Marvel's Avengers designer looks on helplessly as streamer leaks next hero reveal

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Marvel's Avengers(opens in new tab) just cannot seem to catch a break. It's been through a lot over the past couple of years—ugly bugs, a paid booster debacle, sass from Square Enix, and an average concurrent player count that hasn't come close to breaking triple digits since mid-2021—and now it looks like the next big character reveal was spoiled during a livestream with none other than Crystal Dynamics design lead Brian Waggoner.

The incident took place during a Marvel's Avengers stream on the official Xbox Twitch channel featuring Waggoner and Frank «Techniq» Ellerbe. During a lull in the action, Ellerbe began discussing «a funny fact about She-Hulk.» He acknowledged that he wasn't certain whether he was allowed to share the information, but quickly decided to jump in with both feet anyway.

«My acting coach is actually the voice of She-Hulk,» Ellerbe said. «And I won't say her name, because I don't know if that was public knowledge yet. I think it is, it was announced, but...»

At this point, Waggoner, who had been looking on in what I would describe as silent consternation, spoke up. «Nope. Nope, we've never announced She-Hulk.»

Whoops! This happened on the official Xbox Twitch channel today. pic.twitter.com/yDPqb0kKW0July 5, 2022

From there, the conversation spluttered out quickly and awkwardly(opens in new tab). Waggoner said «we don't announce things,» which is kind of an odd position to take about a game that very clearly does announce things, like for instance the addition of Jane Foster as Mighty Thor(opens in new tab). Then Ellerbe took a shot at walking back the statement, with minimal success.

«Oh, then never mind,» he replied, laughing awkwardly. «I don't know if that's true or not, but