The Fantastic Four really can't catch a break these days. Marvel's First Family has been running into nothing but problems in the last couple of years with lackluster movie adaptations (though I enjoyed the two movies starring Chris Evans) and a cancelled comic book series. Now those problems seem to be jumping into the videogame arena as well.
Ah licensing issues, how we love thee. . . not!
Rumour has it that Gazillion Entertainment, the developers behind the MMO Marvel Heroes Online, will be pulling Fantastic Four characters and costumes from the games store due to licensing issues that prevented them from continuing to sell said characters and items.
The Thing, Mr. Fantastic, The Human Torch, The Invisible Woman and The Silver Surfer will be unavailable for purchase as of July 1st, if reports are to be believed. Players will no longer be able to purchase them using Eternity Splinters, the in-game currency for those not wanting to splash out real world cash on characters. Players who have already purchased the aforementioned characters will still be able to use them, with Gazillion promising continued tweaks and enhancements to those characters going forward.
Doctor Doom remains unaffected by this. More than likely this has to do with how large a part he plays in the game's storyline (and possibly his status as The Infamous Iron Man).
This news came about through a post on the Marvel Heroes forums, which has since been removed. For now we'll be keeping this as a rumour until Gazillion throws out a concrete statement, but the fact that you can't purchase these characters using Eternity Splinters already, doesn't bode well.
Here's a list of the costumes that you will no longer be able to purchase from July 1st:
- Spider-Man Future Foundation
- Spider-Man Future Foundation Black
- Spider-Man Bag Man
- Ghost Rider – What if?
- Doctor Doom Future Foundation
- Mr. Fantastic Future Foundation
- Invisible Woman Future Foundation
- Invisible Woman Future Foundation Black
- Invisible Woman All New Marvel NOW!
- Thing Future Foundation
- Mr. Fantastic All New Marvel NOW!
- Mr. Fantastic Future Foundation Black
- Invisible Woman’s Ultimate FF
- Thing All New Marvel NOW!
- Thing Black Future Foundation
- Thing Black Jersey
- Thing Fantastic Pants
- Thing Fear Itself
- Thing Incognito
- Thing Modern
- Human Torch 2099
- Human Torch Classic Blue
- Human Torch Light Brigade
- Human Torch Modern
- Human Torch Original
- Human Torch Red
- Human Torch Uncanny Inhumans
- Silver Surfer Classic
- Silver Surfer Exiles
- Silver Surfer Keeper
- Silver Surfer Silver Savage
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