Lego Marvel's Avengers

Lego Marvel's Avengers
Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Director(s)Arthur Parsons
Producer(s)
  • Jennifer Burbeck
  • Toby Jennings
Designer(s)Jon Burton
Programmer(s)Steve Harding
Artist(s)Leon Warren
Composer(s)
Platform(s)
Release
  • NA: 26 January 2016
  • PAL: 27 January 2016
  • UK: 29 January 2016
OS X
  • WW: 10 March 2016
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Not to be confused with Marvel's Avengers (video game).

Lego Marvel's Avengers is a Lego-themed action-adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, for the Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Wii U, Windows, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and OS X. It is the spin-off to Lego Marvel Super Heroes and the second installment of the Lego Marvel franchise.[1] The game is based on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, primarily following the plots of The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, with single levels based on Captain America: The First Avenger, Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

The game features characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe as well as characters from comic books. Characters include Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Thor, Ultron, Loki, Winter Soldier, Falcon, Vision, and War Machine, as well as some lesser known characters such as Devil Dinosaur and Fin Fang Foom.[2] It includes the characters of the Avengers, a superhero team, along with many others.[3] The game was released on 26 January 2016 and received mixed reviews, with many calling it inferior to its predecessor.[4]

  1. ^ Cabral, Matt (29 June 2015). "Arthur Parsons Assembles 'Lego Marvel's Avengers". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. ^ Phillips, Tom (12 October 2015). "Lego Marvel's Avengers covers six Marvel films". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 13 October 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, TT Games and The LEGO Group Announce an Action-Packed Slate of LEGO Videogames for 2015". Business Wire. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  4. ^ Futter, Mike (5 August 2015). "Lego Marvel Avengers Delayed Into 2016". Game Informer. Archived from the original on 8 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.