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[amigastar]

Hearing about this Marvels Blade the first time. Is there even footage available?

 

[adamsapple]

Hearing about this Marvels Blade the first time. Is there even footage available?

Just a stylized announcement trailer.

 

[viveks86]

Hearing about this Marvels Blade the first time. Is there even footage available?

Not yet. And from the looks of it, we won't have any for another year

 

[amigastar]

Just a stylized announcement trailer.

Oh, its Blade. I didn't think of the character blade when reading the title.

 

[semiconscious]

so: ps6/ps7 cross-gen release?...

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Xbox will find a way to cancel it if it isn't already cancelled.

 

[SamuraiEdge]

Hoping the best things on this one because I fucking love Blade and Arkane Lyon can do that IP justice.
Feel good this one is safe.

 

[elbourreau]

Xbox will find a way to cancel it if it isn't already cancelled.

 

[Memati187]

Xbox will find a way to cancel it if it isn't already cancelled.

They better don't. I'm sick of these incompetent morons. Perfect dark still hurts and will do so for a very long time.

 

[nial]

Launching at the same time as the PS6 is a bold move.

 

[Loomy]

Jeez, why announce it so early?

 

[SJRB]

Imagine letting Arkane do another vampire game after what happened with Redfall.

 

[March Climber]

Imagine letting Arkane do another vampire game after what happened with Redfall.

That was Arkane Austin.

Blade is Arkane Lyon, the French team behind Dishonored 1 and 2.

 

[IAmRei]

for the sake of AAA, i hope they didn't screw this time. come one, dark hero game is not that hard in concept IMO

 

[Ozriel]

Jeez, why announce it so early?

Not really their fault if you're impatient. They did tell you it was a way out.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Xbox will find a way to cancel it if it isn't already cancelled.

Might as well. With Xbox' track-record, it's another flop in the making.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

I get the feeling that this won't see the light of day following all the Xbox news the past few weeks.

 

[Sintoid]

Maybe they're trying to launch it after a Marvel Cinematic Universe comeback (Like Wolverine?)
If new Marvel Movies are going to be hits they will drive Marvel Games more than now that MCU is at a minimal point of interest

 

[vaibhavpisal]

That was Arkane Austin.

Blade is Arkane Lyon, the French team behind Dishonored 1 and 2.

Arkane Austin did Prey. They definitely weren't lacking in talent.

Refall I believe was just a bad situation, trying to do live service, something they didn't understand with poor management.

for the sake of AAA, i hope they didn't screw this time. come one, dark hero game is not that hard in concept IMO

Its Arkane. I have full faith.

I enjoyed their Deathloop, with some caveats. A few design decisions could've made it much better.

 

[March Climber]

Arkane Austin did Prey. They definitely weren't lacking in talent.

Redfall I believe was just a bad situation, trying to do live service, something they didn't understand with poor management.

I thought about bringing this up but I figured it wasn't worth it.

A lot of posters here blame devs first and foremost when it comes to failed projects and on top of that people don't believe in second chances.

 

[xrnzaaas]

So they've spent 3 whole years after Deathloop to prepare a prototype that gets greenlit?

And man, Microsoft really needs to stop announcing games when none of the actual development work has been done yet.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

Launching at the same time as the PS6 is a bold move.

Depending on how the rest of the launch lineup looks this could sell well on PS6…





…if Wesley Snipes is involved

 

[IDKFA]

Xbox will find a way to cancel it if it isn't already cancelled.

Unless they're contractually obliged with Disney to release a finish product.

 

[mckmas8808]

for the sake of AAA, i hope they didn't screw this time. come one, dark hero game is not that hard in concept IMO

It will be bad if it only has a 3 year full production dev cycle.

 

[Loomy]

Not really their fault if you're impatient. They did tell you it was a way out.

Not why I'm asking. I typically don't give a shit about a game until a few months out from release, and no one even knows what this game is, so nothing to be impatient about yet.

What I mean is - why announce this game before it's even in production? We saw what happened with 60% of the games Xbox announced years ago. Either unreleased yet, or cancelled.

It makes no sense - if you know development is going to be another 4-5 years, to say anything publicly about the game unless you're trying to raise money for the studio - which they wouldn't be at that point.

It will be bad if it only has a 3 year full production dev cycle.

They may be trying to replicate what they did with Deathloop - for better or worse. That was only around 3 years as well.

 

[Heisenberg007]

End of 2024? Yeah, I doubt it's coming in 2027 - unless it's a super low ambition game.

They might announce it for 2027 and then delay it to 2028-2029.

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

Considering wolverine and how early it was announced, I wonder if Marvel forces devs to announce their games super early.

 

[Heisenberg007]

Considering wolverine and how early it was announced, I wonder if Marvel forces devs to announce their games super early.

Indiana Jones (also from Disney) was also announced super early now that I think about it

 

[Black_Stride]

I imagine they are cheaper to run than US based studios, so hopefully they are safe and this game actually comes out.
Losing Arkane entirely would be a real kick in the nuts.

Oh, its Blade. I didn't think of the character blade when reading the title.

Hahaha you didnt think Marvels Blade was about Marvels character Blade?

 

[winjer]

It's sad to see Arkane Lyon having to make Marvel slop.

 

[Black_Stride]

Considering wolverine and how early it was announced, I wonder if Marvel forces devs to announce their games super early.

As a public company almost certainly bigger projects have to be announced pretty early.

They announce their own movies super early.
And somewhat annoyingly they also announce their comics really early.
They will at times spoil their own story by telling you the outcomes that lead into the next event.
I like reading solicits to get comic covers sometimes textless, but then the same article will also spoil what gonna happen in the current story.

 

[amigastar]

I imagine they are cheaper to run than US based studios, so hopefully they are safe and this game actually comes out.
Losing Arkane entirely would be a real kick in the nuts.




Hahaha you didnt think Marvels Blade was about Marvels character Blade?

No, really he's such a lowkey character i thought Marvels Blade was a name for something different.

 

[balls of snow]

I fear when this flops its over for Dishonored.

 

[Black_Stride]

No, really he's such a lowkey character i thought Marvels Blade was a name for something different.

A true shame that the most famous Daywalker has fallen out of favour.

 

[amigastar]

A true shame that the most famous Daywalker has fallen out of favour.

Yeah, it's just that thing that Blade wasn't the most popular Marvel Character there is. The Blade movies are already a good amount of time in the past. And is he in the Avengers movies, i don't think he is right?

 

[azertydu91]

So ms announced it before it even entered production.

 

[Astray]

This is the one project I care about out of all Microsoft's future slate of games. If they cancel this then I will legit go HAM on them.

Launching at the same time as the PS6 is a bold move.

Would be great as a launch title imo

 

[Black_Stride]

I fear when this flops its over for Dishonored.

I dont think Dishonored was on the table anyway.
Three games all great all bomb, a fourth isnt necessary.

Yeah, it's just that thing that Blade wasn't the most popular Marvel Character there is. The Blade movies are already a good amount of time in the past. And is he in the Avengers movies, i don't think he is right?

Vampires in general arent as popular.
And Blade isnt known as a team player like with the Avengers, he would have a more arcane crew with him(no pun intended)

 

[DavidGzz]

So...1st person since they made Dishonored? Shit. Boring Indiana Jones of 2027 if so.

 

[Heisenberg007]

So...1st person since they made Dishonored? Shit. Boring Indiana Jones of 2027 if so.

1st person Blade would be awful. I hope they make it 3rd person and give us full badass sword action!

 

[vaibhavpisal]

1st person Blade would be awful. I hope they make it 3rd person and give us full badass sword action!

Let im sim studio make im sim.

Hopefully no 3rd person demands BS this time.

It's Arkane and no way they will make it 3rd person.

 

[Cakeboxer]

1st person Blade would be awful. I hope they make it 3rd person and give us full badass sword action!

1st person is better and more immersive. I have hundreds of hours in Chivalry and 1st feels much better.

 

[Baemono]

Xbox will find a way to cancel it if it isn't already cancelled.

With Disney involved, I wouldn't take the risk

 

[clarky]

This could be Dishonored 3 in all but name.

I think it makes perfect sense for both the IP and studio. Hopefully they don't get canned beforehand.

 

[Black_Stride]

This could be Dishonored 3 in all but name.

I think it makes perfect sense for both the IP and studio. Hopefully they don't get canned beforehand.

Is this expected to be first person immersive sim?

 

[clarky]

Is this expected to be first person immersive sim?

Nothing confirmed but given the studio's track record, that's what im expecting personally.

 

[SamuraiEdge]

190 people for the studio is a pretty good size as well which I am happy to see. I'd like to see Lyon potentially become a possible two game studio if Blade does well to have them want to try other stuff.

 

[Hudo]

I hope I see another game like Dark Messiah out of Arkane... Or Arx Fatalis 2.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Imagine letting Arkane do another vampire game after what happened with Redfall.

I can't believe they've got Arkane doing shit like this in the first place..

Some real brain donors became in charge somewhere along the line.