Marvel's Avengers is a game based on the Marvel superhero team of the same name. It was developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Square Enix. The game was released on September 4, 2020 on Xbox One, Google Stadia, PC, and PlayStation 4.[1] A next generation update for Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 was released on March 18, 2021. Service ended on September 30, 2023 and was removed from digital storefronts the same day.
Description[]
Marvel’s Avengers begins at A-Day, where Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, Black Widow, and Thor are unveiling a hi-tech Avengers Headquarters in San Francisco — including the reveal of their own helicarrier powered by an experimental energy source. The celebration turns deadly when a catastrophic accident results in massive devastation. Blamed for the tragedy, the Avengers disband. Five years later, with all super heroes outlawed and the world in peril, the only hope is to reassemble Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.
The game features iconic heroes as you’ve never seen them before, notable villains, recognizable locations, and awesome powers set in an original Avengers story. Unlock powerful skills, heroic abilities, and unique gear for each of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to suit your play style. Up to four players assemble online to defend the Earth from escalating threats that only the Avengers can overcome. Featuring regular content updates, Marvel's Avengers will take players on an epic journey delivered over multiple years, during which you will master extraordinary abilities, customize a growing roster of Heroes, and defend the Earth from escalating threats.
Development[]
In 2023, Crystal Dynamics confirmed that on September 30, the game will no longer be sold.
Accessibility and Settings[]
Taken from News on the official site[2]
Subtitles: Marvel’s Avengers features subtitles in 15 languages, including: Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese (Traditional & Simplified), Czech, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish (Iberian), and Spanish (LATAM). Subtitles are turned off by default, but can be easily enabled via the Display menu. Subtitle options include a presentation with white text, or one that color codes to each character (ex: Hulk = Green).
Closed Captions: Not only added closed captions for sound effects, but narrative tracks for descriptive play as well. When subtitles are turned on, you will also see closed captions added to cinematics by default.
Gameplay Customization
- Vibration: On/Off
- Multi-Tap Interact Style: Default/Hold/Tap – This feature allows the adjustment of input requirements for interactions that require rapid button presses to complete, such as quick-time events. Setting this option to HOLD changes the requirement to holding down the button. Setting this option to TAP will auto-complete the interaction with only a single button press.
- Difficulty Options (Easy/Normal/Hard/Brutal): Let you focus on story by reducing combat barriers, or find balance with a greater challenge
Camera Customization
- Camera > Shake Sensitivity (0-10): Keep the camera moving like a blockbuster movie, or if you’re prone to eye strain or motion sickness, tone it down as desired.
- Camera Sensitivity (0-10): Allows for the adjustment of camera movement outside of aiming.
- X/Y Access Aim Sensitivity (0-10): Separate scalars that allow for adjusting aim sensitivity on both the X and Y axis
- Targeting Assistance (Off/Light/Moderate/Heavy): Adjusts the amount of assistance applied when aiming at targets.
Controls
- Button Mapping: On PC and console, allows players to use input devices and create control schemes that fit their individual needs
- Text Chat: Support for Speech to Text and Text to Speech chat on Xbox via their Game Chat Transcription setting, and through the PlayStation 4 companion application PS4 Second Screen
- Tactical Awareness: Triggering Tactical Awareness highlights points of interest, guides you to your next objective, and highlights AI or co-op companions. Hit this button if you ever need a reminder of where to go next
Other
- High Contrast Mode UI: makes it easier to navigate menus for low vision users or those who prefer simpler interfaces
- Subtitle Sizing Options: options for adjusting the size of subtitles for better legibility
- Motion Blur: reduced motion blur during combat; a setting to disable it entirely may come later
Appearances[]
Featured/Playable Characters[]
- Avengers
- Steve Rogers / Captain America
- Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
- Thor Odinson / Thor
- Bruce Banner / Hulk
- Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel (First Appearance as Ms. Marvel; Joins Avengers)
- Kate Bishop (First Appearance; Joins Avengers)
- Clint Barton / Hawkeye (First Appearance)
- T'Challa / Black Panther (First Appearance)
- Peter Parker / Spider-Man (First Appearance and PlayStation exclusive; Becomes a Honorary Member)
- Jane Foster / Mighty Thor (First Appearance; Originally from Asgard Timeline Avengers)
- Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier (First as Winter Soldier; Joins Avengers)
Supporting Characters[]
- JARVIS
- SHIELD
- Nick Fury
- Maria Hill
- Dum Dum Dugan (First Appearance)
- Alisande Morales (First Appearance)
- Chastity McBryde (First Appearance)
- Sidney Levine (First Appearance)
- The Resistance (First Appearance)
- Hank Pym (First Appearance)
- Sarah Garza (First Appearance)
- Maddy Cho (First Appearance)
- Dante Pertuz (First Appearance)
- Theo (First Appearance)
- Cerise (First Appearance)
- Roy (Model-B) (First Appearance)
- Roy (Model-G) (First Appearance)
- Roy (Model-I) (First Appearance)
- Clint Barton / Old Man Hawkeye (First Appearance/Playable Costume for Hawkeye)
- Shuri (First Appearance)
- Dora Milaje (First Appearance)
- Zawavari (First Appearance)
Antagonists[]
- Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM)
- George Tarleton / MODOK (First Appearance as MODOK; Apparent Death)
- Monica Rappaccini / Scientist Supreme
- Emil Blonsky / Abomination (First Appearance as Abomination)
- Lyle Getz (First Appearance)
- AIM's Board of Directors (First Appearance)
- Beekeepers (First Appearance)
- Synthoids (First Appearance)
- Proto-Synthoids (First Appearance)
- Drones (First Appearance)
- Riotbots (First Appearance)
- Exos (First Appearance)
- Adaptoids (First Appearance)
- Quad Mechs (First Appearance)
- Warbots (First Appearance)
- Warships (First Appearance)
- Super-Adaptoid (First Appearance)
- Monica Rappaccini (Kree Timeline) (First Appearance)
- Tony Masters / Taskmaster
- Mercenaries (First Appearance)
- Bruce Banner / Maestro (First Appearance/Playable Costume for Hulk)
- Tony Masters / Taskmaster (Kree Timeline) (First Appearance)
- Maestro's Mercenaries (First Appearance)
- Ulysses Klaue/ Klaw (First Appearance)
- Brock Rumlow / Crossbones (First Appearance)
- Woken of Asgard (First Appearance)
- Loki Laufeyson / Loki (Disguised as Thor)
- Helen Gable (Voice Only)
- Watchdogs (First Appearance)
- Justin Hammer (Voice Only)
- Yelena Belova (Unseen)
- Spencer Smythe (Voice Only)
- Odin Borson / Odin (Asgard Timeline) (Only Appearance, Dies)
Other Characters[]
- Flynn (First Appearance)
- Jessica Yi (Only Appearance, Dies)
- Odin Borson / Odin (Mentioned Only)
- Gil (First Appearance)
- Lucky (First Appearance)
- Peggy Carter (Photo/Mentioned Only)
- Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel (Photo/Mentioned Only)
- Madame Hydra (Mentioned Only)
- Howard Stark (Mentioned Only)
- Pepper Potts (Mentioned Only)
- Shuri (Mentioned Only)
- Happy Hogan (Mentioned Only)
- James Rhodes (Mentioned Only)
- Heimdall (Mentioned Only)
- Derek Bishop (Mentioned Only)
- Eleanor Bishop (Mentioned Only)
- Barney Barton (Mentioned Only)
- Jacques Duquesne / Swordsman (Mentioned Only)
- Jessica Jones (Mentioned Only)
- Darwin (Mentioned Only)
- George Tarleton's wolf cub (Mentioned Only)
- George Tarleton's father (Mentioned Only)
- Daisy Johnson (Mentioned Only)
- Avengers (Asgard Timeline) (Only Appearance)
- Loki / Loki Laufeyson (Asgard Timeline) (Only Appearance)
- Jane Foster (Mentioned Only)
- Snapdragon (Mentioned Only)
- Lady Sif (Mentioned Only)
- Skadi (Mentioned Only)
- Rick Jones (Mentioned Only)
- Alistair Smythe(Mentioned Only; dies)
- America Chavez(Mentioned Only)
- Adolf Hitler (Topical Reference)
- Josef Mengele (Topical Reference)
- Mark Twain (Topical Reference)
- Frank Sinatra (Topical Reference)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (Topical Reference)
- Piotr Illych Tchaikovsky (Topical Reference)
- King George VI (Topical Reference)
- Methuselah (Topical Reference)
Races and Species[]
- Humans
- Asgardians
- Inhumans
- Robots
- Kree (Unseen/Mentioned Only)
Locations[]
- Earth
- North America
- United States of America
- California (First Appearance)
- San Francisco (First Appearance)
- Eastern Seaboard
- New York
- New Jersey (First Appearance)
- Jersey City (First Appearance)
- Utah (First Appearance)
- Ant Hill (First Appearance)
- Black Mesa (First Appearance)
- Pacific Northwest Wilderness (First Appearance)
- SHIELD Substation Zero (First Appearance)
- California (First Appearance)
- Canada (First Appearance)
- Northern Expanse (First Appearance)
- United States of America
- Europe
- Russia (First Appearance)
- Snowy Tundra (First Appearance)
- Scandinavian Highlands (First Appearance)
- Russia (First Appearance)
- Africa (First Appearance)
- Wakanda (First Appearance)
- Birnin Zana (First Appearance)
- Wakandan Jungle (First Appearance)
- Wakanda (First Appearance)
- North America
- Ambrosia (First Appearance)
- Asgard (Mentioned in original universe only)
- Kree Timeline (First Appearance)
- Future Wastelands (First Appearance)
Items[]
- Captain America's Uniform
- Captain America's Shield
- Iron Man Armor
- Thor's Suits
- Mjolnir
- Black Widow's Suit
- Black Widow's Gauntlets
- Hulk's Outfits
- Ms. Marvel's Outfit
- Kate Bishop's Suit
- Kate Bishop's Katana
- Kate Bishop's Arrows
- Arc Reactor
- Terrigen Mist (First Appearance)
- Dark Terrigen (First Appearance)
- Kree Sentry (First Appearance)
Vehicles[]
Cast[]
- Abby Trott as additional voices
- Alejandro Saab as additional voices
- Aleks Le as James Woo and additional voices
- Anna Graves as Sarah Garza
- Arif S. Kinchen as additional voices
- Ashly Burch as Kate Bishop
- Brian George as Yusuf Khan
- Bumper Robinson as additional voices
- Carolina Ravassa as additional voices
- Charles Parnell as Nick Fury and Senator
- Cherry Thompson as Cerise
- Christopher Sean as additional voices
- Cooper North as Flynn
- Cristina Valenzuela as AIM Security, AIM Product and AIM Business
- Danny Jacobs as Hank Pym
- Darin De Paul as Hulk
- Elysia Rotaru as Alisande Morales, Helen Gable and AIM Security
- Eric Artell as AIM Scientist, SHIELD Agent and AIM Spokesperson
- Erika Ishii as Maddy Cho and additional voices
- Giacomo Gianniotti as Clint Barton / Hawkeye
- Griffin Burns as additional voices
- Harry Hadden-Paton as JARVIS
- Isaac Robinson-Smith as Theo and additional voices
- Jamieson Price as Emil Blonsky / Abomination
- Jeff Schine as Steve Rogers / Captain America
- Jennifer Hale as Maria Hill
- Jolene Andersen as Monica Rappaccini
- Krys Marshall as additional voices
- Laura Bailey as Natasha Romanoff / Black Widow
- Michael Johnston as Dante Pertuz
- Nicolas Roye as Sidney Levine, Justin Hammer, and additional voices
- Nolan North as Tony Stark / Iron Man
- Ratana as additional voices
- Ryan Bartley as Chastity McBryde
- Sandra Saad as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel
- Scot Carlisle as additional voices
- Sean Rohani as additional voices
- Sunil Malhotra as additional voices
- Tara Sands as additional voices
- Travis Willingham as Thor Odinson / Thor
- Troy Baker as Bruce Banner
- Usman Ally as George Tarleton / MODOK
- Vladimir Versailles as additional voices
- Walter Gray IV as Tony Masters / Taskmaster and Phil Sheldon
Gallery[]
Promotional
Stills
Videos