Yesterday, EA announced it was cancelling its in-development Black Panther game, and closing down Cliffhanger Games, the studio making it. But don’t worry gang, EA and Marvel have come forward to reassure fans that there are still other games in development that have yet to be suddenly and unceremoniously killed.
In a statement to IGN, an EA spokesperson provided the following quote, which was attributed to EA Entertainment president Laura Miele: “Our partnership with Marvel remains strong and our multi-title, long-term collaboration continues.” In addition, a Marvel statement was also recived by IGN, which reads as follows:
“The multi-title, long-term relationship between Marvel Games and EA, a creative collaboration focused on original storytelling with various, beloved Marvel characters, remains strong. Development of our console and PC titles, beginning with Marvel’s Iron Man, is led by Motive Studios.”
IGN would follow up to clarify whether or not this still meant that three Marvel games were in development as part of the original deal signed by both Marvel and EA back in 2023, and were told that is indeed the case. This includes an upcoming Iron Man game in the works over at Motive Studios.
The problem with this is that EA has been on such a roll recently when it comes to shutting down games, projects that it’s already spent millions upon millions of dollars on for nothing, that it’s somewhat hard to get overly excited about games we’ve not seen much of. Already this year it has killed various projects at Respawn including a new Titanfall game, so can you really expect folks to get excited?
And all the while, the people actually making these games have to sit down at their workdesk and trust that their team will be fine, even as entire offices are walking out the door with cardboard box in hand. It sucks dude! You want to reassure people that EA are still making games? Try releasing one!
