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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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THQ’s Super Hero Squad Infinity Gauntlet Trailer
Included in today’s The Super Hero Squad Show DVD was the trailer for the upcoming THQ The Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet video game. While the trailer is brief, new characters like the Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver and Thanos are shown, with oodles and oodles of Skrulls and game play mechanics similar to the first video game. While we wait for the game to arrive this November, here’s some screen caps to tide you over. Edit: And now we have the (internet premiere?) of the Infinity Gauntlet trailer
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More Super Hero Squad Video Game News
In additional Super Hero Squad video game news, you can check out the official site with pictures of Thor, Juggernaut, Thing, Magneto, Dr. Doom, Wolverine (in what looks like the Savage Land, at least from the dinosaurs behind him), Hulk, some AIM soldiers, and even a Valhalla backdrop! Storm and Spider-Man are featured on the site art, and Spider-Man (and Iron Man, and the weird spikey-haired version of Sabretooth) has also been seen in the video game trailer mentioned earlier in the week. And you can also visit THQ for the screenshots, while Businesswire is one of the many places to read the THQ press release which explains the number of playable characters and play styles…
Set in the ever popular Marvel Universe, the Super Hero Squad is on a dire mission against Dr. Doom’s Lethal Legion of villains to recover the hidden Infinity Fractals; fragments of the all-powerful Infinity Sword. Each Infinity Fractal holds incredible power and can have significant effects on its possessor, giving each character special abilities that could alter the game’s rules and playing field. With more than 20 Marvel characters to mix and match, players can choose to take on the role of their favorite Super Heroes and Super Villains, such as Captain America, Dr. Doom, Falcon, Hulk, Iron Man, Juggernaut, Ms. Marvel, Silver Surfer, Thing, Thor and Wolverine, to name a few. Using character-specific super powers and customized combo attacks, players will blast, punch, and bash in fast-moving combat with their nemesis. Players can either jump into a battle arena against up to three opponents in Battle Mode, or choose to relive six campaigns as depicted from the animated series in Adventure Mode. Marvel Super Hero Squad is an immersive, single and multiplayer game filled with dramatic, interactive environments where players are given extraordinary powers to fight for good or evil, depending on which Super Hero Squad character they chose to play as.
For more information on the Marvel Super Hero Squad video game, please visit www.marvelshsgame.com. Information on the rest of THQ’s line-up of family-friendly titles is available on www.playthq.com.
Super Hero Squad Video Game and Cartoon News
IGN has an interview with the Super Hero Squad cartoon’s writer Mark Hoffmeier on the upcoming show and video game, which he says it’s like “a playable lost episode of the series”. There’s mention that Spider-Man is off-limits due to contract exclusivity (which is nice to finally hear) and that he thinks “a lot of it just depends on how Marvel negotiates its deals” (which is sadly the reason why we can have Wolverine and Iron Man appearing contemporaneously in their own shows). It also includes a pretty handy summary of the video game:
So what’s the basic setup for the story in the game?
Mark: It’s the same basic setup for the series. Doctor Doom is out to collect fractals of the Infinity Sword and they’re referred to as Infinity Fractals. The backstory on the series and the game is that Doom was trying to get possession of the sword, but Iron Man and the Hero Squad intervened and stopped him. Shards of fractals reigned down over the whole world and so throughout the series Iron Man will detect one, Doctor Doom will detect one, and then they’ll battle to get these shards. In the game what’s different is that Doom is trying to collect enough of them to create a miniature Infinity Sword. At one point in the game, he will actually succeed in doing that and the Super Hero Squad will have to stop him. What’s great is that you’re not going to get to see that in the series in the same way you get to see it in the game.
THQ’s Super Hero Squad appearing at E3
With video game extravaganza E3 happening in a little over a week, various sites (like Platform Nation for one) are reporting that THQ’s Super Hero Squad video game will be shown, which only makes too much sense since the game is supposed to be released in fall 2009 so hopefully we’ll see some pictures soon! Feel free to discuss over on the board.
Annual THQ Super Hero Squad Games
Apparently THQ is thinking long-term with Marvel’s Super Hero Squad license according to IGN’s report of today’s 2009 fiscal year financial call.
Marvel Super Hero Squad to Be Annual Franchise
Get ready to whoop kid-friendly butt for years to come.
by Nate Ahearn
May 6, 2009 – Today in THQ’s financial call for the end of the 2009 fiscal year, executives for the company mentioned that Marvel Super Hero Squad will be made into an annual franchise if things go to plan.
Starting in the holiday season of this calendar year, we were told to expect annual installments of the franchise based on popular Marvel Super Heroes including Iron-Man, Hulk, Spider-Man and Wolverine, as well as popular villains such as Doctor Doom, Magneto and the Abomination.
Marvel Super Hero Squad is scheduled to launch in the holiday season of 2009, though no specific systems have been revealed at this time.
