Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is real and coming out late next year, Capcom announced today during the PlayStation Experience keynote.


Rumors began circulating earlier this week that Capcom would reveal the latest game in its cross-over fighting series at this weekend’s PlayStation Experience. This is the trailer:

It’s been just over five years since the last Marvel vs. Capcom game was released. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 came out in 2011 for Xbox 360 and PS3. Sony revealed that the Ultimate edition which followed it later that year is available again exclusively on PS4 starting today. Gameplay for the new game will be revealed during tonight’s Street Fighter V tournament.


According to the PlayStation Blog, the game will include, among other things, “single player Arcade, Training and Mission modes, a visually stunning and immersive cinematic Story Mode will put players at the center of both universes as they battle for supremacy against powerful forces and a new villain.”



Capcom’s license for the Marvel characters expired in 2013, however, meaning the games stopped receiving updates within a couple years release. Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 were pulled from PSN and Xbox Live as a result.

But whereas those games featured X-Men characters like Wolverine and Magneto, the new game is likely to focus more on heroes popular in Marvel’s current cinematic universe like Ant-Man and the crew from Guardians of the Galaxy. After all, the name itself links it to Marvel’s upcoming Avengers: Infinity Wars movies.


The series got its start on PlayStation with the console port of X-Men vs. Street Fighter in 1998, and this would be the first entry not to include everyone’s favorite mutants. This led to lots of speculation about how their absence would affect the game’s competitive scene. Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has been a mainstay at fighting game tournaments like Evo for several years now. Either way, this dude in the top right corner is PUMPED:


Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite will be the eighth game in the series. A more complete list of the upcoming game’s features are as follows:

