In a surprise announcement, Square Enix and Eidos-Mon today revealed Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, a fully single-player action adventure game that follows Star-Lord for an original storlyine.<\/b>
\nSquare Enix today announced another Marvel superhero game coming out of one of its studios, joining Avengers from Crystal Dynamics. This time, it is the Guardians of the Galaxy that’s being turned into video game form, and Eidos-Montr\u00e9al is developing. The studio is most known for its RPG series Deus Ex, but here, it’s all about third-person superhero action while traveling across the galaxy. This is a completely single-player action game following an original story, and the studio has confirmed there won’t be any microtransactions or DLC here. Interestingly, you will only be taking the role of Peter \u00ab\u00a0Star-Lord\u00a0\u00bb Quill here, the self-proclaimed leader of the Guardians, while the rest of the ragtag team including Rocket, Groot, Drax and Gamora is there for support both in combat and when making dialog choices that continue the storyline. \u201cThe Eidos-Montr\u00e9al team is honored to have the opportunity to work on such an iconic franchise alongside our trusted collaborators at Marvel Entertainment,\u201d said David Anfossi, Head of Studio at Eidos-Montr\u00e9al. \u201cOur teams are known for revisiting IPs and bringing their own twists and craft to the stories and the art surrounding them. As you will experience, it\u2019s no different for Marvel\u2019s Guardians of the Galaxy.\u201d During combat, players will be able to use Star-Lord’s jet boots for quick dodges and short hovers while utilizing his Element Blasters for dealing damage. Special moves that involve the rest of the Guardians can also be triggered while in combat. Eidos- Montr\u00e9al is also promising a \u00ab\u00a0killer soundtrack\u00a0\u00bb that is a mixture of hits straight from the 80s and original music. Marvel\u2019s Guardians of the Galaxy has an October 26,2021, launch date attached to it, and as for platforms, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X| S, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 are gaining the title. It will also be available for cloud play via the GeForce NOW platform. Pre-orders are now live.<\/p>\n