Both Marvel’s Midnight Suns and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness revolving around the Darkhold spell book is a complete accident. The latest issue of PC Gamer (opens in new tab) features an extensive interview with Marvel’s Midnight Suns creative lead Jake Solomon. The designer reveals he originally conceived …
Read More »Marvels Midnight Suns: Trailer, release and hero roster
Marvel’s Midnight Suns is finally over its delays and now only a few months away. The tactical RPG will arrive later this fall, bringing iconic heroes like Wolverine, Spider-Man, Blade, Captain America, Captain Marvel, and more together for a demonic hunt and strategic combat. This is all centered around the …
Read More »All Marvel’s Midnight Suns heroes and characters in the game
There are lots of Marvel’s Midnight Suns characters that are sure to please fans of the original 1990s comic and MCU enthusiasts. 12 heroes, including Doctor Strange, Blade, and the newly-revealed Spider-Man will be joining the Hunter to take on Lilith in Firaxis Games’ tactical RPG. Marvel’s Midnight Suns missions …
Read More »It looks like Marvel’s Midnight Suns’ Switch port has been delayed
Marvel’s Midnight Suns releases on October 7 for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC, though you’ll have to wait a while to play it on the Nintendo Switch. Publisher 2K confirms in a press release that the Switch version of the upcoming tactical RPG will “be available at a later date”, though …
Read More »How anime and JRPGs made Marvels Midnight Suns a better strategy game
XCOM: Enemy Unknown and XCOM 2 director Jake Solomon did not expect Marvel to approach Firaxis about making a game in its universe. Nobody at the studio did. The team was wrapping up work on XCOM 2: War of the Chosen when the offer came in, and Solomon, a self-described …
Read More »Marvels Midnight Suns might not have happened without XCOM 2: War of the Chosen
XCOM director Jake Solomon says developer Firaxis would’ve been more hesitant to take on Marvel’s Midnight Suns were it not for XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, to the point that the game may not have happened at all. “War of the Chosen was the first game where I’d say …
Read More »XCOM director would be “extremely hesitant” to make XCOM 3 more like Marvels Midnight Suns
XCOM creative director Jake Solomon says the next entry in the series, the presumed but unannounced XCOM 3, is unlikely to take a page from Marvel’s Midnight Suns. Solomon worked on XCOM: Enemy Unknown, XCOM 2, and XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, and is now creative director on Midnight …
Read More »Marvels Midnight Suns gets Spider-Man and an October release date
A new Marvel’s Midnight Suns trailer debuted at Summer Game Fest, revealing a new character in Spider-Man and a release date set for October 7. That October 7 release date applies to PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X and S, Xbox One, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. …
Read More »Marvels Midnight Suns preview: Hands-on with superhero strategies in a not-XCOM world
I finished my four-hour Marvel’s Midnight Suns preview the same way I started it: not knowing or caring much about the Marvel universe, and convinced that XCOM studio Firaxis Games is a strategy powerhouse. I don’t necessarily know how the studio’s take on the license will resonate with a diehard …
Read More »Marvels Midnight Suns leak seemingly confirms October release date, Spider-Man, and more
A leak for Marvel’s Midnight Suns appeared to confirm two more characters and a release date for the upcoming strategy game, and now that Take-Two Interactive has issued a takedown notice on that leak, there seems to be little reason to doubt its veracity. According to the leak, Marvel’s Midnight …
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