Cliffhanger Games is making Black Panther for EA
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Electronic Arts said Cliffhanger Games will make the original Black Panther game in collaboration with Marvel Games.
Cliffhanger Games is a new triple-A development studio based in Seattle, and it’s working on an original, third-person, single-player Black Panther game.
The mission is to build an expansive and reactive world that empowers players to experience what it is like to take on the mantle of Wakanda’s protector, the Black Panther. The announcement comes on the 57th anniversary of Black Panther’s comic debut this July.
Led by Kevin Stephens (Monolith Productions), Cliffhanger has already brought together talent with leaders from the critically acclaimed and innovative action-adventure game, Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor, along with veterans of top franchises including Halo Infinite, God of War, Call of Duty and others.
“We’re dedicated to delivering fans a definitive and authentic Black Panther experience, giving them more agency and control over their narrative than they have ever experienced in a story-driven video game,” said Stephens, in a statement. “Wakanda is a rich superhero sandbox, and our mission is to develop an epic world for players who love Black Panther and want to explore the world of Wakanda as much as we do.”
As we begin this remarkable journey, we are excited to be working with Marvel Games to ensure that we craft every aspect of Wakanda, its technology, its heroes, and our own original story with the attention to detail and authenticity that the world of Black Panther deserves.
“It’s an incredibly rare opportunity to build a new team around the values of diversity, collaboration,
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