Over the last several years , Marvel has superintend to have a run of strong , mostly single player games starringheavy hittercomic Holy Scripture characters likeSpider - Man , the Guardians of the Galaxy , and so on . Last twelvemonth , the news broke that Marvel had another game in the body of work fromSkydance New Media , consort by Amy Hennig , the writer behind Legacy of Kain and Naughty Dog ’s unmapped trilogy . And the game in inquiry has finally reverse out to be … a WWII action - adventure asterisk Black Panther and a young Captain America , of all things .
uncover at Disney ’s games showcase during D23 on Friday , the presently untitled game has both heroes working together and move on a globetrotting risky venture to fight HYDRA , and by extension Nazis . Notably , the man donning the Panther mantle in this secret plan is n’t T’Challa , but rather his grandfather Azzuri , create in the funnies by Roy Thomas and Dave Hoover . For strip fans , the frame-up here will sound familiar to the 2010 miniseries Black Panther / Captain America : Flags of Our Fathers by Reginald Hudlin , Klaus Janson , and deny Cowan . In it , the poor boy , along with Cap ’s Howling Commandoes whole , fought Hitler and the Nazis , who want the Wakandans ’ Vibranium to help win the war .
Joining Cap and Azzuri on their adventure is Gabe Jones , a Black Howling Commando make by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby ; and Nanali , the drawing card of the Wakandan Spy connection , and presumably the precursor to the present day Dora Milaje . MCU heads may remember Jones as encounter by Derek Luke in the first Captain America cinema . Meanwhile , Nanali , who was also created by Thomas and Hoover , is a fictitious character that has n’t really gotten any turn in the comics since Flags of Our Fathers .
Image: Skydance New Media/Marvel Games
Captain America and Black Panther have had a somewhat friendly human relationship in media ; setting aside Cap ’s Vibranium shell , the two have been on the same Avengers team multiple times in the comics , and has each Panther has had a deep respect for the Captain . In Square Enix ’s Avengers biz , T’Challa and Steve were undecomposed ally before Steve was presumed to be dead and was held captive in outer space ( it ’s complicated ) . And who could forget that time in the Ultimate Marvel universe of discourse thatSteve was Black Panther ?
Will it be a strictly single player affair or feature article co - op ? That stay to be hear , but it ’s for sure aninteresting pitchfor a plot !
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