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XCOM studio are making a Marvel turn-based game, rumours say#releasethekeighleycut
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E3 is almost upon us, which means E3 rumours and supposed leaks are ramping up. Here’s a curious one: Firaxis, the studio behind the rebooted XCOM, are making a turn-based game with Marvel superheroes. The evidence supporting rumours of this ‘Codename CODA’ are pretty flimsy but welp, pre-E3 is the time for gossip and speculation. Honestly, I can see superpowers being a good fit for XCOM-esque action, but didn’t XCOM 2 already give soldiers so many more interesting and varied abilities than your average Marvel wizard?
The chain of rumour is:someone on Redditsays someone told them that Firaxis are making a turn-based action game, with their source describing it as “XCOM with Marvel heroes”. And supposedly famous actors are voicing characters, though that’s vague enough that it could mean anything from famous voice actors like Laura Bailey and David Hayter all the way up to, like, actual Scarlett Johansson and Chris Hemsworth. That’s it. No evidence, just second-hand whispers.
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I mean, not that we know this Marvel game is real, or that we have any idea what it’s actually like, or that it’s ever a good idea to assume a game you know nothing about will basically be the same as another game that studio made. Take it all with a chug of salt (chug! chug! chug! chug! wuuuuuaaaayyy!).
The initial rumourmonger also mentioned a Borderlands spin-off starring Tiny Tina, and a new game currently known as ‘Codename Vault’ which their source described as “Cthulhu meetsSaints Row”. Again, just second-hand whispers.
Take-Two Interactive, the parent company of Firaxis and 2K as well as publishers of Borderlands, do have a presentation at E3 this month. They haven’t yet said what they’ll show on Monday the 14th, so maybe it could be some of this? Or it could be none of it. E3 will also bring Marvel news from Square Enix about the upcomingBlack Pantherupdate for their Avengers game. See ourE3 2021 schedulefor info on these showcases and so many more.
