Pokémon Go developer Niantic The next game is announced, Marvel World of Heroesanother mobile AR game scheduled for release in 2023.
There were a number of announcements at D23 over the weekend, including a teaser for Niantic’s next game, another AR game, this time bringing the Marvel Universe into the hands of players. “In the Marvel Universe of Heroes, players can create their own unique superhero identity and origin story,” reads the trailer’s description. Players will need to patrol their neighborhoods to thwart crime, complete superhero missions and thwart interdimensional threats. ”
The description also states that as players level up, they can unlock gear and abilities and be able to team up with heroes like Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Captain America, where they’ll face off against various villains to save the multiverse.
On Niantic’s website, the game’s lead designer Neil Melville and senior producer Lyza Faylona detail the game’s content. Melville expressed excitement about character customization, noting that “players have the flexibility to express different body types, gender expressions, and clothing customizations.”
Faylona also noted that they love MMORPGs and that they’re excited to “bring it to the real world,” which sounds like AR games will borrow designs from the aforementioned genre.
Players will also apparently be able to travel to “multiple alternate realities in the Marvel Multiverse, interacting with different characters and stories in the same location”.
Earlier this year, Niantic laid off 8% of its staff and canceled four upcoming projects at the time, including a Transformers game, a game called Hamlet and two other unannounced games called Blue and Snowball. game. Last year it announced that Harry Potter: Wizards League was shut down. As such, the developers haven’t managed to find a hit game like Pokémon Go.
