Crystal Dynamics’ upcoming Avengers is probably going to have some pretty bad ass Thor gameplay, as the Square Enix subsidiary has just opened a brand new studio and hired God of War’s lead combat designer Vincent Napoli. The all-new satellite studio is based in Bellevue, Washington, and has been imaginatively named Crystal Northwest.
“The new studio in the Seattle area is officially up and running as of today, and is a full-fledged extension of Crystal Dynamics,” a press release said. “Dedicated initially to technology development, it delivers even more expertise to the highly-anticipated Avengers.”
Other new hires, in addition to Napoli, include Ben Wanat (Dead Space), David Fifield (Halo), and more. Scot Amos, the co-head at Crystal Dynamics, said: “We’re aggressively scaling up our teams and adding a new studio with spectacular talent to deliver the ultimate gaming experiences for our players. We have assembled a team of industry veterans and leaders in order to create gaming experiences that surpass the expectations of our passionate community.”
Things must now be getting serious on the Avengers front, so we imagine we may get a glimpse of what the developer’s been up to at some point soon. It would appear that Square Enix is betting big on the success of this project – but then, a high-quality game based on some of the biggest characters from the Marvel universe seems like a slam dunk, doesn’t it?
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I'm still hoping for a new Legacy of Kain remake reboot or something
This-This sounds cool. I've never cared for comic book video games but this sounds like it's gonna be good.
The Avengers Project... that's supposed to be out this year!
@viciousarcanum And it's a Square Enix project, so you know that release window is on lock.
The headline made me excited, but then I see they're contracted to do a string of licensed games?! That's very hard for me to get excited about...I'd rather see some original content! Especially since I'm a DC person
An Avengers game? Why am I only just now hearing about this? I've been wanting an actual game where you could play as Thor, and God of War was about the closest thing. I'll have to keep an eye on this...
So when can we expect the Avengers game then? Is it going to be a PS5 game?
@Giygas_95 @AllTheReddist Think Spider-Man PS4 level quality, but with the Avengers instead and the developer is Crystal Dynamics, not Insomniac .
@ToddlerNaruto I hope it's good. I've just been thinking how I want a Thor game, but I figured God of War was the closest I'd get. I want to play Thor as he was near the end of Infinity War though.
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@Giygas_95 I doubt there's going to be any continuity between the movies and the new game...so expect Thor and the other Avengers to be wearing their original costumes/outfits.
@ToddlerNaruto No doubt. It would just be soooooo cool to play as Thor with Stormbreaker. I'd also love to get to play as Thanos with a full set of Infinity gems, but that would be difficult story wise.
@Giygas_95 They could still include Thanos, we'll have to wait and see.
Sadly it seems like we won't be getting any video coverage until E3 2019 at this point...
@Enuo
Aha, comment of the week right there, very good.
@GKO900 This needs to happen and would be awesome!
At least they are taking the opportunity seriously. If they can do an Avengers game the way Insomniac is (seemingly) handling Spider-Man, I think it could be great.
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