Marvel's Avengers unfortunately never became the game Crystal Dynamics thought it would. Launched in 2020, the game barely managed to assemble a dedicated player base, resulting in it shutting down two years later. Despite the popularity of the MCU, the game's repetitive missions and rather bland narrative saw it join a number of doomed live-revice games.
Marvel's big break into multiplayer should've always been a hero shooter, not a looter shooter.
Marvel Rivals' success this year further showed that it wasn't superhero saturation or live-service features that caused Avengers to fail, but its own decisions. However, will Earth's mightiest heroes assemble again after their previous failure? Avengers Infinity War and Endgame directors Anthony And Joe Russo sure think so.
In a conversation with Variety, the Russos were asked if they would be open to the idea of video games based on Avengers: Doomsday, Secret Wars, or their ongoing Amazon TV show, Citadel. “We would definitely be open to it,” Joe Russo.
"We have a new partner at the company who is one of the greatest game developers in history, Donald Mustard, he’s the creator of “Fortnite,” and he’s come in now to work with us on building out...
