The New Marvel XCOM game won’t be featuring your favourite MCU characters but will exist in the world

It has been announced by journalist Jeff Grubb during a Giant Bomb Livestream that the developers Firaxis will not include any MCU characters in the Marvel XCOM project but will allow players to create their own instead.

He also states the title for the unannounced project could be released at Gamescom later this month.

Marvel XCOM Game

So the question is if there won’t be any Marvel characters involved, how is it still classified as a Marvel title?

Grubb confirmed that while it’s not going to have any existing MCU characters, the XCOM project will be set in the wider universe and will be focusing on the supernatural elements in the Marvel universe.

Grubb goes onto say that he doesn’t think that means characters necessarily like Blade, but there will be vampires in it, and he doesn’t know if it means mystical characters either, but players can expect that type with the enemies they end up fighting.

Yet the most exciting aspect is that players will create their very own superheroes and potentially even customizable teams, similar to how players can customise them in their own teams like in other XCOM titles.

Furthermore, publishers 2K stated it would be announcing a new franchise later this month and according to Grubb, this new Marvel XCOM game doesn’t take place in any linear franchises so it is considered a new property in that regard, thus being an original, despite taking place in a well-established universe.

I do think that the character that you’re playing will be a customisable superhero, or at least the team might be customisable, so it’s still going to have XCOM in that way, but that’s why it’s not going to be taking place in any existing lineage of franchises. So I guess they might consider this a new property. – Jeff Grubb.

2K and Firaxis have multiple unannounced projects lined up, and is planning to announce a new franchise later this month, but could this be what they were hinting at? It sure is a possibility.

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Sid Meier’s Starships

The new interstellar strategy game from Firaxis has been revealed!

Coming to the PC, iPad and Mac early this year is the turn-based strategy game, Sid Meier’s Starships, which was announced by Firaxis & 2K. No pricing was announced though, nor if an android version will be made available. In the game, you’ll be able to control a fleet of starships as you journey through the galaxy to complete missions, protect planets and their inhabitants, and build a planetary federation.

2K also adds that the missions you’ll take on have their very own unique maps, featuring “dynamically generated tactical combat” that should boost the entire game’s replayability. You’ll also be challenged to expand your federation’s reach and influence, as you journey through the stars. If this isn’t enough, you can take part in turn-based combat using a host of customisable ships.

“When designing Starships, I was intrigued by the idea of exploring the next chapter in the story of Civilization: Beyond Earth,” Meier has said. “What happens after we colonize our new home and eventually build starships to take to the stars? What has become of our long-lost brothers and sisters from the planet Earth?”. “My goal was to create an experience that focuses on starship design and combat within a universe filled with interstellar adventure, diplomacy, and exploration.”

2K has also teased that Beyond Earth and Starships will feature cross-connectivity for people who own both games. This integration will “enhance and expand upon both game experiences.”, the developer has said. Starships was developed by Meier and a small team at Firaxis.

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