"Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Heroes and Villains" coming to XBOX 360
by: Average Joe 1 year, 8 months, 1 week, 23 hours, 40 minutes ago 6
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Superherohype! received a heads up from Activision regarding a brand new expansion pack for Marvel: Ultimate Alliance coming to the XBOX 360 in April.
Expanding on the experience of controlling the world’s largest army of Super Heroes on the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, Activision, Inc. announced today plans to release Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Heroes and Villains. The expansion packs feature eight new playable characters: The Incredible Hulk, Magneto, Hawkeye, Sabretooth, Doctor Doom, Cyclops, Nightcrawler and Venom, each complete with new signature powers, skins, dialog, conversations and achievement points. The download will be available in April via the Xbox Live Marketplace online gaming service.
"The signature gameplay of ‘Marvel: Ultimate Alliance’ has made it a favorite among fans, as well as the best-selling Super Hero game on the Xbox 360 to-date,” said Rob Kostich, vice president of global brand management, Activision, Inc. “By adding some of the biggest names in the Marvel Universe to the roster we’re enabling Xbox 360 gamers to build a variety of all-new teams and enjoy the epic action in brand new ways."
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is the award-winning action/RPG that allows players to create their Marvel dream team from the largest roster of Super Heroes ever in an epic quest that will determine the fate of Earth and the Marvel universe. With a total of over 140 popular Marvel characters and a playable cast of more than 20 Super Heroes, including Spider-Man, Wolverine, Blade and Captain America, gamers embark on a dangerous journey across exotic terrain and well-known comic book locations like Atlantis, the Shield Heli-Carrier and the Skrull home world in an attempt to defy Dr. Doom and the world’s most notorious Super Villains.
The downloadable content will be released in three packs. The Hero Pack and Villain Pack will each be 500 Microsoft points ($6.25) and the Combined Hero and Villain Pack will be 800 Microsoft points ($10). Heroes and Villains gamer pic packs will also be available for 80 Microsoft points each ($1).
Why the hell would they make Dr. Doom a playable character when the whole point of the game is to defeat Dr. Doom and stop him from taking over the World??
I do like the addition of Cyclops, Venom and The Hulk though. Can’t wait to see them in action and check out their alternate skins.
It’s funny this just came out because I started playing the game again this weekend. I bought it the day it came out but with my son being a couple of months old I didn’t get a lot of playing time. I really love this game! It is truly a comic fans best hope for a video game. I will be buying the expansion pack!
No contest, a must buy.
Will there be additional levels?
They did mention something about story differences to incorporate the new characters. But I don’t know if that’ll be just new dialog or new action in the game. Each character is going to get their own Challenge levels though. The ones that each character got the first time around.
The cinematic scenes in this game are awesome! These guys should make a feature length movie in CG like this.