Massively on: Marvel Universe Online will be free-to-play, penned by Bendis
Massively has a great overview of the news from Marvel and Secret Identity Studios' live stream announcements last night concerning the new Marvel Universe MMO. I am very excited about this game. I've made no secret of my love for DCUO, but I was always a Marvel kid growing up, except for my mad Batman love. Just get my folks to cough up those long buried pics of me in superhero costumes as a kid and you'll see where my fan loyalty lies.
I'm glad to see the folks at Secret ID are trying to differentiate themselves from the superhero MMO crowd with F2P and playing as the iconic heroes themselves. Sure, I'm curious as others are about how this will work, but as Jeff Lind notes in the interview, either choice -- play as iconic heroes or as your own -- leaves questions and game design issues. But I'm glad to see someone doing a hero MMO and tackling this side for once. I guess my love for Marvel makes me more excited about playing as the heroes, too.
