Marvel has signed a video game deal with Telltale Games

Telltale Games has made quite a name for itself by creating games that are like a Western version of Japanese visual novels, where the game is more like an interactive movie than a traditional video game. This enables Telltale to create excellent video games for story-driven shows like Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead that haven’t enjoyed much success in the video game market otherwise. Now it looks like company will be doing the same thing with some of Marvel’s content. 

At an event in San Francisco today, Marvel discussed the company’s future plans in the video game space and announced a partnership with Telltale Games to develop games based on Marvel’s properties. The first of those games will come to unspecified platforms in 2017, Marvel executives said. Marvel did not disclose the name of the game or which properties Telltale might be developing games with. Marvel’s Peter Phillips, executive vice president and general manager for interactive and digital distribution, and Jay Ong, vice president of games, were joined by Marvel Games creative director Bill Roseman and executive producer Mike Jones to discuss the entertainment giant’s future video games. According to Roseman, the company’s future Marvel games will strive for authenticity, will feel “exquisite” and “sexy,” and will be celebrated by Marvel fans. Roseman said the games will look “eye-popping,” and feel well-built and hand-crafted.