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Marvel's Avengers Next Update Out This Coming Week & Will Include a Surprise

Crystal Dynamics announced that the Marvel's Avengers next update is scheduled to drop sometime next week, and it'll come with a surprise.

PhillyDillyDee1735d ago

Is the surprise that it will be less grindy?

PhillyDillyDee1735d ago

All jokes aside, i think this would be their best move.

Urrakia341735d ago

Does it finally make the game fun tho?

Sgt_Slaughter1735d ago

The 100 people still playing this will be excited.

I'm honestly impressed a company could mess up something as surefire as an Avengers game.

jukins1735d ago

100 is a farcry from 3000k just on steam lol

excaliburps1735d ago

People are quick to hate on the game without seeing how it's been improving since launch.

jukins1735d ago

Yea it has definetly improved. People think when i defend it im saying its a goty candidate lol. Not at all. To me avengers is just a dewper than normal beat em up at this point. The core game is good combat is complex and varied. Graphics are good the story is good even in multiplayer mode. Im gonna enjoy as i have been.

Sgt_Slaughter1735d ago (Edited 1735d ago )

100 was an exaggeration (and just in July they had a day at only ~850 players, and April's average was 419, so even the exaggeration was really close) but 2,200-2,400 (and falling back down again) is still awful for a AAA $60 Marvel/Square Enix game that was supposed to keep adding content to keep a fanbase as time went on. Among Us' PC popularity crashed and even that has more players recently.

CorndogBurglar1734d ago

He was obviously exaggerating, but 3000 players is still absolutely abysmal.....

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Daeloki1734d ago

Exactly, and not to mention said company is Square Enix

Tedakin1735d ago

Beat the campaign. It was okay with some really good moments, but the end game was just bad. I came back for War for Wakanda and it was just more of the same in a Black Panther wrapper.

gamer78041735d ago

If they release crossplay I might try it again but after the campaign I finished I don’t feel much reason to go back

jukins1735d ago

Eh for me its just fun to beat stuff up. Ive given up on any of the content having real depth. Even though the recent missions have had an increased level of depth.

spwittbold1735d ago (Edited 1735d ago )

There really isn't. I still play only for. the reason it's on my PC and I am f orced to be on it in my office at certain times of the day while I'm responding to to calls on the phone for work. Everything else I want to be playing is on my PS5 down in my living room. :|

That Sid, the Combat is great in the game....what isn't is how long the grind can be and dog shit level design.

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It's Not Too Late For Suicide Squad To Learn From Marvel's Avengers

TheGamer writes, "It feels like live service history repeating itself right now, but it's not too late to change that."

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I’m so ready for Suicide Squad to fill the Avengers void in my life

Marvel’s Avengers didn’t soar properly on PS5 and Xbox, but Kill the Justice League looks like it will improve on it in every way.

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poppatron856d ago

I can’t work out if this guy is just being sarcastic

Leeroyw856d ago

This website pumps out one shill article after the other. Does not qualify as journalism.

ShwaaMan856d ago

Said the guy who just got a big check from WB.

YourMommySpoils856d ago

Does that mean it will have a thousand pointless costumes like Avengers did, not related to the game or source?

coolbeans856d ago

"Guy who's excited for Suicide Squad to fill the void left by The Avengers' closure."

Traecy856d ago

I'll be checking it out on day one of release.

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Why Have Many of the Online Multiplayer Games of the Past Five Years Failed?

Here's a look at why so many online-multiplayer games from the past five years have struggled to retain players and their attention.

ChasterMies958d ago

Or put another way, why don’t people want to invest in an on-line storefront?

sparky77958d ago

It's simply FOMO.

Gamers always go back to their staples like COD or Fortnite. Those games have constant content and leaving them for another game means getting left behind. Why start a new game and be behind when you can stay with a game you already excel at.

ZycoFox958d ago (Edited 958d ago )

COD is replaced every year or almost every year, it has no time to hold a player base. 3-4 years is a good timeline for a sequel IMO if the game has enough content to begin with, maybe add a couple of free content updates a bit later after release if needed, and job done until the next game.

Soldier of Fortune 2 was one of my first few online FPS games apart from RTCW and a couple of others, and that had a couple of free patches which added in new weapons, maps and a new game mode in just a year or so. I hope the series makes a comeback, I heard MS owns it now and it has been dormant for a while.

The only sequel that came fast (just 1 year later) that impressed me with extra content over the original was L4D2, makes me wonder what happened with Valve. If they can do that in one year then what have they been doing since..

-Foxtrot958d ago (Edited 958d ago )

Because it's not about putting out a fully completed game packed with content and something that actually works

It's about putting something out broken and barebones, slowly drip feed content with a roadmap and offering tons of MTs which they hope people will buy.

I miss when you'd just get games like Killzone or Halo and they'd get a couple of DLC packs then the developers would move onto the next game. Problem is they started to be influenced by COD where future games had to have gimmicks, weapon mods, loadouts, killstreaks and other shit which just become about what you had unlocked rather than skill.

The last multiplayer game I really enjoyed was Uncharted 2s, it was literally just two boosters and everyone started with the same weapons. It was great and felt like it was more about skill but then we got Uncharted 3 and 4 where the COD influence creeped in thinking that everything had to be bigger rather than sticking to the fanbase they had.

Nitrowolf2958d ago

i agree. i used to love MP games for these titles, and be excited about the map packs and such. now it's we will release one mode and one map, and see how people take to the game. Flops? cool move on.

isarai958d ago

Even before the PS3 generation ended, I was already longing for a return to simplistic MP without all the XP, booster, perks, and ridiculous custom loadouts full of op exploitation. Like there's definitely a huge audience for that, but there's NO classic style simple MP modes anymore, I'm just asking for some

ZeekQuattro958d ago

Most people don't have the time to invest into playing multiple GAAS and stick to just one. It also doesn't help that so many games in that field only have a roadmap laid out for the first month or so. Hard to keep people invested when you don't give them a reason to stick around after the initial launch month.

excaliburps957d ago

Yep. I know what you mean. I can't play more than 1-2 live service games at a time (this includes shooters) since it's just so overwhelming.

shinoff2183958d ago (Edited 958d ago )

My theory , well online gaming just sucks, so many online games recently that if done the right way could've been dope ass single player games. One that comes to mind evil dead. What a waste of the title

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