Sources: Marvel vs. Capcom 4 coming in 2017
Marvel and Capcom characters will duke it out in a new crossover fighting game coming to consoles next year. Multiple sources tell Polygon that
Marvel vs. Capcom 4 is currently in development and slated for release sometime in 2017.
Although Capcom hasn’t officially announced the game, we’ve been told the company will unveil
Marvel vs. Capcom 4 this week alongside Sony’s PlayStation Experience event where the Capcom Cup 2016
Street Fighter 5 tournament will be held.
Fans of the series should expect Marvel vs. Capcom 4's roster of Marvel characters to draw strongly from the cinematic universe that Marvel Studios has popularized — and has full control over — during the past decade. That means fighting game fans will more likely see characters plucked from The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy films, and not from properties like the X-Men. Expect to see superheroes like Ant-Man and Groot make appearances,
with characters of mutant origin — think Wolverine and Magneto — sitting out this entry.