Inside the Cancelled Marvel's Avengers Game From THQ
385At the start of the Marvel Cinematic Universe tie-in games featuring Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and Hulk were common. However over the years new superhero movie tie-in games have become increasingly uncommon. Surrounding the release of the first Avengers film, THQ began development on an Avengers game written by Brian Michael Bendis, following the plot of Secret Invasion that would be cancelled.
Sources:
Unseen 64
https://www.unseen64.net/2011/09/21/the-avengers-cancelled-xbox-360-ps3-pc/
Third person prototype
https://web.archive.org/web/20160408151316mp_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unNaRFskFEw
Brian Michael Bendis Tumblr on Project Shelved
https://brianmichaelbendis.tumblr.com/post/109128903047/that-amazing-looking-first-person-avengers-game
How the first-person Avengers video game died
https://web.archive.org/web/20180806120746/https://www.geek.com/games/how-the-first-person-avengers-video-game-died-1640769/
THQ technically gets the marvel license. “Marvel Superhero Squad”
https://kotaku.com/thq-gets-marvel-license-sort-of-388431
Chris Evans is Officially Captain America
https://screenrant.com/captain-america-chris-evans-2/
No Plans for More Sega Published Marvel Video Games
https://www.eurogamer.net/no-plans-for-more-sega-published-marvel-video-games
TQ Jefferson on Avengers Tie-In Games
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marvel-games-avengers-amazing-spider-man-gdc-tq-jefferson-296842/
The Avengers Video Game the World Never Got to Play
https://www.cnet.com/culture/features/secret-avengers-video-game-the-world-never-got-to-play/
THQs Canceled Avengers game revealed
https://www.ign.com/articles/2011/09/18/thqs-cancelled-avengers-game-revealed
Australian Game Industry
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-australian-game-development-industry-in-2010/1100-6249507/
What was Oz Working on Before They Closed?
https://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/09/what-was-thq-brisbane-working-on-before-the-studio-closed/
Ubisoft Announcing Avengers Kinect Game
https://www.timesunion.com/entertainment/article/Ubisoft-assembling-Avengers-for-game-3549540.php
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