Great news, comic fans! Marvel is expanding their “Women of Power” event and putting the spotlight on their female heroes across its range of games.
With 25 titles shipping with variant covers for the “Women of Power” initiative this month, we couldn’t imagine being any more spoilt for choice when it came to celebrating our favorite Marvel ladies. That was, until Marvel announced today that it was bringing the event to its range of video games, across all platforms.
Yes, that’s right. Whether you’re a mobile, console or PC gamer, you’ll be able to play as some of the most iconic women of Marvel starting Thursday, March 3, right on time for Women’s History Month.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Bill Rosemann, Creative Director of Marvel Games, said, “Across our portfolio, we’re going to launch over a dozen new female characters in all of our different games as well as the in game story events.”
Sana Amanat, Marvel’s Director of Content and Character Development, added to Rosemann’s comments, “We’re trying to find unique ways to do that in a way that is more about showcasing and celebrating these characters more than anything else. For us, we’ve been doing the Women of Marvel of variants for quite some time. So this time we thought we’d put a little spin on it with Women of Power.”
So, which games are getting the “Women of Power” treatment? We’ve broken down the additions title by title below.
- LEGO Marvel’s Avengers (Console and Handheld): Captain Marvel, Moonstone, and super villain Poundcakes will be joining a roster of over 100 playable Marvel characters in a downloadable pack, available later this month.
- Marvel Contest of Champions (Mobile Game): The latest update will add a new playable event for Kamala Khan, but also see X-23 and She-Hulk enhancing the line up.
- Marvel Future Fight (Mobile Game): A new game event featuring Proxima Midnight, one of Thanos’ most powerful generals and a member of the Black Order, will be available to play.
- Spider-Man Unlimited (Mobile Game): Silk will be swinging onto the scene for a special in-game event, alongside some other Spider-Women.
- Marvel Heroes 2016 (PC Game): The update will allow you to team up with fan favorite Rescue, and also earn an enhanced power costume for American Dream.
- Marvel Avengers Academy (Mobile Game): Several new female heroes will be joining your Academy. Well, just as soon as you stop crying over needing more Pym Particles!
- Marvel Puzzle Quest (Mobile Game): The “Women of Power” variant covers will be added to this unreasonably addictive match-three game.
Don’t currently own any of these games? Now is the perfect time to download! Most of them are free to play (with some in-app purchases available on the mobile games) and a whole load of fun. But we really weren’t kidding about those Pym Particles on Avengers Academy. We’ll have a debris-free campus eventually.
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