Marvel Heroes News

In an age when MMO after MMO is canceled or shut down, it's nice to be reminded occasionally that some do not, in fact, shut down. Marvel Heroes is celebrating its third birthday on Saturday and it plans to do so in style. Gazillion will be running a stream in which the staff will "tag-team throughout the day," talking about [...]

Do you hate waiting on 20 GB downloads to play your games? Do you wish they would let you jump in instantly? Thanks to Ubitus' Click2Play technology, Marvel Heroes now lets you play instantly while the game downloads in the background. Essentially, it's just a really fancy streaming service. "Early gameplay" can be streamed before the game is finished downloading [...]

Gazillion announced today that Marvel Heroes 2016 has received Captain America: Civil War content. Both Captain America and Iron Man have new costumes that match those seen in the movie. Two new themed Mystery Boxes give players a chance to obtain "exclusive Captain America and Iron Man Team-Up Super Heroes." A new scenario sees Crossbones attack "a bazaar on the [...]

Gazillion and Ubitus announced today that the latter will be publishing Marvel Heroes 2016 in China, Japan, Korea, and "many other Asian territories." The current plan is to launch in Korea this summer with a launch in Japan following shortly after. Releases in China and other Asian territories will follow afterwards. Ubitus is known for its "interactive cloud technologies and [...]

Gazillion has announced that a new character has entered the fray in Marvel Heroes: Elektra. Called "one of the Marvel Universe’s most dangerous assassins," Elektra uses her sai, rope dart, shurikens, and more to attack. Her abilities include one called Marked for Death that "debuffs powerful enemies while buffing herself." Gazillion Senior Game Designer Michael May explained that the team [...]

Gazillion Entertainment announced today that Marvel Heroes 2016's latest playable character is Green Goblin. In Marvel Heroes, Captain America ended up enlisting Green Goblin and the Thunderbolts to help fight Red Onslaught. Therefore, it makes sense that he would become playable in terms of the story. However, as Gazillion put it, they added him because "HE’S SO MUCH FUN TO [...]

Marvel Heroes is starting out the 2016 calendar year strong with its largest content update since launch. This update marks the beginning of Marvel Heroes 2016 and brings with it several major features including official controller support, leaderboards, and an official Mac client, fresh out of beta. A new story chapter, "Secret Invasion," challenges players to make careful decisions about [...]

Blade is making an entrance in Marvel Heroes right in time for Halloween. He is voiced by Dave Fennoy—possibly best known as the voice of Lee Everett in Telltale's The Walking Dead—and "dressed in attire inspired by amazing comic covers designed by Marko Djurdjevic for Blade’s 2006 series." According to Gazillion employee Anthony Gallegos, "what makes him special are his [...]

Following a sneak peek at the New York Comic Con yesterday, Gazillion announced today that the Marvel Heroes 2016 title update will be coming in December. The 2016 update is intended to be a followup to the turnaround brought on by Marvel Heroes 2015—an update that you may remember for bringing their Metacritic score from 58 to 81. The team [...]

Marvel Heroes 2015 will become Marvel Heroes 2016 next year, according to David Brevik, CEO from Gazillion Entertainment. Although this may feel like a cheap way to present the game as "new", every re-branding is expected to include the launch of a large update, which should keep Marvel Heroes feeling fresh. Players should expect a re-branding to occur every year [...]