Marvel, EA part ways on project

  • Posted January 29th, 2008 at 00:56 EDT by
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Last summer, EA and Marvel stirred up the hopes of many Marvel fanboys as they announced their latest collaboration. This lasted very shortly as today Marvel announced their decision to part ways on the project.

The game was slated to be a fighting game that would host characters from Marvel's universe. This new project was set to be EA's first venture into the Marvel universe but EA has since closed the studio that was to be responsible for the title. Because of the recent turmoil over at EA, Marvel made their announcement official that the deal with EA had been called off.

"Electronic Arts and Marvel have jointly agreed to discontinue development of Marvel fighting games under the Electronic Arts brand," said Justin Lombros, VP of Marvel Interactive. "This was a business decision based on Electronic Arts portfolio strategy and will not affect Marvel's ongoing plans to release fighting games based on the Marvel properties in the future."

Although unsuccessful with EA, Marvel hopes to pursue other developers and publishers to work on a future fighting game but no official word has been released pertaining to specific companies.

 

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  1. wocyob

    • 1:12am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 1

    im kind of happy...hope some one better makes there fighting game

  2. BabeBro | BabeBro

    • 1:28am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 2

    Good, Hopefully, they can give it to Capcom & we can have Marvel VS Capcom 3! :)

  3. IONIXX | IONIXX

    • 1:29am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 3

    i remember the good 'ol days wen EA wasant so crappy, bak in te days of ps2..the gaming industry was so different bak then..

  4. Wintee | bluedotred

    • 1:47am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 4

    It's good news when anyone has the balls to walk away from the uncreative dinosaur that is EA. Hey now they focus the extra staff on need for speed 99 or FIFA 2009 (read FIFA 25).

    EA's new game intro should be: EA - Recycling old games and swallowing up tallent ..... FOR YOU!

  5. Uncool | Admodistrator

    • 2:19am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 5

    Well its obviously not meant to be I suppose, besides not all partnerships with EA are fruitful.

  6. Daz | miami2399

    • 3:29am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 6

    Thats the best news I've heard all day. EA sucks. Give it to a company that makes good games.

  7. Staude | Staude

    • 3:41am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 7

    Get a hold of namco ! one of t3h best of t3h best in that genre :p

  8. edward_moffet | edd

    • 4:44am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 8

    hmm capcom and marvel....

  9. richkaos | richkaos

    • 5:09am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 9

    And??? So what! EA are utter rubbish and Marvel should stick to comics as ALL comic strip character based games that have made the cross over to gaming have been utter rubbish. And if EA had got involved they would have been even worse, I can see it now The Hulk v Spiderman 2015, im surprised they havent gushed out tiger woods or FIFA 09 yet. come on EA your slacking.

  10. SilentHillSam | SilentHillSam

    • 7:39am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 10

    it wouldn't have been the first Marvel/EA project. where's Marvel Nemisis: Rise of the Imperfects.

  11. se7enthsign | Se7enthSign

    • 10:23am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 11

    capcom capcom capcom capcom capcom capcom!!!!!!!

  12. gingo | gingo

    • 10:49am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 12

    psn id:gingo... good news is that its not going to be made by EA because so far what they have shown us has been notihng but a disgrace it terms of quality

  13. Nitsu78 | Nitsu

    • 11:02am GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 13

    Good, I hate EA

  14. RagingStorm | RagingStormX

    • 6:19pm GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 14

    @ BabeBro ....Amen to that brotha!

  15. ScaR

    • 6:25pm GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 15

    ea never good at fighting games anyways

  16. 6toes

    • 6:30pm GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 16

    Marvel vs. Capcom 3 doesn't sound very likely but just the thought of it....mmm....

  17. ChocolateBuddy | JWdarkn3ss

    • 9:44pm GMT - January 29th, 2008
    • 17

    i really hope a good marvel game comes out. give it ro capcom or somethin

  18. InfernoReaper | GrimDarkling

    • 1:08am GMT - January 30th, 2008
    • 18

    "This was a business decision based on Electronic Arts portfolio strategy..."

    So it's basically a problem that Marvel doesn't like EA's strategy of releasing a game on all consoles.  Could we be seeing a PS exclusive?  We can only hope.

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