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Publisher(s) | Gazillion Entertainment |
Engine | Unreal Engine 3[1] |
Platform(s) | All versions Microsoft Windows, OS X Omega only PlayStation 4, Xbox One |
Release | June 4, 2013 |
Genre(s) | Massively multiplayer online role-playing, action role-playing |
Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Marvel Heroes,[2][3] also known as Marvel Heroes 2015, Marvel Heroes 2016 and Marvel Heroes Omega, was a free-to-play massively multiplayer online action role-playing video game developed by Gazillion Entertainment and Secret Identity Studios.[1] Characters such as Iron Man, Captain America, Deadpool, and Wolverine were playable characters that could be unlocked in the game. The story was written by Brian Michael Bendis.[4] Players who pre-purchased a game pack received early access to the game on May 29, 2013. The game was officially launched on June 4, 2013, on Microsoft Windows. An OS X version followed in November 2014.[5] The game was renamed to Marvel Heroes 2015 on June 4, 2014.[6] The game was renamed Marvel Heroes 2016 in January 2016.
On April 5, 2017, a console version was announced to be in production at the time for both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One that was branded as a free-to-play game under the title Marvel Heroes Omega.[7][8] This version was released on June 30, 2017.[9]
On November 15, 2017, Disney announced that it was ending its relationship with Gazillion Entertainment and that Marvel Heroes would be shut down at the end of 2017.[10] The game and the website for Marvel Heroes were taken offline on November 27, 2017 and Gazillion was shut down.[11][12][13][14]