Gazillion and Marvel revealed the first details about the Marvel Universe MMO last night during an event in San Francisco, and some major pieces of information were announced: Brian Michael Bendis is the head writer, the game will be free-to-play, and you're going to play as Marvel characters.

The event was streamed on Marvel's site. Here are the important details from the live blog:

• Brian Michael Bendis is the head writer. He's written numerous comics for Marvel, including Secret Invasion, House of M and Ultimate Spider-Man.
• The game will be free-to-play. They emphasized this will be a triple-A MMO for core gamers.
  
• You are going to play as the Marvel characters.
• It's going to launch with more characters than any Marvel game to date. Confirmed characters are Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Hulk and Nova. There will be lesser known characters such as Squirrel Girl as well.
• The big villain is Dr. Doom.
• The story will pull from all source material. The comics are the main source, but they'll also pull from films, animated series, etc. Bendis also said that players get to create their own continuity.
• PC is the only platform they're announcing at this time.
• No launch date was announced.

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