Creator Robert Kirkman spoke to io9 about the 2026 fighting game based on the hit comic turned TV series.
After turning The Walking Dead into a multimedia empire, Robert Kirkman has been hard at work doing the same for Invincible. First there were, of course, the comics. Then the awesome Prime Video animated show. There have long been talks of a potential live-action movie. And, next year, the franchise’s first full-fledged video game is coming, called Invincible Vs. And while little is known about the game, set for release in 2026, Kirkman spoke to press about it at San Diego Comic-Con.
What we previously learned is that Invincible Vs. is a three-on-three fighting game from Skybound Games and Quarter Up. A partial roster was announced in June, and at Comic-Con, that roster expanded with the reveal of Battle Beast, who also recently made his debut on season three of the TV show. But what exactly is this game? And why a fighting game? Kirkman let us know.
“I love fighting games,” he said to a group of press, including io9. “I was at the arcade playing the first Mortal Kombat. I was at the arcade playing Street Fighter 2. In the 90s, [I was] getting the Super Nintendo or the Genesis, where you actually got the Mortal Kombat with blood. I played Primal Rage. I played Time Killers. Like I was there at the birth of fighting games… And I think that they’re a really great showcase for a large number of characters.
