Check behind your couch cushions, because if you can rummage up a paltry $5.29AUD you can actually own the definitive edition of Marvel’s Avengers before it vanishes from storefronts forever.
That’s right, the live service 2020 action-adventure game is hanging up it’s cape and hammer once and for all – with Crystal Dynamics ending ongoing support for good.
https://twitter.com/PlayAvengers/status/1703122797697085797
September 30 spells the final day for Earth’s mightiest heroes – while it may no longer be available to buy, those who own it can continue to play it ‘largely as it is today’ according to the studio.
In-game events will also continue on their current two-week rotation, you’ll just be shit out of luck if you require any specific customer support or dream of future updates.
It’s a depressing state of affairs for a game that arguably was a sure-fire hit on paper (Our own Adam Ryan even gave the game a 7.5 score of “good”) but the breaking point of ‘games as a service’ was upon us all, and the gaming audience responded in kind. People wanted to Hulk Smash, not Hulk Smashing Fists Of Blasting +2 [Spend Odin Crystals To Upgrade Now].
A bummer – but a great time to catch the end of life version of the game, which admittedly stripped and changed some of the more obvious effluent from the game. Plus, the game has a pretty neato campaign with Kamala Khan being the star of the show.
What did you think of Marvel’s Avengers? Is this a fitting end for such a tale? Let us know in the comments or on social media.
Known throughout the interwebs simply as M0D3Rn, Ash is bad at video games. An old guard gamer who suffers from being generally opinionated, it comes as no surprise that he is both brutally loyal and yet, fiercely whimsical about all things electronic. On occasion will make a youtube video that actually gets views.
