Marvel's Midnight Suns Rated in South Korea, Seemingly Coming Soon

Superhero strategy game on the horizon?

by Stephen Tailby Mon 16th May 2022

We almost forgot this game exists, to be honest. Marvel's Midnight Suns, a mix of strategy and action from XCOM studio Firaxis, has been quiet for a long time now. The last we heard was about six months ago, when the game was delayed to the second half of 2022. Now, a new development seems to suggest the title could release in this window after all.

Over on the South Korean ratings website, Midnight Suns has just been classified, and you can view the listing through here. This is worth noting, because usually, ratings such as this indicate a game's release is not too far behind. It's possible we're on the verge of some major news about the elusive title. Given the timing — Summer Game Fest, and presumably other events, are happening in a matter of weeks — it seems likely we'll finally see more about this game, and probably get a release date, too.

It's not a confirmation, but these ratings are pretty reliable indicators. Are you looking forward to learning more about Midnight Suns? Play your cards right in the comments section below.

[source reddit.com, via eurogamer.net]

Stephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing every PlayStation console to date, he's developed an eclectic taste, with particular passion for indie games, arcade racers, and puzzlers. He's also our go-to guy for Sonic-related matters, much to his delight/chagrin.

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Keyblade-Dan
Mon 16th May 2022

Not really excited for this always down for more Marvel games but unfortunately I'm not that into the genre of this one so pass

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BReal
Mon 16th May 2022

Removed - unconstructive; user is banned

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GorosBat
Mon 16th May 2022

I'm going to bet this will be The Guardians of the Galaxy of 2022, trailers will probably look meh and generic and then once the game comes out people start realising its an actual good game. I have hope as the pedigree of the developer is very good and has a good track record.

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Athrum
Mon 16th May 2022

@GorosBat I don't know mate, you use cards to attack :S

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theheadofabroom
Mon 16th May 2022

@GorosBat sounds about right. I think the people ragging on the use of cards are forgetting that there's not much difference between that and the traditional buttons-at-the-bottom-of-the-screen approach of XCom. (Some of which would be specific to a soldier or soldier class, and some of which would be disabled or enabled based on timers)

I also want this game released already so they can concentrate on XCom 3, which has to be out some time soon, given the first game of the reboot was 2012, the second game was 2016 and teased more to come (more teasing in 2017's WotC expansion), and then since then all we've had was 2020's Chimera Squad (which wasn't supposed to be part of the main series, not definitely canon).

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Chaotic_Goat
Mon 16th May 2022

Remember when they rated Chimera Squad in South Korea for consoles last year? Yeah, it may take a while before we see this game

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Loftimus
Mon 16th May 2022

So, is this like Lost in random without the dice?

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pharos_haven
Mon 16th May 2022

@theheadofabroom I got Xcom 2 free on Epic I haven't jumped in yet.

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theheadofabroom
Mon 16th May 2022

@pharos_haven I highly encourage it, and if you like it, see if you can get mods on there without access to the Steam Workshop. Pretty sure there's an alternative launcher out there so you should be fine.