For those who don't know, the crossover sequel that has been a decade coming will be at large in a few weeks and here's the up-to date roster for which characters will be playable in it:
Marvel Comics
- Captain America
- Deadpool
- Doctor Doom - Gameplay Intro Video
- Dormammu - Gameplay Intro Video
- Hulk
- Iron Man
- Magneto - Gameplay Intro Video
- M.O.D.O.K. - Gameplay Intro Video
- Phoenix - Gameplay Intro Video
- Sentinel - Gameplay Intro Video
- She-Hulk - Gameplay Intro Video
- Spider-Man - Gameplay Intro Video
- Storm - Gameplay Intro Video
- Super-Skrull - Gameplay Intro Video
- Taskmaster - Gameplay Intro Video
- Thor - Gameplay Intro Video
- Wolverine
- X-23 - Gameplay Intro Video
Capcom
- Akuma - Gameplay Intro Video
- Albert Wesker - Gameplay Intro Video
- Amaterasu - Gameplay Intro Video
- Arthur - Gameplay Intro Video
- Chris Redfield
- Chun-Li Xiang - Gameplay Intro Video
- Crimson Viper - Gameplay Intro Video
- Dante
- Felicia
- Hsien-Ko - Gameplay Intro Video
- Mike Haggar - Gameplay Intro Video
- Morrigan Aensland
- Nathan Spencer - Gameplay Intro Video
- Ryu
- Trish - Gameplay Intro Video
- Tron Bonne - Gameplay Intro Video
- Viewtiful Joe - Gameplay Intro Video
- Zero - Gameplay Intro Video
(Character Select Screen Here)
Plus Marvel's Shuma-Gorath & Jill Valentine from "Resident Evil 5" are coming as DLC a month or so after the game launches as well as other characters soon to be announced. The final boss is none other than -
Spoiler
Galactus (Archived Footage Here)
Capcom has been releasing the character musical themes after reveals of each character in the roster also. For those looking to collect, Eventhubs.com has all of them (except for Hsien-Ko & Sentinel but they're coming soon) here:
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2011/jan/ ... er-themes/
Looking forward to playing this with you cats online, and although I'll be getting it initially for XBox 360, when I get it for PS3, I'll make sure to mention it here too. If any more news drops for MvC3 in the coming weeks, I'll be sure to update this thread with it!
UPDATES!
- 2-1-11:
* Top Tier Gaming has come upon a review copy version of the game. For an extended preview of MvC3 check out the recorded stream here:
http://www.justin.tv/toptiergaming/b/27 ... .justin.tv
- 2-2-11:
* First images of Jill Valentine and Shuma-Gorath in MvC3:
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2011/feb/ ... rath-mvc3/
* Also, there's some bad news - in the endless match lobbies, there "initially" will be no way to watch matches while you wait. Saving and watching replays will also not be available initially. Looks like they'll probably add it once they decide to do an update for the game, but that's BS, if you ask me. These are common sense features that should have been implemented before release. For more details: http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2011/feb/ ... ature-now/
- 2-3-11:
* A new mode called "Shadow Mode" was revealed today, where you can fight AI based on the gameplay of the folks that worked on the game. Sound intriguing, but not as much as news on getting some bloody Spec mode in the game. Details below:
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2011/feb/ ... adow-mode/
* Live stream of the CES 2011 Build of MvC3 is live tonight @ 8 pm EST at 1up.com's UStream channel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/1up-game- ... ium=389750
- 2-4-11
* Music themes for Sentinel & Hsien-Ko are finally up! Peep the link for those and other character themes:
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2011/feb/ ... -3-themes/