EA says its three-game partnership with Marvel is ‘still strong’ after Black Panther cancellation

Earlier this week, EA revealed that it has closed down one of its single-player studios, Cliffhanger Games, and cancelled its Black Panther title. This game was one of three planned Marvel game projects and despite its cancellation, EA says there will still be three games on the way.

EA and Marvel Games had a deal in place for three major video game releases. The first was Iron Man, by EA Motive and the second was the Black Panther game. Black Panther has been cancelled, but Iron Man is still in the works at EA Motive. It would seem that while Black Panther was cancelled, EA still plans to deliver three Marvel games in the years ahead.

In a statement sent to IGN, EA said that the relationship between itself and Marvel was still “strong” and that the previous deal between the two companies is still ongoing: “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”.

The last part of that statement makes it sound like EA Motive will now be responsible for all three Marvel games. Whether EA has pivoted to an Iron Man trilogy, or plans to develop three separate, unconnected games with different characters in each, still remains to be seen.

KitGuru Says: I'm looking forward to the Iron Man game, but with EA shutting down two single-player game studios in back-to-back years, I wouldn't take this as confirmation that we will definitely see all three of these games come to fruition.

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