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Marvel Games Promises ‘Absolutely Amazing’ Things In VR That Will Make Fans ‘Go Crazy’

by Jamie Feltham • May 8th, 2017

Comic book giant Marvel Entertainment has already conquered the movie industry, and now its sights are set on videogames including, it appears, VR experiences.

That is according to Jay Ong, senior vice president of games and innovation at Marvel. In a recent interview with Gamespot, he confirmed that there are “absolutely” VR projects in the work at the company right now.

“Absolutely expect some announcements in VR,” Ong said, “that’s something we’re really excited about. I think our fans are going to go crazy. The things we’re doing there are absolutely amazing.”

Ong explained that the company had done a “deep dive in looking” at VR towards the end of 2016, and found that it “offers some pretty incredible opportunities” that it’s currently exploring. He didn’t hint as to what the company’s VR projects may be — perhaps they’re related in Marvel’s interest in VR for film — but he certainly didn’t play down how committed Marvel is to the technology.

“We think if we do something there, it shouldn’t be just for the novelty of it,” Ong added. “It should be something that defines the platform, that defines the experience.”

He said that he expects the upcoming Spider-Man game, which is being developed by Edge of Nowhere’s Insomniac Games (though, sadly, not in VR), to be one of the best games on PlayStation 4, while the recently announced Avengers game is expected to be one of the best games on PS4 and Xbox One.

“We think our efforts in VR will be the same thing,” Ong concluded.

That’s certainly bullish, which has us aching to find out what Marvel is working on in VR. Recently, we saw Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg demo prototype glove controllers for the Oculus Rift that he said allowed him to “shoot webs” just like Spider-Man himself. If this tech didn’t look like it was so early in development, we might wage Marvel has teamed up with Oculus similar to how Sony partnered with the company for the PS4 Spider-Man game. That’s just speculation on our part, though.

We have plenty of ideas for superhero VR games, if Marvel needs any ideas.

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  • Cl

    Stop all that feminist and sjw propaganda and maybe I’ll buy something marvel.

    • CaptainMurphy

      We live in such a weird time where everyone is constantly on the defense and thinks everything is propaganda. Not that your paranoia is completely unwarranted…. but for the most part Hollywood is a soulless cash cow just cashing in on trends. This is a natural/direct result of capitalism (for all its greatness and flaws), not some evil agenda.

      • JonBishop

        While I am also irritated by the SJW culture, you make a valid point, there.

  • mellott124

    Spider-man VR please.

    • James Friedman

      That would be epic, Something like windlands but better graphics swinging from buildings.

      • dorkgeniuz21

        Exactly.Thats what I thought the moment I played it..Before playing wondlands I had a dream about being Spider-Man and it was the most funniest thing I had ever experienced, I was almost let down when I woke up and realize it was only a dream, I would’ve done anything to feel that again,windlands gave that to me.

  • Ted Joseph

    OH man! I have been saying this since the touch controllers came out! Bring us a super hero game (like Iron Man with the mask, HUD, lasers, flying, etc.) and it will sell like hot cakes. Make it cross platform play (Vive, Rift, PSVR), and to make it go GOLD have it include MMORG elements! Teaming up with groups to fight large bosses (Boss like Robo Recall etc.)!!