Nostalgic Beat-‘em-up Marvel Cosmic Invasion Is Out On December 1

It’s shaping up to beryllium a shockingly bully twelvemonth for erstwhile arcade-dwelling beat-‘em-up fans. This period saw nan presence of nan fantabulous Absolum, which infuses old-fashioned 2D combat successful a cartoony precocious imagination mounting pinch roguelike elements to awesome effect. And now we besides person a merchandise day for Marvel Cosmic Invasion.

Out December 1 connected practically each platform, Marvel Cosmic Invasion lets you take a squad of 2 superheroes from a playable roster of 15, and you tin move characteristic mid-fight. The caller merchandise day trailer rounds disconnected nan roster pinch nan Invincible Iron Man (heard of him?) and Phoenix/Jean Grey (played by Jennifer Hale, who besides voiced Jean successful X-Men ‘97), who subordinate a database of antecedently announced characters that includes Spider-Man, Wolverine and Captain America.

With its gorgeous pixel creation visuals and evident '90s-era Marvel comics inspiration, it’s difficult to spot Marvel Cosmic Invasion being thing different than a hit, and it’s adjacent to opportunity that nan licence is successful very bully hands. Developer Tribute Games’ past crippled was nan fantabulous Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge, while patient Dotemu has already put retired nan aforementioned Absolum this year, arsenic good arsenic Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, which besides sewage a big tick from Engadget.

You tin play pinch up to 4 players, section aliases online, pinch crossplay besides supported. Marvel Cosmic Invasion will beryllium disposable for PC, Switch, Switch 2, PS5/PS4 and Xbox connected December 1.