One of the most eagerly anticipated games of E3 2019 is Square Enix`s Avengers title. It should come as no surprise that there`s a great deal of excitement surrounding the game; not only has Marvel just wrapped up one of the most exciting movie events of the last decade with Avengers: Endgame, but it also scored a win in the video game space. Marvel`s Spider-Man, which was developed by Insomniac Games and launched as a PlayStation 4 exclusive in 2018, received widespread critical acclaim for its storytelling and gameplay. Things are looking good for Marvel right now, which could bode well for the Avengers game.The game was originally announced in January 2017 as `The Avengers Project.` Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal, the teams behind Tomb Raider and Deus Ex, respectively, were attached as developers. Since then, a new teaser has been released and it indicates that the game is called `Marvel`s Avengers.` Aside from the new name, Square Enix, Marvel, Crystal Dynamics, and Eidos Montreal have played their cards very close to their chests. We`re hoping they go big at E3 and, ahead of the event, we`ve put together a breakdown of everything we know and what we want to see. Take a look below.What We Know So FarMarvel`s Avengers is the first chapter in a multi-game partnership between the comic book titan and Square Enix. The initial trailer confirmed that the world it is set in hasn`t been too kind to superheroes--perhaps they`ve even been demonized. `They say the time of heroes is over,` a narrator says in the original teaser trailer. `That if you`re different, you`re dangerous. But I know the truth. The world will always need heroes. We just need to reassemble.`The use of `reassemble` is important, as the original video then shows Thor`s hammer, Mjolnir, Captain America`s shield, and Iron Man`s repulsor-equipped hand armor, though they`ve seen much better days. The implication is that the Avengers have been scattered, maybe even defeated. That means the player c ...
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