A major contributor to this problem in recent years is Marvel and their partnership with Sega to released video games for all of the Marvel Studios films to date. Every single one of them was ugly, dated and downright bad. For fans, the good news is that Sega seems to be out of the mix but we don’t know yet if there will be a full-fledged retail release for The Avengers.
We can thank Sega for the awful, poorly made, over-priced, unfair-to-fans-and-the-industry games including The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, Captain America: Super Soldier and Thor: God of Thunder. The Thor game was so bad it made us angry that it was even made.
At GDC this week, The Hollywood Reporter chatted with TQ Jefferson, VP Games Production for Marvel, briefly (and safely) touching on the topic of Sega published Marvel games as well as the problem of licensed movie games.
Yay!
So, why have all of these Marvel movie games sucked?
Is that why this continued for three years, releasing five of these poorly conceived games for every platform? We know Sega’s not working on a game for The Avengers and the one THQ was working on got canned. Is there going to be a full console release or is Marvel (and parent company, Disney) just focusing on social and free-to-play games going forward?
In addition to Marvel: Avengers Alliance, Gazillion has the Super Hero Squad game for the toddlers and they have the upcoming Marvel Heroes MMO on the way, but still now word on a potential retail game based on The Avengers.
We previously reported in September 2011 that the license for the characters had reverted back to Marvel - hence, no more Sega - and that they were looking for publishing opportunities from other potential partners. With Jefferson hinting at incoming announcements, perhaps they found someone?
If only Rocksteady Studios wasn’t tied to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment…
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Source: THR
