EA Motive’s Iron Man Game Brings In Marvel Comics Writer!
One of the most common mistakes in certain branches of entertainment is thinking that “any kind of person in a certain role can jump into another field and do the same thing.” That’s not how things work; veterans will let you know that. After all, did you hear that Disney thought they could just have movie people run their Disney+ MCU shows, and everything would be fine? Hint: it didn’t, and now they regret doing that. With video games, that kind of problem can happen with certain roles, but the upcoming Iron Man game by EA Motive seems to be avoiding that pitfall in a good way.
There have been plenty of superhero video games in the past, but if you look closely at who made them, you’ll notice that the best games were the ones that had actual comic book writers helping craft the stories. As we now know, the Iron Man title will not just have a Marvel Comics writer on the writing team, but Ryan North is someone who has written the Armored Avenger in the past:
It's no secret that I love Iron Man and have written my heart out for Tony Stark every chance I've had. So I'm PRETTY STOKED to say I'm part of the writing team on the upcoming IRON MAN game from @MotiveStudio !
P.S.: you are not ready for how amazing this game is going to be :0 pic.twitter.com/uXDOjJsvMH
As you can see, he’s rather hyped for the title, and, unsurprisingly, he’s glad to have this honor attached to him. He did make it clear that he’s not the ONLY person writing for the game, which is standard for video game titles, but the fact that he’s on the team is important.
Don’t believe us? The OTHER Marvel game that everyone has been discussing, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, and its predecessors from Insomniac Games, were also written in part by a comic book writer in
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