Marvel Cosmic Invasion Scores December Release Date And Two New Fighters

it's like those zvitor beat em ups but official!

It's guaranteed day 1 buy for me.

I figured this would be a holiday season title when it was announced as a 2025 release. This is a day-1 for me as I will need it at the in-laws this Christmas!

Was that Man-Thing in the background?! He's one of my top picks for DLC. But any representation at all gives me some dopamine.

Nice solid roster of characters here, still would like to have Psylocke but hopefully there’s still hope for that on DLC. We got a release date now and it is a day 1 purchase.

Yup day 1 for me, although it has Terminator 2D and Metroid Prime 4 a few days either side of it so it’s going to be a busy time.

I played the demo and have to say it is shaping up to be a real hit. The characters having such differing characteristics makes it a step on from Shredders Revenge and I love that.

This is a day 1 purchase for me. Scratches all my old-man gamer retro pop-culture 90s brawler itches.

I love the unorthodox character roster. Not your typical Avengers / X-Men. But we all know there will be DLC. And there might be a physical release with DLC included. So I'm really torn if I should buy it now or wait

Alright I might buy this since it looks interesting

Pumped for this one. When I eventually buy a Switch 2, this will be one of my first games.

I'd like to play as Doom or Magneto

Good to see Iron Man in it, even though that was not surprising. Also nice to hear Jennifer Hale will voice Phoenix. I've always loved her voice work when I've heard it.

Are pre-orders available for a physical copy anywhere?

This will be a buy-twice game for me. Digital on release day and then I'll wait for the best physical version whenever it comes out.

Is this getting a physical release?

I tried the steam demo a while back ago and instantly loved it i just love the fact that in this game you can select 2 heros at once and swap between them on the fly is so cool I wish more beat em up games did this feature my only complaints are that some of my favorite characters aren't in the roster yet but hey maybe in a future dlc pack or something they could show up.

This hits all the checks for me. So I will definitely be playing this on switch 2 in December.

Finally, a release date! Day one purchase for sure. Let’s gooooo!

@hel105 same here. TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge has cross-play, so we should be good.

This is an easy day one purchase for me. It reminds me of the 90s when my parents would take me to a pizza shop and they had arcade cabinets featuring X-Men, and a Metal Slug.

Looking forward to this big time. I knew nothing about TMNT going into Shredder's Revenge and loved it. Can only imagine how much I'll enjoy Cosmic Invasion with some knowledge of Marvel.

@FarewellToGibdos If it gives you any hope, that doesn't discard it entirely from being a playable character. I think it was Mona on Shredder's Revenge that was first featured on a background on the rogue like mode and added later to the roster. But as you said, even if not it's cool that he's featured in the background.

No Howard the Duck. 😔

As just purchased a switch 2 im excited for this. Any ideas of it's cost do you think? I'm uk

Honestly, they basically have all the characters I'd want, except for Nightcrawler.

@Fordy2000 my guess, because it's a licensed IP. 30 bucks US. 25-27 Euros/pounds.

I am going to wait. I think I payed 30 for physical Scott Pilgrim and now it's 5 bucks.

Early birthday present for me!

Is this getting a physical?

Man if only this had: batman, dr fate, superman, wonder woman, green lanterns, hawkgirl, booster gold, blue beetle, aquaman, nightwing, Robin, Robin, that other Robin, Damien, canary, arrow, Shazam, flash, wally flash, zatanna, constitine, stargirl, power girl, supergirl, Mr terrific...

Day 1 physical buy for me - hopefully one gets announced soon.
I imagine I’ll be maining Beta Ray Bill, Silver Surfer, and Shulkie. 😁

@rvcolem1
Nice line up! I would buy that in a heartbeat.
ESPECIALLY if it had the Blue Beetle/Booster Gold duo from the 80s.

If I had to guess though, I’d say you work for the Distinguished Competion. 😄

@Teksette no ive just always liked most dc characters more than marvel. I enjoy them both but I dont follow comics too closely. Just would like game where dr fate is the main character, probably won't happen. Saying that, this game does look pretty cool and ill definitely be playing it.

Incredible to me that Nova made the cut. I'll be buying just because he's in there. Blue blazes!

Regarding the roster, its actually less weird than it might seem on first glance. The game is clearly inspired by the "Annihilation" cosmic event from earlier in the 2000s, and the various comic runs and events and crossovers that spawned out of it. This actually formed quite a chunk of Marvel comics for at least 5 years, and fairly influential- the "Guardians of the Galaxy" that are now famous from the MCU pretty much came straight out of it. And out of this roster, five of the fifteen ( Phyla-Vell, Nova, Rocket Raccoon, Silver Surfer, Beta Ray Bill ) were significant parts of that period.

@rvcolem1 great selection here but you forgot Captain Planet.

@metaphysician Except Phyla-vell and Beta Ray Bill were not part of Annihilation. Phyla was in the sequel. The Guardians in this comic series were completely unlike the MCU versions, which were based on the re-boot series that came afterward. They killed off Starlord and Drax in this series.

Basically, nothing about this makes sense. None of it took place on Earth and most of the roster was fighting each other on Earth during Civil War.

I’ll buy a physical copy if they’re doing one but I’ll wait in the meantime. Looking good!

@FarewellToGibdos
That sure looks like a captured Man-Thing, and I agree Marvel’s nod to Swamp Thing would be a cool playable character - you could lurch around hugging enemies and setting them on fire! 😅

I think I also spotted Thanos reclining in the background. I don’t recognize the white skull dude in the Dr. Doom cloak among the boss lineup, though. Maybe a What If character like Cosmic Ghost Rider? I haven’t followed comics in like fifteen years.

@Teksette fun fact, both Swamp Thing and Man-Thing debuted is comics in the very same month, and technically, Man-Thing was first!

@FarewellToGibdos
What!!? I had no idea Man-Thing came first. What a surprise! But both Marvel and DC were innovating so much back in the 70s.

@Mommar

Reread my post, please. In particular the line "The game is clearly inspired by the "Annihilation" cosmic event from earlier in the 2000s, and the various comic runs and events and crossovers that spawned out of it."

Also, "based on" is not the same thing as "is identical to".

@metaphysician
I stand by the roster not making sense.