Excitement Builds as Xbox Players Get Marvel Experience

Marvel’s Blade is in development at the Microsoft and Bethesda-owned Arkane Lyon, and while platforms are yet to be confirmed, Xbox fans are very excited they’re finally getting some Marvel love. Announced at The Game Awards, Blade will be a “mature, single player, third person game set in the heart of Paris”, and unlike other Marvel games like the Spider-Man series and Wolverine, it’s safe to assume it won’t be a PlayStation exclusive.IGN’s Twenty Questions – Guess the game! “Finally some Marvel love coming to Xbox,” said halonone on Reddit. “Xbox hitting hard this Game Awards,” added Dry_Antelope_5411. “If Microsoft starts putting out Marvel titles for all the B and C characters I am 1000% on board,” said Vashek19. Exclusivity aside, a lot of people are just super excited that Arkane Lyon — the developer behind Dishonored and Deathloop — are making a Blade game. “This is gonna be sick as hell,” said galaxyadmirer. “I am so in,” added QualityDude615. “I love Blade and I love Arkane. I was hoping for Dishonored 3 but this will suffice.” The irony of Arkane, who most recently released the disastrous vampire game Redfall, developing this game about vampire hunting wasn’t lost on some fans, of course, but the reaction was generally positive. “Arkane’s vampire redemption arc,” joked TheRemedy. “Let’s go.” Blade is being developed at Arkane Lyon though, compared to Arkane Austin which created Redfall. As for other Marvel entries, Xbox did receive the multiplayer live service game Avengers, but this was poorly received and was soon shut down. An Iron Man game is also being developed at EA, and another starring Captain America and Black Panther is also in development at Skydance Media. Platforms are currently unconfirmed for both. Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll talk about The Witcher all day.