Marvel MMO may be our rumored canceled game
by Dustin Burg 
{ Nov 14th 2007 at 11:00AM }
Ah ha! We think we've come across the unlucky winner of this week's canceled Microsoft game search. And unlike the Price is Right, this winner doesn't get a new dishwasher, car or get to play Plinko. Instead, it's (possibly) getting canceled.According to whispers into 1UP's ears, the rumor is true and we'll soon find out that (wait for it ...) Marvel Universe Online will be getting axed. This game collaboration between Marvel, Microsoft and Cryptic Studios has been years in the making, but hasn't been openly discussed since an interview way back in 2006. And the odd thing about this Marvel MMO is that nobody (and we mean nobody) is confirming that the game is even in development. Microsoft refuses to talk, Marvel is very hush and Cryptic Studios sidesteps questions when asked. Only time will tell, but even if Marvel Ultimate Online isn't the rumored canceled game, it should still be watching its back. There's definitely some management and development issues going on there. Or maybe they're just being super secret.
[Thanks, EC]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Will @ Nov 14th 2007 11:23AM
:(
Snap @ Nov 14th 2007 11:39AM
Ugh. This is one of the 3 games on 360 I'm really waiting for. One has been confirmed to still be in development, one is a 3rd party game well under way, and this one. This would suck as I'd be looking forward to a Marvel MMO for sometime now.
Boff @ Nov 14th 2007 11:42AM
You'd think it would sell like hot cakes, what with the current popularity of Marvel superheroes.
Michael Paul @ Nov 14th 2007 11:45AM
Seems like they could have just bought the rights to a graphics engine then built the Marvel Universe around it, but maybe 10,000 Spider-men was a few too many to have running around at once.
At least with a generic Hero MMO one could beat up on villains without feeling somebody else was cutting in on their gimmick...
Emily @ Nov 14th 2007 12:01PM
Maybe it's a "Were going to cancel it so you must like it!" marketing ploy....I hope...
Tony @ Nov 14th 2007 12:04PM
I was actually going to suggest this when looking at lists of games, but then I remembered "a game that lots of people were looking forward to". I can't even remember the last time I've even read a vague comment about this game.
morphs @ Nov 14th 2007 12:14PM
I was looking forward to this game aswell.
iFester @ Nov 14th 2007 12:22PM
From what I recall of early development, you wouldn't be able to play the Marvel characters, just create your own that would interact with them. If that were the case then it makes sense to a degree but it would also be misleading to the consumer. It would have been more in tone with Marvel Sidekicks Online. I don't think many fans would buy into that so it's kind of a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation for Cryptic Studios.
tainted @ Nov 14th 2007 1:08PM
"At least with a generic Hero MMO one could beat up on villains without feeling somebody else was cutting in on their gimmick..."
City of Heroes already exists.
Gemini Ace @ Nov 14th 2007 1:29PM
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
ccc @ Nov 14th 2007 1:31PM
Telling you guys, Its Bully.
Shadow OMGWTF @ Nov 14th 2007 2:26PM
im sad ):
Arno @ Nov 14th 2007 2:31PM
Hurraaaaay!!
It's a game I don't give a shit about, as opposed to one that I might actually play (Alan Wake, Halo Wars, etc.)
Adam N @ Nov 14th 2007 5:54PM
It kind of sucks but I'm just happy all the other rumoured games weren't cancelled. I would'nt be happy if Alan Wake, Banjo Kazooie, Halo Wars or Fable 2 would be cancelled!
Dean Tripp @ Nov 14th 2007 9:59PM
Uhh, just a heads up, you wrote Ultimate Online once, and Universe Online the other time! Just a heads up.
Boff @ Nov 15th 2007 9:05AM
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3164400