In 2011, before the Marvel Cinematic Universe became an unstoppable ticket office and cultural force, THQ Studio Australia was hard at work on a computer game tie-in for an upcoming motion picture called The Avengers.
Thats the story from Mark Serrels at CNET, and it comes chock-full of statement and juicy anecdotes from the designers and publishing officers who tried to make it a reality– some of whom moved their lives throughout the world only for the game to become canceled. Theres even never-before-seen video of the game.
A video game on a due date so stressful that one developer beat up his filing cabinet with an umbrella, and another chosen to consistently stab his desk with a giant kitchen area knife.
Go read it here if youre at all curious what might have been.
Today I am featured in an article about a video game I worked on that never ever came out. It includes dev quotes like: “Just put the knife down.
Not the Destiny-esque Marvels Avengers video game thats being released tomorrow– an Avengers game that never ever saw the light of day.
A first-person superhero brawler, rather of the traditional behind-the-character viewpoint.
