Back in the early 1990s, Marvel Comics assembled heroes like Ghost Rider, Blade, Doctor Strange, and more into a team called the Midnight Sons so they could do battle with Lilith, Mother of Demons. Those comics have now served as inspiration for the upcoming video game Marvel Midnight Suns, which is expected to reach PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC in March of 2022.
A tactical role-playing game, Marvel Midnight Suns has the following description:
The world as we know it is changed forever when Hydra, through a procedure of magic and science, manages to revive Lilith, Mother of Demons. In an effort to prevent Lilith from spreading her armies across the world, destroying everything in her path, The Avengers enlist the Midnight Suns to assist in their battle. This team of supernaturally powered heroes will need to work with the likes of Captain America, Iron-Man and Captain Marvel if they want to stop Lilith from resurrected Chthon, her all-powerful master.
However, the powers of The Avengers and the Midnight Suns won’t be enough. Only the Hunter, the child of Lilith, is capable of slaying the Mother of Demons. This original character will be the player’s window into the world of Marvel’s Midnight Suns. Creating the Hunter from scratch, players will need to use their ancient abilities to gather and control their team, issuing commands on the battlefield and forging bonds during downtime, all in an effort to smite their evil mother.
CBR.com notes that players will be able to design the Hunter “however they see fit”, from appearance to their variety of skills.
Creative director Jake Solomon has said there are twelve Marvel heroes in the game, including Ghost Rider, Blade, Doctor Strange, Captain America, Iron Man, Wolverine, Magik, Captain Marvel, and Nico Minoru.
In between combat, players will return to The Abbey, the home base of the Midnight Suns. There they’ll be able to explore the area in third-person, chatting to characters through extensive dialogue trees and choosing which members of the team they want to hang out with. Players will need to be careful how they socialize though; Blade will likely not want to read next to a fire while Doctor Strange probably isn’t too keen on pumping iron in the gym.
Midnight Suns developer Firaxis Games will be showing off some gameplay footage on September 1st.