Marvel’s Midnight Suns, the latest tactical game from Firaxis, has been in the news lately, though not for the best of reasons. As it turns out,Midnight Sunsis once again missing its release date, this time getting pushed out from its October 7 launch, to something a bit more general in 2023. While the lack of a hard date is a bit concerning, Take-Two slightly narrowed it down by confirming the game will launch before the fiscal year ends in March 2023.
While the delay news will no doubt disappoint fans, it hasn’t stopped Firaxis from releasing new details on the upcoming game, including the massive roster of Marvel characters. Over the past month, short showcase videos haveperiodically released for many members of the Midnight Sunsincluding Captain America, Spider-Man, and Doctor Strange. These short videos give fans a closer look at the character in their Midnight Suns outfit as well as gameplay surrounding their abilities and moves.
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The latest showcase video forMidnight Sunsfeatures the popular X-Men character, Wolverine. As the recent gameplay trailers and evenGame Rant’s own hands-on confirmed, each character fits a specific role, to which Wolverine appears to be an offense heavy damage dealer. Using his claws to slash, Wolverine appears to have a lot of moves that deal high damage to an individual target including a jumping slash attack, and an ultimate that appears to power him up thanks to flames that erupt over his claws and body.
Although the gameplay is short, Wolverine is typically seen facing off against his rival, Victor Creed aka Sabertooth. However, as previous reveals have shown, Sabertooth has been corrupted by the game’s big bad, Lilith, so he’s also sporting horns and a greenish glow. Wolverine’sMidnight Sunsoutfit doesn’t stray too far from his classic look including the wide black fins off his mask, though much of the color pallette has been replaced with black and gold as well as some runes to match the other heroes as well. His claws have also been upgraded a bit as they now glow and feature something resembling a small hook at the tip.
Although Firaxis has detailed plenty of characters present in the game already, both heroes and villains, it is apparently saving one for the very end. While players start with a default roster, more heroes can be unlocked through the game’s campaign. However, according to creative director Jake Solomon, there’s a final andsuper-secret characterMidnight Sunsplayers can only unlock after they’ve beaten the game. It’s also highly unlikely that Solomon or anyone from Firaxis will be showing this hero off, leaving one final mystery for players to unlock once the game launches sometime in 2023.
Marvel’s Midnight Sunsis in development for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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