Black Panther & Captain America Fight Nazis in Marvel’s Next Game

Over the final a number of years, Marvel has managed to have a run of stable, principally single participant video games starring heavy hitter comedian e book characters like Spider-Man, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and so forth. Last 12 months, the information broke that Marvel had one other sport within the works from Skydance New Media, run by Amy Hennig, the author behind Legacy of Kain and Naughty Dog’s Uncharted trilogy. And the sport in query has lastly turned out to be…a WWII action-adventure starring Black Panther and a younger Captain America, of all issues.

Revealed at Disney’s video games showcase throughout D23 on Friday, the at the moment untitled sport has each heroes working collectively and happening a globetrotting journey to combat HYDRA, and by extension Nazis. Notably, the person donning the Panther mantle on this sport isn’t T’Challa, however fairly his grandfather Azzuri, created within the comics by Roy Thomas and Dave Hoover. For comics followers, the setup right here will sound acquainted to the 2010 miniseries Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers by Reginald Hudlin, Klaus Janson, and Denys Cowan. In it, the heroes, together with Cap’s Howling Commandoes unit, fought Hitler and the Nazis, who needed the Wakandans’ Vibranium to assist win the battle.

Joining Cap and Azzuri on their journey is Gabe Jones, a Black Howling Commando created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby; and Nanali, the chief of the Wakandan Spy Network, and presumably the precursor to the current day Dora Milaje. MCU heads could bear in mind Jones as performed by Derek Luke within the first Captain America movie. Meanwhile, Nanali, who was additionally created by Thomas and Hoover, is a personality that hasn’t actually gotten any play within the comics since Flags of Our Fathers. 

Captain America and Black Panther have had a reasonably pleasant relationship in media; setting apart Cap’s Vibranium defend, the 2 have been on the identical Avengers crew a number of occasions within the comics, and has every Panther has had a deep respect for the Captain. In Square Enix’s Avengers sport, T’Challa and Steve had been good mates earlier than Steve was presumed to be lifeless and was held captive in house (it’s sophisticated). And who might neglect that point within the Ultimate Marvel universe that Steve was Black Panther?

Will it’s a strictly single participant affair or characteristic co-op? That stays to be seen, but it surely’s actually an fascinating pitch for a sport!

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