Marvel's The Avengers Game: 10 Things You Need To Know

It took some time, but we now know something about the fabled Square Enix Avengers game. It seems like it’s been cooking forever, but the momentum of the MCU is so strong, it hasn’t missed its window.

As many predicted, it’s being made by Crystal Dynamics and Edios Montreal, the people behind the Tomb Raider reboot. Although that trilogy ended with a strange little whimper in Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, all things considered they got Lara Croft back to the top, and are a sensible pick here.

While we’ve seen no gameplay footage yet, some elongated segments are likely coming soon. With the CGI trailer and subsequent information from Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix though, we know enough about the game’s overall structure and direction, even if we haven’t seen it play yet.

Games rarely show game footage right off the bat these days, and the cinematic style trailer has already generated enough hype on its own.

Xbox fans can breathe a sigh of relief that it’s not following Spider-Man as a PlayStation 4 exclusive, but it still seems like PS4 fans are getting a slightly better deal here...

Marvel’s Spider-Man is one of PlayStation’s biggest killer apps, and with the Avengers they’ve got another juicy exclusive. Not the whole game this time, but the beta will be a timed exclusive to the Sony console, meaning those fans will get their hands on it first.

Spider-Man was recognised as a fantastic game, but releasing at a similar time to Red Dead Redemption 2 and God Of War, it failed to win many major awards. Despite this, it’s arguably much more important to PlayStation than God Of War, at least in terms of attracting new fans.

Here though, people are unlikely to buy a PlayStation just for a timed beta exclusive, but it’s just another thing to throw on the pile. PlayStation is absolutely killing it this gen, and even with skipping E3 they’re still gaining momentum going into the next one.

As for the beta itself, hopefully it’ll be the game in an almost finished state, giving players an early glimpse at what they can look forward too. These days though? It’s just as likely to be a buggy mess with players expected to wade through and find everything that needs fixing prior to release.

Here's hoping The Avengers hits the ground running.