Marvel Ent. Inc. has tapped developer Cryptic Studios to create Marvel Universe Online , the highly anticipated massively multiplayer online video game to be published by Microsoft Game Studios exclusively for Xbox 360 and Windows Vista.
Marvel Universe Online will allow gamers to play as such iconic Marvel superheroes as Spider-Man, The Hulk, the Fantastic Four and the various mutants better known as the X-Men. Gamers will be able to interact simultaneously in a unique virtual world built around these characters, their arch enemies and the time-honored mythologies that have transcended the pages of comic books to permeate pop culture in film and animation.
Located in Los Gatos, Calif., Cryptic Studios Inc. is an independent, employee-owned developer of MMOGs for the PC and next generation consoles. The company’s first game, City of Heroes , launched in April of 2004 and earned Best of Show distinction at E3 and won multiple Game of the Year awards. Like the upcoming Marvel title, the game takes place in a virtual, 3D world where thousands of players take on the roles of super-powered heroes to fight villains and help create a dynamic story.
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