A third-personBlack Panthergame is in development, headed by the newEAstudio, Cliffhanger Games. This unnamed title will be single-player and story-driven, and is being overseen byMarvel Studios.This is unique from thepreviously announced Marvel game set in the 1940s, starring Captain America and Black Panther. Instead, this game is solely focused on the Wakandan hero, and aims to create an “expansive and reactive world” that players have to protect as part of taking up the Black Panther mantle.Related:Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Is The Perfect Movie For MCU Completionsts Who Are Sick Of The MCUDeveloper Cliffhanger is a completely new studio. It’s not clear how long the team has been at work, but we do know that it has at least one game in development already, with Black Panther being its first project. The team is made up of talent fromHalo Infinite,God of War,Call of Duty, andMiddle-earth: Shadow of Mordor.
“We’re dedicated to delivering fans a definitive and authentic Black Panther experience, giving them more agency and control over their narrative than they have ever experienced in a story-driven video game,” says Kevin Stephens, head of Cliffhanger Games. “Wakanda is a rich SuperHero sandbox, and our mission is to develop an epic world for players who love Black Panther and want to explore the world of Wakanda as much as we do.”
There are no words on what platforms the Black Panther game is targeting, or when we can expect to see anything like screenshots or trailers - much less a release window. With this in mind, it definitely seems that the title is in the early stages of production, with these vague descriptions of what the team wants from the game the only aspect of it that can be shared with the public right now.
“We want our game to enable players to feel what it’s like to be worthy of the Black Panther mantle in unique, story-driven ways, and we want Cliffhanger Games to empower everyone on our team as we collaborate to bring this amazing world to life,” says Stephens. His use of language such as “reactive”, “agency” and “control” could be hinting that players will be able to make different decisions in the story, influencing the state of Wakanda as its people. That would line up with players up the mantle of Black Panther, since their job is to not only protect Wakanda, but lead it and make huge decisions regarding its future.
We’ll have to wait and see when we get more news on the Black Panther game. Right now, there’s no word on how far the game is in development.
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