Robert Antonio 
September 13, 2022
Niantic and Marvel Entertainment at the Disney & Marvel Games Showcase at D23 Expo 2022, announced their collaboration to work on an Augmented Reality (AR)-based mobile game called Pokemon Go, based on the Marvel superhero characters.
Marvel World of Heroes, the title of this game, is planned to be launched globally in 2023.
Through a statement on its official website, quoted on Sunday (11/9/2022), Niantic revealed that in this game, players will be able to create and become their own superhero.
Neil Melville, Lead Game Designer at Marvel World of Heroes said in a statement that this game will use an avatar system.
Thus, it will provide flexibility for players to “express different body types, gender expressions, and clothing customization.”
“I can’t wait to see what kind of character the players will create on their journey to becoming famous local heroes,” said Melville.
In addition, Lyza Faylona, Senior Producer for this game also revealed, they will become an MMORPG game. “I love MMORPGs, so I was really excited to bring them to life,” said Faylonna.
Melville also mentioned, they will not only present one reality version of the Marvel Universe, but will allow players to travel to several alternative realities in the Marvel Multiverse.
“We are not content with presenting a single version of the Marvel Universe reality, and will let you travel to multiple alternate realities in the Marvel Multiverse to engage with different characters and stories in the same location.”
Marvel World of Heroes is already open for pre-registration via marvelwoh.com, before releasing it widely.
Not only AR Marvel games in collaboration with Niantic, through Disney & Marvel Games Showcase at D23 Expo 2022, Disney and Marvel also announced several games to be released.
Citing the official Marvel website, one that will be launched on December 2, 2022 is Marvel’s Midnight Suns, which is the result of a collaboration between 2K and Marvel Entertainment.
Through the launch of the gameplay trailer, Marvel’s Midnight Suns is also confirmed to be coming to Windows PC, Xbox Series X/S, and PlayStation 4 at its release in December.
Meanwhile, the Xbox One PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch versions will be announced at a later date.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns also launched a series of prequel short films that tell the stories of several characters in the game, such as how Lilith became the Mother of Demons, as well as the origins of Blade, Magik, Ghost Rider, and Nico Minoru in forming Midnight Suns.
Marvel Entertainment, Nuverse, and Second Dinner, also announced Marvel Snap, which will launch globally for mobile and PC on October 18, 2022.
In addition, Marvel and Skydance New media also announced an untitled narrative-based game. The game is set in the era of World War 2 with four playable heroes.
The four heroes are young Steve Rogers aka Captain America, T’Challa’s grandfather who was a Black Panther in the World War 2 era, Howling Commandos member Gabriel Jones, and Nanali who is the leader of the Wakandan Spy Network.