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Marvel Super Hero Squad Online

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Marvel Super Hero Squad Online
Marvel Super Hero Squad Online - Promotional Comic.jpg
Promotional comic distributed as free handout during E3 2010.[2]
Cover motif is a pastiche on Secret Wars #1.
EngineUnity
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X
ReleaseApril 29, 2011 (US Beta)[1]
November 4, 2011 (Europe Beta)
November 1, 2012 (server merge)
Genre(s)Massively multiplayer online role-playing game

Marvel Super Hero Squad Online was a massively multiplayer online game for younger audiences based on the Marvel Super Hero Squad, developed by American video game companies The Amazing Society and Gazillion Entertainment. The open beta version of the game was released on April 29, 2011[1] (although a closed beta was released in early 2011).[3] It was a free-to-play game that supported both microtransactions of its in-game currency and a monthly subscription.

Players collected heroes to form their own Squad. They were able to choose a hero from their Squad to play in a number of games and activities. As they played, the heroes increased not only their power in combat, but unlocked animated emotes[4] for use in the social game world zones.

Marvel Super Hero Squad Online was the first MMO game developed in Gazillion's and Marvel's 10-year exclusive game publishing agreement. The second was Marvel Heroes.

Marvel Super Hero Squad Online was shut down on January 11, 2017.[5] Gazillion Entertainment itself shut down on November 22, 2017.[6]

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Massively multiplayer online game

Massively multiplayer online game

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Marvel Super Hero Squad

Marvel Super Hero Squad

Marvel Super Hero Squad is an action figure line marketed by Hasbro beginning in 2007. The line features 2-inch (51 mm) scale replicas of comic book heroes from the Marvel Comics universe. Each figure is portrayed in a cartoonish super-deformed style. The line was designed for younger collectors, but has become a hit with fans of all ages despite the "for ages 3 and up" category status. Marketed initially as four two-packs per wave, Super Hero Squad has branched out to include larger multi-packs, vehicles, and mega-packs containing larger characters in scale with the 2-inch (51 mm) line.

Microtransaction

Microtransaction

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Marvel Heroes (video game)

Marvel Heroes (video game)

Marvel Heroes, also known as Marvel Heroes 2015, Marvel Heroes 2016 and Marvel Heroes Omega, was a free-to-play massively multiplayer online action role-playing video game developed by Gazillion Entertainment and Secret Identity Studios. Characters such as Iron Man, Captain America, Deadpool, and Wolverine were playable characters that could be unlocked in the game. The story was written by Brian Michael Bendis. Players who pre-purchased a game pack received early access to the game on May 29, 2013. The game was officially launched on June 4, 2013, on Microsoft Windows. An OS X version followed in November 2014. The game was renamed to Marvel Heroes 2015 on June 4, 2014. The game was renamed Marvel Heroes 2016 in January 2016.

Gameplay

Marvel Super Hero Squad Online had alternate controls, in which with one click the player could move from one place to another, or use the arrow keys or the traditional WASD keys on a keyboard. Selected characters could fly by pressing blue circles on the ground. If the character was unable to fly, that character could have a double jump or a high/long jump. Points were separated into two compartments, gold, and fractals. Both gold and fractals could be used to buy anything, the difference being that fractals could be earned over time in a game while gold had to be purchased with real money in the store. Many characters from the Marvel Universe appeared in Marvel Super Hero Squad Online in a traditional Super Hero Squad "super-deformed" style.

Missions had a beat 'em up style where players had to defeat a massive number of enemies to reach the final boss.

The game's playing area was separated into zones. These included the Daily Bugle, the Baxter Building, and Asgard[7] which were associated with Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and Thor, respectively. A fourth zone named Villainville was also made available.[8][9]

A collectible card game was made available to play in early August 2011. The object was to deplete one's opponent's card deck by attacking with their own cards.[10] An arcade was developed where players could play as Deadpool, She-Hulk, Black Panther, Daredevil, Captain America, Thor, Doctor Strange and Jean Grey in selected mini-games. Two characters such as Deadpool and She-Hulk were featured in each mini-game. An achievement system was released that allowed players to complete several challenges such as greeting other players, buying new heroes, beating missions or card game quests. Each challenge completed awarded the player fractals, and a new hero. The game was released in Europe on November 4, 2011. On November 1, 2012, the European server was merged with the North American server and expanded to encompass more European countries.

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Daily Bugle

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Baxter Building

Baxter Building

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Asgard (comics)

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Asgard is a fictional realm and its capital city appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Based on the realm of the same name from Germanic mythology, Asgard is home to the Asgardians and other beings adapted from Norse mythology. Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, the realm first appeared in Journey into Mystery #85. Asgard features prominently in stories that follow the Marvel Comics superhero Thor.

Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four

The Fantastic Four is a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The team debuted in The Fantastic Four #1, helping usher in a new level of realism in the medium. It was the first superhero team created by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and editor/co-plotter Stan Lee, who developed a collaborative approach to creating comics with this title.

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Deadpool

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Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)

Daredevil (Marvel Comics character)

Daredevil is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist Bill Everett, with an unspecified amount of input from Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Daredevil #1. Writer/artist Frank Miller's influential tenure on the title in the early 1980s cemented the character as a popular and influential part of the Marvel Universe. Daredevil is commonly known by such epithets as "Hornhead", "The Man Without Fear", and "The Devil of Hell's Kitchen".

Captain America

Captain America

Captain America is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by cartoonists Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Captain America Comics #1 from Timely Comics, a predecessor of Marvel Comics. Captain America was designed as a patriotic supersoldier who often fought the Axis powers of World War II and was Timely Comics' most popular character during the wartime period. The popularity of superheroes waned following the war, and the Captain America comic book was discontinued in 1950, with a short-lived revival in 1953. Since Marvel Comics revived the character in 1964, Captain America has remained in publication.

Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange

Doctor Stephen Strange is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Steve Ditko, the character first appeared in Strange Tales #110. Doctor Strange serves as Sorcerer Supreme, the primary protector of Earth against magical and mystical threats. Strange was introduced during the Silver Age of Comic Books in an attempt to bring a different kind of character and themes of mysticism to Marvel Comics.

Jean Grey

Jean Grey

Jean Elaine Grey is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character has been known under the aliases Marvel Girl, Phoenix and Dark Phoenix. Created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in The X-Men #1. Jean is a member of a subspecies of humans known as mutants, who are born with superhuman abilities. She was born with psionic powers.

Source: "Marvel Super Hero Squad Online", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, August 17th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Super_Hero_Squad_Online.

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References
  1. ^ a b c "Marvel Super Hero Squad Online". gamespot.com.
  2. ^ Marvel Super Hero Squad Online. Marvel Comics. 2010.
  3. ^ "Super Hero Squad Online fires up closed beta". joystiq.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-09. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
  4. ^ "Marvel and Gazillion launch Super Hero Squad Online". theblackboxoffice.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011.
  5. ^ Faylor, Chris (13 May 2010). "Marvel Super Hero Squad Online Unveiled". Shacknews.
  6. ^ O'Brien, Lucy (22 November 2017). "Marvel Heroes Developer Gazillion Reportedly Shut Down, Game to Close Early: Employees are currently saying they've been laid off without Severance pay or PTO". IGN. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Marvel's Super Hero Squad Online Adds Thor & Asgard World". CBR. May 13, 2011.
  8. ^ Lefebvre, Eliot (23 August 2011). "Super Hero Squad Online teasing Villainville". joystiq.com. Archived from the original on 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
  9. ^ "GDN: Marvel Super Hero Squad Expands into Villianville Where Players Can Be Dark Heroes". www.gamersdailynews.com. Archived from the original on October 1, 2011.
  10. ^ Watch the Super Hero Squad Online Card Game Trailer
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