It’s been announced that Marvel Entertainment and video game publisher Square Enix have joined forces for a massive partnership. The focus of this teaming is to deliver multiple games based on Marvel titles and characters in the coming years.

The first game to be unveiled in this new partnership is a currently untitled project based on The Avengers. The game will be made by Crystal Dynamics, developer of multiple Tomb Raider games including the 2013 reboot and its 2015 sequel Rise of the Tomb Raider, and Eidos Montreal, who are best known for their work making the Deus Ex games.

To announce the game, a brief trailer was released. You can give that a watch below.

The only bad news about all of this is, it sounds like we’re going to have to wait quite a while to see or even hear anything else. According to the description accompanying the announcement trailer, which can be read in full below, we’ll have to wait until 2018 just to get more details on this Avengers game and other projects.

Until then…

Trailer

Marvel Entertainment and Square Enix announced today a multi-year, multi-game partnership, leading with the reveal of The Avengers project. This newly established partnership pairs the creative minds at Marvel and Square Enix for one of the most powerful alliances in interactive entertainment.

A game based on beloved Marvel heroes, The Avengers project is being crafted by Crystal Dynamics Рlongtime developers of the award winning Tomb Raider series Рin collaboration with lauded Deus Ex developer Eidos-Montr̩al.

The Avengers project is being designed for gamers worldwide and will be packed with all the characters, environments, and iconic moments that have thrilled longtime fans of the franchise. Featuring a completely original story, it will introduce a universe gamers can play in for years to come. More details on The Avengers project and other games will be announced in 2018.

[Source: Marvel Entertainment]

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