With the arrival of she hulk on Disney + as well as the small indiscretions of a presenter, it was thought that the cousin of Bruce Banner would be the next to join the cast of Marvel’s Avengers. But Crystal Dynamics puts an end to the rumors today by directly revealing the identity of the next playable hero, who is none other than the Winter Soldier, in other words Bucky Barnes. And the studio takes the opportunity to take stock of the future of the game.
The Winter Soldier prepares for his arrival
If version 2.6 of the game will aim to introduce a new mode with the return of MODOK in September, we learn that Bucky Barnes will come into play during version 2.7 of the game, which is dated for this end of the year, without further details.
Forbes magazine had the opportunity to speak with Brian Wagonerthe game’s current lead designer, to learn more about this character, who draws his influences from Captain America as well as Black Widow.
Although he doesn’t possess a shield, he has a way of fighting reminiscent of Steve Rogers, and his training in the Red Room has taught him moves that Natasha Romanoff knows well. However, he will not be seen as a clone of these two characters, unlike Jane Foster compared to Thor.
The beginning of the end for the game?
Wagoner then clarifies thatthere are many plans for Marvel’s Avengers in 2023with the continuation of history and an increasingly important place for the Krees.
However, it indicates that extensions way War of Wakandawhich had introduced Black Panther, it’s over. Marvel’s Avengers will no longer be entitled to such major updates with an entire new region and large single-player missions. The priority for the studio is now to create content that can be replayed, rather than a new single-player campaign. We can say that this will also help the studio to focus on the arrival of new characters, and reduce the time between the arrival of each of them.
With this news, you would think that the game is continuing to be in decline, but that is not the case. According to Wagoner, it’s even the opposite, and that he owes to Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus. He indicates that the arrival of the game on these two services has caused the player count to jump, and since paid MCU skins are very popular, the studio must find its way financially, or at least enough to ensure a minimum of follow-up.
What to allow him to finally release the famous, long-promised Cloning Lab mode, which should also arrive in 2.7 and which should explain Bucky’s presence in the game. Marvel’s Avengers is therefore not dead, at least not quite.