But while we’ll never get to see the Marvel MMO, much less play it, we have, at the very least, got a brief glimpse of what it would have looked like. Ramiro Galan is a freelance UI/UX designer who has worked on a number of AAA games, including the likes of Halo 5 and PUBG, and recently he shared images on his ArtStation page of the work he had done on the cancelled Marvel MMO as well.

The images show what would have been the game’s character creator and customization options, including being able to select your character’s gender, body type, name, powers and abilities, and cosmetic options such as your clothing, face, banner, and more. Given how early the game was in development before it got cancelled, it goes without saying that a lot of this stuff hadn’t been finalized- though the images do give us an idea of the sort of visual style and aesthetic the title was going for. Check them out in the gallery below.

It’s a shame that the Marvel MMO won’t be seeing the light of day, because it’s a premise that’s begging to be utilized. Hopefully another developer will see the potential here and decide to give it a shot in the not-too-distant future.

That project is not going to see the light of day, as it turns out. EG7 recent published an update in which it confirmed that it has cancelled its Marvel MMO, after having evaluated “the development risk profile, size of investment, and the long-term product portfolio strategy for the group.”

The project was going to see an investment of SEK 500 million (which is a little over $50 million) over the course of three years. EG7 will now use that money to further invest in existing games like The Lord of the Rings Online and DC Universe Online, as well as self-owned IPs.

“EG7 today announced it will be discontinuing the development of the Marvel project at Daybreak Games,” the company wrote. “Based on the re-evaluation of the development risk profile, size of investment, and the long-term product portfolio strategy for the group, the board has decided to change the development priorities and reallocate resources within the group to focus on alternative long-term projects. The company had planned to invest more than SEK 500 million in the Marvel project over the next three years. The company will now diversify this investment across multiple, smaller size projects within the group, including the previously announced major upgrades to The Lord of the Rings Online and DC Universe Online, and new game opportunities with our first party, original IPs.”

There are plenty of other Marvel projects in the works at a number of other studios, including Firaxis Games’ turn-based tactical RPG Marvel’s Midnight Suns, Second Dinner’s collectible card game Marvel Snap, and Insomniac Games’ action-adventure duo Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 and Marvel’s Wolverine.

Skydance New Media is also developing a story-driven single player action-adventure Marvel project, with its development team being led by Uncharted creator Amy Hennig. According to report, the project is either an Ant-Man game or a Fantastic Four title.

In its recent quarterly investor presentation, while detailing the company’s upcoming slate of games, EnaD Global 7 confirmed that a new AAA MMORPG based on a Marvel IP is in development at Austin-based Dimensional Ink Studios. In case that’s a name that’s not familiar to you, that’s the team that developed and handles DC Universe Online. The Marvel MMORPG is being led by Jack Emmet, who was the designer and creative lead on City of Heroes, and also currently leads the DC Universe Online team.

There’s no other details on the project, though considering the fact that it’s mentioned as a “longer-term” release, we can probably assume that it’s in the earlier stages of development right now. Meanwhile, the track record of the developer and the games it has worked on should also give us a good idea of what sort of game this is going to be.

Interestingly, this might not be the only AAA multiplayer Marvel game that’s in the works. Earlier this year, it was rumoured that PlayStation was working on an unannounced multiplayer Marvel title- read more on that through here.