MARVEL'S AVENGERS Delays The Reveal Of BLACK PANTHER As A Future Playable Character

MARVEL'S AVENGERS Delays The Reveal Of BLACK PANTHER As A Future Playable Character

Out of respect for the late Chadwick Boseman, who tragically passed away on Friday, developer Crystal Dynamics chose not to reveal Black Panther as a future playable character in Marvel's Avengers.

By MattIsForReal - Sep 01, 2020 03:09 PM EST
Filed Under: Avengers Project

Black Panther will be coming to Marvel's Avengers as a post-launch content character, but his reveal will have to wait for at least a little while longer.

Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics had originally planned to reveal Black Panther as a playable character during today's War Table livestream but decided to postpone the announcement out of respect for the late Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Crystal Dynamics revealed the character's icon at the beginning of the stream and held a moment of silence in honor of Boseman, who passed away on Friday after quietly battling colon cancer for years. They followed it up with a message that read: "Marvel's Avengers fans, out of respect for a fallen true hero, we have altered what we are showing today. We know you understand and are with us in commemorating him."

In lieu of Black Panther, Crystal Dynamics instead revealed Kate Bishop as a future playable character.

In addition to T'Challa, recent data-mining of the PC beta files included references to Wakanda as well as Klaw. We know post-launch characters will come with their own story missions and villains, so it's possible Black Panther's story could take us to Wakanda. The files also referenced "Klaw Raid," suggesting the game's first raid could be set in the Wakanda region.

IMeanwhile, data-miners have discovered files for other Marvel characters, including Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange, Falcon, Mar-Vell, Quake, She-Hulk, Vision, War Machine, Wasp and more. This doesn't necessarily mean that all of these will be playable characters, however, as they could just appear in the story. At launch, Marvel's Avengers will feature six playable heroes: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Black Widow and Kamala Khan.

Marvel's Avengers officially releases on September 4 for Xbox One, PS4 and PC. However, early access to the game is now available to those who purchased a special edition version of the game.

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dracula
dracula - 9/1/2020, 3:38 PM
Nice I guess, but saying you decided to not announce it out of respect, is basically announcing it, so really why say anything at all
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 9/1/2020, 3:41 PM
@dracula - so just leave people hanging?
dracula
dracula - 9/1/2020, 3:49 PM
@Gmoney84 - no, but if people didn't know Black Panther was going to be in the game, not like anyone would notice him not being in the trailer. Not leaving people hanging if its jut whether a character will or will not be in the game. Like has there been any hint of Black Panther in the advertising before this
Gmoney84
Gmoney84 - 9/1/2020, 3:56 PM
@dracula - I think it was pretty well anticipated that this would be the announcement today. Also, it’s a nice gesture to at least provide confirmation and save the details.
Origame
Origame - 9/1/2020, 4:15 PM
@dracula - i mean kind of. There was probably a trailer going along with that announcement. So if they kept to plan it would've looked like they're banking on his death.
regularmovieguy
regularmovieguy - 9/1/2020, 3:58 PM
I’m confused. Why announce it at all right now if it’s not going to be available at launch?

Especially if there wasn’t an initial announcement that they were going to show off the character?
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