot at Marvel.com. Here’s how they describe the game:

In the game, Thor battles through the numerous worlds of Norse mythology that span realms ranging from primal worlds of fire and ice to extraordinary planets inhabited by Frost Giants and Trolls to save Asgard, the capital city of the Norse Gods. Thor must overcome monstrous foes lifted from the pages of the comics including Ulik, Ymir, and Surtur, as well as other monstrous denizens. Players will wield the iconic Mjölnir, Thor’s legendary hammer, to fight enemies on an immense scale while controlling the elemental storm powers of lightning, thunder, and wind to vanquish enemies. As Thor earns Valor points through his exploits, players can acquire new abilities, powers, and weapon upgrades.

And while we’re talking about video games, hopefully we’ll get some more details soon about the Suicide Squad video game talked about over on Robot 6. Not much is known, but the phrase hyper violent keeps getting bandied about.

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SDCC Round-Up – Hasbro Edition

We’ve rounded up some Hasbro related pictures from SDCC 2010.  Early on, from Twitter, comes a picture of the Thor booth at Hasbro and a a picture of Captain America’s booth too.

Spider-Man 3.75 gets some new pictures too, including Ben Reilly (here), a new Venom (here).

Super Hero Squad gets some love too, including a new Collector’s Pack featuring Enchantress, Loki, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man and a giant Frost Giant (as seen here), a Super Hero Squad Hercules and a new Iron Man vehicle (here), and an Invisible Woman/Iron Man/HERBIE pack (here), Namor’s old foe Tiger Shark (here), and a new playset featuring Galactus (here), and Rescue and the other upcoming Iron Man 2 SHS figures (here)

Now, Iron Man 2 isn’t out on it’s own, there’s some coverage of the newest Hall of Armor armors (here), new armors (here), comic based classic Mandarin and Whiplash’s newest look from the Iron Man Whiplash mini-series (here).

Marvel Universe has had some love too, with lots of shots of previously released figures, and previously previewed figures, although it’s nice to see the new battle packs like Thor/Iron Man, Wolverine/Captain America (with his battle damaged shield), Daken and Venom as Dark Wolverine and the Sinister Spider-Man, Sentry and Spider-Man, and Cyclops and Dark Phoenix (here)

Movie Thor, Loki and Odin Revealed

Marvel.com has the first group picture of Odin (Anthony Hopkins), Thor (Chris Hemsworth) and Loki (Tom Hiddleston) the upcoming Thor movie. Head over to the message board to discuss!