Thor: The Video Game Coming in 2011!

Thor: The Video Game Coming in 2011!

Sega have announced today that Thor: The Video Game is coming in 2011...

By LucasMend - Jul 20, 2010 09:07 AM EST
Filed Under: Thor
Source: SuperHeroHype

Here is the official announcement!



"By Odin’s beard!" SEGA® Europe Ltd. and SEGA® of America, Inc. today announced they will bring Marvel’s hall-of-fame franchise Thor™ to video game systems for an epic third-person adventure: Thor: The Video Game, scheduled for release on all five major video game platforms in 2011 including the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) system, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™.

Gary Knight the Senior Vice President of Marketing at SEGA Europe and SEGA America commented: "We are proud to be bringing Marvel’s Thor to his first solo video game adventure."

Thor: The Video Game will take players through a spectacular, epic-scale original third-person adventure for which Matt Fraction, the Eisner Award-winning writer and lead Thor comic book author, served as story consultant. In the game, Thor battles through the numerous worlds of Norse mythology that span realms ranging from primal worlds of fire and ice to extraordinary planets inhabited by Frost Giants and Trolls to save Asgard, the capital city of the Norse Gods. Thor must overcome monstrous foes lifted from the pages of the comics including Ulik, Ymir, and Surtur, as well as other monstrous denizens. Players will wield the iconic Mjölnir, Thor’s legendary hammer, to fight enemies on an immense scale while controlling the elemental storm powers of lightning, thunder, and wind to vanquish enemies. As Thor earns Valor points through his exploits, players can acquire new abilities, powers, and weapon upgrades.

Each version of the game will be uniquely suited for its platform, with the PlayStation 3 system and Xbox 360 versions featuring cinematic, third-person action gameplay with melee combos, ranged hammer throws, tide-turning elemental powers, and an upgrade system to bolster Thor’s powers as gamers progress. Players will take on enemies up to four times as large as Thor, with multiple grappling points and a variety of strategies for taking them down: go toe-to-toe with 25 foot tall, 12 ton Ice Trolls for a truly heart-pumping experience.

The Wii game will feature the same overarching storyline as the next-gen consoles, but will also present a different gaming experience by utilizing the Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers to battle enemies and deliver Thor’s elemental powers. Thor for the Wii version will also be presented with a uniquely styled comic book look that it will share with the PSP system version, along with different cinematics, story elements, dialog, locations, and dedicated flight levels. Nintendo DS players will experience a 2D side-scrolling adventure with narrative and gameplay unique to the platform.
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ClintEastwood
ClintEastwood - 7/20/2010, 9:55 AM
It's gonna suck. Like Iron Man 2.
StephenJ
StephenJ - 7/20/2010, 9:57 AM
@ Clint
if this was facebook, i would like your comment! I want to give this game hope, but notmany games based on movies have been good. Except Spider-man 2
ClintEastwood
ClintEastwood - 7/20/2010, 9:58 AM
:D Facebook, haha. I really wish somebody would actually make good games based on these properties.
ClintEastwood
ClintEastwood - 7/20/2010, 10:01 AM
The Sega Genesis was great and all but all their modern games have sucked.
StuckInPanels
StuckInPanels - 7/20/2010, 10:02 AM
I never heard this before, a video game movie tie-in, to suck out more pennies from the parents who take their kids to see this and they feel obligated to shell out 50/60 bucks for a lame 8 hour experience when they shell out half of that to see a 2 hour film....I can't see a THOR video game being successful...some characters can be done while others aren't. Like give Iron Man a Zone of the Enders style of gaming...HEll look at Arkham Asylum, it wasn't based off any movie and it was amazing
MassExecutions
MassExecutions - 7/20/2010, 10:14 AM
You could have a great Thor game if you modeled it after God of War and some of the other games in that genera, but we probably won't get one.
Sespar27
Sespar27 - 7/20/2010, 10:29 AM
Why would anyone want to let Sega butcher their franchise? Did no one learn after the Iron man games? They should just stick with Sonic games and that is IT. This is just going to be awful. GUARANTEED.
Internapse
Internapse - 7/20/2010, 10:37 AM
For every Marvel video game to date, check out Marvel Gateway.

Wish they released a picture or some box art of the new video game to go along with the press release.

For concept artwork from a former SEGA artist, click here.

AlexDeLarge87
AlexDeLarge87 - 7/20/2010, 3:01 PM
Lisence games suck and this will probably suck too, but i hope the best for it!

Mass@ Thor game modeled after God of War would be awesome!!
Denn1s
Denn1s - 7/20/2010, 3:21 PM
sega? c'mon ... sega sucks.
ASSASSIN666
ASSASSIN666 - 7/20/2010, 3:31 PM
I beat Iron Man 2 in four f**king hours, I hate Sega for their shit game and lame promises to improve on the first IM game. Thor should have been licensed to Activision hands down, how great the game might have been.
lvolcoml
lvolcoml - 7/20/2010, 4:45 PM
They're gonna try to make it just like god of war, but it'll suck
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 7/20/2010, 5:32 PM
Movie tie-ins always suck, and after they promised that Iron Man 2 wouldn't suck, and it did, chances are this will too. That new DC game sounds promising though!
CPBuff22
CPBuff22 - 7/20/2010, 6:38 PM
Marvel needs to get these games out of the hands of Sega & Sony. Any Marvel Studio game could be epic if done right. But you need a company that knows how to make good games if you want that kind of success.
HULK2099
HULK2099 - 7/20/2010, 7:28 PM
X-men origins wolverine uncaged edition was by far marvel's best movie game, hopefully this will be better
hardcorefrokid
hardcorefrokid - 7/20/2010, 9:49 PM
My hopes aren't high. Like many video games based on movies it's going to suck. I'll be renting this.
ComicBookGoth
ComicBookGoth - 7/21/2010, 1:00 AM
@HULK2099 Right !

the origins game on the 360 Surpassed the movie in so many ways.

ComicBookGoth
ComicBookGoth - 7/21/2010, 1:00 AM
@HULK2099 Right !

the origins game on the 360 Surpassed the movie in so many ways.

the420fanboy
the420fanboy - 7/21/2010, 2:40 AM
I stopped reading Thor after stracinski(sp?), I believe kerion gillen is the current writer. The only Thor I remember matt fraction writing was a series of one shots. "Lead Thor writer"?
Legomaster
Legomaster - 7/21/2010, 2:46 AM
all movie games aren't that good because they never stay true to the story/movie.
HeimdallUSA
HeimdallUSA - 7/21/2010, 6:28 AM
Sega did a fun game called Viking: Battle for Asgard and I always thought that the Thor game could be modeled after that. Look up a trailer and see the gameplay.
Flagg
Flagg - 7/27/2010, 8:40 AM
@ Legomaster

Wrong. What works in a film seldom works in a game. If you've played many film-based games, you'll have noticed that they ALL deviate from the film for gameplay purposes, making up new scenes and plot elements simply to give the player something enjoyable to do. A direct translation of a film into a game would be terrible.

The reason most film-based games suck is because they're rushed out to be in stores for the film's release date.
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