Tag Archives: Marvel’s Avengers

Earlier in 2023, Square Enix announced that their Marvel’s Avengers game would be delisted from digital stores after just two and a half years on the market, cementing the fact that the live-service title failed to capture fans in the way that the publisher was hoping. Just over 3 years …

It has been months since the last hero update for Marvel's Avengers, with the last major update being the PlayStation exclusive Spider-Man DLC. Now Crystal Dynamics is delivering the next multi-platform character – the Jane Foster version of Thor.  One of Marvel's Avengers' major issues since launch has been the …

Square Enix caused a lot of controversy when it announced that its upcoming Spider-Man DLC for Marvel's Avengers would be exclusive to PlayStation. As it turns out, those of us on other platforms won't be missing out on much, as the DLC will not include new story missions, unlike the …

After a lengthy delay, Spider-Man is finally joining the Marvel's Avengers roster. The DLC was controversially announced as a PlayStation exclusive last year with plans to release in early 2021, before being pushed back to late 2021. On November 30th, the Spider-Man DLC will release and we now have a …

It has been a busy week for Crystal Dynamics and Marvel's Avengers. Earlier in the week, paid XP boosts were removed from the game after a brief stint on the marketplace and shortly after that, Square Enix admitted it was ‘disappointed' in the game's performance to date. Now, we're capping …

Marvel’s Avengers has had a rocky first year. It looked like things might be turning around after the release of the Black Panther expansion and the game's recent release on Xbox Game Pass, but then Square Enix followed that up with the introduction of XP boost microtransactions, something the developers …

Last year, there were rumours that Marvel's Avengers would end up on Xbox Game Pass at some point, a theory that only continued to gain ground as the player base dwindled. Now, a full year on from launch, the game will be coming to Game Pass across all available platforms.  …

Following on from the launch of Marvel's Avengers' first expansion, War for Wakanda, Square Enix has made a significant change to the PC version, removing Denuvo DRM from the game a full year after launch.  This week, Patch 2.02 began rolling out for the game across all platforms. For the …

Square Enix stirred controversy last year when it announced that Spider-Man would be coming to Marvel's Avengers, but only for PlayStation consoles. That exclusive piece of DLC took a back seat after the game's rough launch, but apparently, it will still be releasing this year. Speaking with Screen Rant, Marvel's …

Last week, Square Enix announced that the first major expansion for Marvel's Avengers, which will introduce Black Panther to the game, will be releasing in August. To celebrate, over the weekend, the game went free to play for a limited time and sure enough, it did seem to reinvigorate the …

Back in March, Square Enix revealed the first major expansion for Marvel's Avengers – War for Wakanda. As you would expect from the name, this expansion will introduce Black Panther, as well as a new story campaign. The expansion will be out a little earlier than anticipated, gaining an August …

Marvel’s Avengers released its latest content patch earlier this week and immediately, players noticed something very wrong. For some reason, the patch made it so that the game displays the player’s IP address on screen at all times.  This would be particularly problematic for anyone looking to stream the game, …

Last night during the Square Enix Presents showcase, the publisher announced its future plans for Marvel's Avengers. For the first time since launch, Crystal Dynamics has put out a roadmap, detailing the content we can expect over the next six months, which includes a Black Panther expansion.  Marvel's Avengers did …

It is no secret that Marvel's Avengers has struggled since launch and while many assumed that the Marvel license would carry the game to breaking even, that might not end up being the case. Recently, Square Enix confirmed to investors that it has not yet recouped the initial development cost …

Marvel's Avengers hasn't exactly been in the news for the right reasons lately, but perhaps that could start turning around soon. This week, Crystal Dynamics finally announced a release date for the game's first new character DLC.  ‘Taking AIM' is the name of the first Avengers expansion, which will bring …

Marvel's Avengers had its share of problems at launch, from its ill-advised loot and progression system, to matchmaking not working properly. A lot of problems have been fixed but due to delays and a lack of new content updates, the player counts are starting to drop dangerously low.  Square Enix …

At this point, Crystal Dynamics has put plans for future Avengers content on hold in order to further refine the base game. However, thanks to the efforts of dataminers, we do have a good idea as to which characters are coming next.  We already know that Kate Bishop and Clint …

There is good news and bad news for Marvel's Avengers players this week. On the bright side, a big quality of life patch dropped this week, fixing a lot of bugs and features. The bad news though, is that future content updates are being delayed.  Firstly, the Kate Bishop hero …

Two more games this week are gaining DLSS support this week, Nvidia's fancy AI-powered performance saving tech is now arriving in Marvel's Avengers and the 8K DLSS mode is also coming to Wolfenstein: Youngblood after previously appearing in Control.  The Wolfenstein: Youngblood update includes additional optimisations for Asynchronous Compute on …

Marvel's Avengers has been out for a couple of weeks now and while many have had plenty of fun with the game, bugs have been a lingering issue. Fortunately, Crystal Dynamics is continuing to squash those issues, starting with patch V1.3.0, which fixes ‘over 1,000' issues.  These fixes run the …

Thursday has arrived once again, meaning it is time for another GeForce Now library update. This week, the service gets Marvel's Avengers, one of the biggest games of the summer, alongside a few other additions to bulk out the library.  We also have a game returning to GeForce Now this …

Beta tests for Marvel's Avengers have now taken place across all major platforms, giving intrigued players an early look at the game. The open beta also brought along a new series of leaks, with code strings unveiling at least 15 characters that could appear in the game either at launch, …

Following on from last weekend's closed pre-order beta, Marvel's Avengers is officially entering open beta today across all platforms, including PC, Xbox One and PS4. As you would expect, all of the content that has been available in the closed beta sessions remains available here, featuring several hours worth of …

We are just one day away from the pre-order beta for Marvel's Avengers on PC and just a few weeks away from the game's full release. As a high-budget Avengers game, we are expecting plenty of graphical prowess, but what sort of PC will you need to run it? Today, …

As we learned earlier this week, Spider-Man is going to be a PlayStation exclusive character in Marvel's Avengers. As many suspected, the exclusive content deal does indeed stretch beyond certain characters, with PlayStation also set to get early access to cosmetics and takedown moves, as well as its own exclusive …

Just as the leaks predicted, Spider-Man is indeed going to be in Square Enix's upcoming Avengers game as a PlayStation-exclusive character. The Spider-Man DLC is due to release on PlayStation platforms for free early next year and for now at least, this doesn't appear to be a timed exclusive. Sony …

Square Enix announced its partnership with Sony for Marvel's Avengers at E3 last year, promising exclusive content for PS4 players. It turns out that content might be very significant, as according to a retail listing, the PlayStation version of the game will exclusively have Spider-Man.  The existence of Spider-Man in …

Just as promised, last night the next Marvel's Avengers War Table stream aired, giving us a ton of details about the upcoming beta for the game, as well as a lot of new gameplay to look at. This was perhaps the most promising look at the game yet, with the …

We had a good look at gameplay for Marvel's Avengers a while back and later this month, Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics will be inviting us back to the War Table to show off even more of the game. This time around, we are likely going to get details on …

With many big titles releasing later this year for current-gen systems, it begs the question as to how exactly each publisher will deal with the generation transition. Luckily, those who are planning to purchase Marvel’s Avengers at launch will be able to upgrade to the next-gen versions for free – …