Oddly enough, Marvel video games aren’t as commonplace as fans might expect in the modern age, but there are certainly precedents for games based on comic book heroes; Released in 2011, DC Universe Online is a hit MMO that ties together the many disparate aspects of the DC comics multiverse.
Although the PS5 and Xbox Series X ports of the game were delayed, the title is still reasonably popular and is continually being updated. At the end of 2021, a kind of companion game of Marvelalthough Stockholm-based conglomerate EG7 has revealed in a recent earnings report that it has been scrapped.
Given the good reception that DC Universe Online has had and the undeniable profitability of most Marvel IPs, this cancellation It may be a big surprise for the fans. Run by Daybreak Game Company, the same studio behind DC Universe Online and other well-known titles like Planetside 2 and Everquest, the MMO from Marvel seemed to be in good hands.
However, EG7 cites rising investment costs as one of the main reasons for its cancellation; although not explained in layman’s terms, it appears that the development costs were beginning to exceed the expected profitability of the title.
This is not something out of the ordinary, since the maintenance of the servers and the constant updates that the players expect from a MMO They don’t come cheap, and games in this genre are regularly canceled or removed.
Avid Blizzard fans may remember Titan’s troubled IP that never came to fruition, and Daybreak itself canceled Everquest Next way back in 2016 out of fear that the game simply wasn’t fun enough to sustain a strong player base.