Pokémon Go developer Niantic has introduced its subsequent sport, Marvel World of Heroes, one other cellular AR sport deliberate to launch in 2023.
There have been a lot of bulletins at D23 this previous weekend, which included a tease for Niantic’s subsequent sport, one other AR sport, this time bringing the Marvel Universe into the participant’s arms. “In Marvel World of Heroes, gamers can create their very own distinctive Tremendous Hero identification and origin story,” reads the trailer’s description. Gamers might want to patrol their neighbourhoods to foil crimes, full Tremendous Hero missions, and thwart interdimensional threats.”
The outline additionally notes that as gamers degree up, they will unlock gear and skills, and can have the ability to crew up with heroes like Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Captain America, the place they will face off towards numerous villains with a view to save the multiverse.
On Niantic’s web site, the sport’s lead designer Neil Melville and senior producer Lyza Faylona went into some extra particulars about what the sport will probably be like. Melville expressed pleasure for the character customisation, noting that there is a number of “a number of flexibility for gamers to precise totally different physique sorts, gender expressions, and outfit customisation.”
Faylona additionally famous that they liked MMORPGs, and that they are excited to convey that “to the true world,” making it sound just like the AR sport will probably be borrowing from the aforementioned style design-wise.
Gamers can even apparently have the ability to journey to “a number of alternate realities within the Marvel Multiverse to interact with totally different characters and tales in the identical location.”
Earlier this yr, Niantic layed off 8% of its employees, and cancelled 4 of its on the time upcoming initiatives, which included a Transformers sport, a sport often known as Hamlet, and two different unannounced titles often known as Blue and Snowball. And final yr it introduced the information that Harry Potter: Wizards Unite was being shut down. So the developer hasn’t managed to seek out as massive a success as Pokémon Go simply but.