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20.03.2024 - 17:55 / digitaltrends.com / Amy Hennig / Tomas Franzese
We finally learned the title of the Captain America and Black Panther video game that former Uncharted creative director Amy Hennig is making at Skydance New Media. It’s titled Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra and will come out sometime next year. This was all revealed during Epic Games’ State of Unreal presentation at GDC 2024.
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra | Story TrailerA cinematic trailer gave us a taste of the game’s story, which sees Captain America and Black Panther fighting Hyrda in an occupied Paris during World War II. This trailer reveals that Captain America and Black Panther aren’t friendly initially and will clash before helping each other take down the true enemy of the game: Hydra. After the trailer was played, Hennig came onstage to highlight how Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra utilizes Unreal Engine 5 and its MetaHuman technology to increase graphical fidelity and enhance the performances of its actors. Drew Moerlein is confirmed to play Captain America, while Khary Payton will play Azzuri, the Black Panther of the World War II era.
Hennig has a storied history as the writer and director of the critically acclaimed Legacy of Kain and Uncharted series. In the 2010s, she joined EA’s Visceral Entertainment to make a Star Wars video game, but that project was canceled before it could come to fruition. In 2019, she joined Skydance New Media and began work on new action-adventure games set in the Marvel and Star Wars universes. We got our first look at Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra during D23 in September 2022, but it had gone without a title until now.
RelatedThankfully, the wait doesn’t seem like it will be too much longer, as a 2025 release window was confirmed for Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra during State of Unreal.
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Uncharted creator Amy Hennig’s Skydance New Media has officially unveiled Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, a single-player action-adventure game set during the Second World War that will see players stepping into the shoes of Captain America and Azzuri, the Black Panther of that Era, and above all else, the game’s visual fidelity has turned more than a few heads. During the recent State of Unreal presentation at GDC, Hennig offered further details on the game, including how Unreal Engine is aiding its development.
We finally have our first look at Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, an upcoming action-adventure video game featuring the Marvel Comics characters Black Panther and Captain America that was originally announced as an untitled project back in October 2021.
Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra has been revealed as the official title of the superhero game Uncharted creator Amy Hennig is making at Skydance New Media. It's slated to release next year, and stars Captain America and Black Panther during World War II. A trailer was revealed during a GDC livestream, which you can catch above.
The Marvel game we all remember bring developed that featured Captain America and Black Panther has finally come to light. Marvel Games has officially announced their latest game coming out in 2025 called, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. This game is being developed by a brand new studio called Skydance New Media, this studio is led among others but also Amy Hennig which was a formerly at EA and Naughty Dog.