Today's
July Marvel's
Avengers WAR TABLE session offered new details from Square Enix on plans to
beta test
Marvel's Avengers next month. They also mentioned a planned
Fortnite cross-promotion and revealed that Hawkeye will be coming to the game as
free post-release DLC and here's a
Hawkeye Reveal Trailer.
The PC beta will run from August 14-16 for preorder customers an open beta for
everyone will follow from August 21-23. Here's what to expect when the Avengers
assemble:
Viewers who watched the Marvel’s Avengers WAR TABLE live via
the PlayAvengers.com channel were the first to get all the amazing details about
the wide array of content that will be available in the beta, including several
single-player missions, as well as a large selection of additional missions that
can be played solo with your AI Avengers team or co-op with up to four players.
In one mission, players take on the role of young Super Hero Kamala Khan and
team up with Hulk as they infiltrate an AIM base in the forests of the American
Pacific Northwest, hot on the trail of the last known location of JARVIS. Later
they take the Quinjet to a remote War Zone in the frozen Russian tundra to
uncover SHIELD secrets hidden in a deep underground bunker.
The Marvel’s Avengers beta will provide players with a comprehensive hands-on
experience of the game ahead of its worldwide launch on September 4.
“We really want to give fans an in-depth look at what they can expect when they
get their hands on the beta starting on August 7th,” said Scot Amos, Co-Head of
Crystal Dynamics. “I couldn’t be more proud of the work the team has done
getting Marvel’s Avengers ready for players, and can’t wait to see their
reactions.”
During the Marvel’s Avengers WAR TABLE stream, it was also revealed that
PlayStation®4 and Xbox One players who link their Square Enix Members and Epic
Games accounts and complete the beta’s three HARM-room challenges will earn the
Hulk Smashers Pickaxe with bonus Hulkbuster style in Epic Games’ free-to-play
game, Fortnite*.
Spoiler Alert! The Marvel’s Avengers WAR TABLE gave a sneak peek at one of the
first heroes that will be added to the game after launch at no additional cost:
Clint Barton’s Hawkeye. In an original story-arc inspired by some of the
best-known Hawkeye moments in the comics, players wield Clint’s iconic high-tech
bow and trick arrows in missions either solo or co-op online with friends.
Hawkeye’s story will continue to move the entire Marvel’s Avengers narrative
world forward, and all new missions are accessible with the entire roster of
playable heroes. More information about this and additional post-launch content,
including the new villain and other content debuting with Hawkeye’s story, will
be available
soon.