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Marvel Heroes Launches Worldwide

By TechTaffy Desk

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Gazillion Entertainment has released Marvel Heroes, a free-to-play action-MMORPG set in the Marvel Universe. Created by David Brevik, the person behind Diablo and Diablo II, Marvel Heroes lets gamers suit up as their favorite Marvel Super Heroes, including Iron Man, Thor, Wolverine, Hulk, Captain America and Spider-Man.

Players can choose to wear costumes from over 70 years of Marvel history, including costumes from The Avengers and Iron Man 3. At any time, players can swap between their favorite Marvel Super Heroes on the fly. The original story has been crafted by the game for Marvel scribe Brian Michael Bendis.

Marvel Heroes is available now on PC and is currently in development for Mac.

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