The Marvel Cinematic Universe's success spurred ideas for a parallel Marvel Gaming Universe, intended to unify Marvel's video games through a timeline and alternate reality game (ARG) mechanics. This concept, discussed in detail by industry figures Alex Irvine and Alexander Seropian on The Fourth Curtain YouTube channel, involved innovative links to comics and original content. Despite some games, like Marvel Rivals, being produced, the potential for a cohesive gaming experience remains unrealized, highlighting missed opportunities in the gaming landscape.
When I first started working on Marvel games, there was this idea that they were going to create a Marvel gaming universe that was going to exist in the same way that the MCU did... It never really happened.
We could link in comics, we could loop in anything, we could do original stuff.
The funding was forthcoming, but we came up with all these great ideas about how to do it.
It's a shame we won't get to see what an interconnected Marvel Gaming Universe would have looked like.
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