As part of that leak, which was shared on ResetEra, another slide from an internal presentation covers details on Sony’s licensing agreement with Marvel for the X-Men property, revealing that the X-Men license will remain exclusive to PlayStation until 2035, during which time Insomniac Games will release Marvel’s Wolverine, Marvel’s X-Men, and Marvel’s X-Men 3, with a provisional fourth title also mentioned. Additionally, there’s also mention of Marvel’s Wolverine Online and Marvel’s X-Men Online, though it’s unclear whether or not those plans are out of date.

As per the leaked details of the licensing agreement, won’t be allowed to release or announce an X-Men game for consoles, PC, or streaming platforms, or use X-Men characters as “a competitive advantage” in a game- for instance, an X-Men character being exclusive to the Xbox version of a multiplatform game.

That said, the agreement does allow for X-Men characters to appear in what are described as “multi-family” Marvel games (citing examples like Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy), while Marvel will also retain the rights to “children’s games and certain X-Men games from the 1990s”.

The Insomniac ransomware leak has also revealed that the studio intends to release a new IP after 2030.

We all know that every hero needs a villain and let’s face it, Marvel has an awesome list of villains that are absolutely fantastic, yes they are evil and yes they are rotten to the core, but at the crux of it, they have over the years been a source of entertainment to many fans. These baddies have proven to be more of a challenge to the heroes of the Marvel universe and have smashed, blown up, conquered worlds, people and countries to prove their point.

The creators of Marvel have an extraordinary sense of imagination to come up with characters like these, because when you read up on some of these characters there are no words to begin understanding who they really are. With that said here are some of the evil, vile, and downright villainous beings of the Marvel Universe.

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Cyber

Not much is known about Cyber aka Silas Blurr, but we do know that in World War I he was in command of the special Canadian Army unit, the Devil’s Brigade, which included Logan himself (Wolverine). Cyber was basically an entity of sorts and has taken possession of the body of a powerful young man named Milo.  Now Milo’s body is super humanly strong, capable of ripping off a horse’s head with one punch. Although the limits of his current body are unknown .

The series created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and many others have spawned video games, films that have since then grossed into the billions of dollars. Comic books have often been shunned by people who think themselves too “mature” but comic books have given people hope, ideas and happiness to millions of people. Characters such as Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the Hulk, Captain America, the Silver Surfer, and the Avengers, have all at one point made changing the world a very possible idea to ordinary people.

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Black Bolt

Black Bolt’s powers is something to be in awe of , or rather be shit scared of, because if he speaks it triggers a massive shockwave of sorts capable of leveling a city. Which is why over the years the character has undergone extreme mental training to prevent himself from uttering a sound, even in sleep. Black Bolt is a great character make no mistake and he is a great asset. He has battled the Hulk and survived, and has known to have survived a lot of wars. Black Bolt later came to possess Cosmic Awareness which alloweds him an omnipresence consciousness to know exactly what he feels he needs to know at any given moment.

Activision and Marvel’s latest X-Men Action/RPG game, X-Men Destiny is now available at retail stores nationwide! You play a young mutant who is just discovering his powers. As you progress, the choices you make and alliances they forge determine which side of the mutant cause you will align with as well as which one will reign supreme.

You can also play as three new mutants to the series which are Grant Alexander, Aimi Yoshida and Adrian Luca.  You can view the launch trailer here and the full press release below.

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — The battle between the X-Men and Brotherhood of Mutants rages on — and your choices will shape the fate of the world!  Available today at retail stores nationwide, Marvel Entertainment, LLC and Activision Publishing, Inc.’s (Nasdaq: ATVI) X-Men™ Destiny places gamers into the role of a young mutant just discovering their newfound powers; where the choices they make and alliances they forge determine which side of the mutant cause will reign supreme.  X-Men Destiny gives players three all-new mutants from which to pick, and an original story penned by acclaimed Marvel writer Mike Carey, delivering an action/RPG experience where players have ultimate customization of their mutant’s powers, development and “destiny.”

“For the first time ever, gamers can play as a NEW Marvel mutant and make the key decisions that lead to their siding with either the X-Men or Brotherhood,” said David Oxford, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Activision Publishing, Inc.  “The opportunity to play out X-Men Destiny‘s branching story arcs as three all-new characters provides a unique way of experiencing the X-Men Universe — one that we think fans are going to love.”

“A great story delivered by Mike Carey, coupled with a game landscape that allows players to make key decisions that shape their journey, is a combination we’re really excited about and think fans of the Marvel Universe will be as well,” said TQ Jefferson, Vice President of Games Production,  Marvel Entertainment.

Fighting alongside and against some of Marvel’s greatest X-Men characters, including Magneto, Cyclops, Wolverine and Gambit, gamers will evolve their mutant skills through X-Men Destiny‘s upgrade system, allowing them to mix and match X-Genes and abilities from various X-Men and Brotherhood characters such as  Iceman’s freeze powers and Emma Frost’s diamond skin.

X-Men Destiny‘s three new mutants — Grant Alexander, Aimi Yoshida and Adrian Luca — are brought to life by the voices of some of young Hollywood’s most popular talent:  Heroes icon Milo Ventimiglia, Sucker Punch and The Hangover Part II actress Jamie Chung, and Friday Night Lights star Scott Porter.

X-Men Destiny was developed by Silicon Knights for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and Wii™, and have been rated “T” (Teen — Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes and Violence) by the ESRB.  Development studio Other Ocean created the Nintendo DS™ version of the game, which is rated “E10+” (Everyone 10+ — Fantasy Violence and Mild Suggestive Themes) by the ESRB.

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About Silicon Knights, Inc.

Located in the Niagara Region of Ontario, Silicon Knights is dedicated to creating groundbreaking video games.  Our aim is to completely engage and immerse gamers by combining the very best elements of technology, art, audio, game play, and story.  For each game, we blend these elements until the result becomes greater than the sum of its parts.  We seek to create a compelling and detailed world within which the game player can become absorbed into a seamless and compelling experience.  Silicon Knights is the developer of such popular games as Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain, Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem, Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes, and Too Human.  More information on the company can be found at www.siliconknights.com.

About Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years.  Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing.  For more information, visit www.marvel.com.

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, Australia, South Korea, China and the region of Taiwan. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.activision.com.

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Yes we here at GamingBolt.com are in love with video games.  The X-Men franchise has been a part of video games for a very long time now and it wouldn’t serve us right if we didn’t bring you the trailer for the next X-Men movie entitled X-Men: First Class.  The movie is a prequel before Professor X and Magneto had those names as they were just Charles and Erik, the best of friends with their intelligence bringing them together.  Besides, the trailer is fucking awesome and hopefully it won’t disappoint me like that couple of X-Men films, enjoy.. In theaters 6/3/2011.

The game supports up to 6 players online to co-operatively take down classic Marvel enemies.  This is one of the best features in the game and it is even drop in/drop out with built in dialogue capabilities so your buddies have voices as you take on Magneto’s forces.  You can play local co-op or online co-op with a 6 or 4 player cabinet. (Local 4 player co-op on the X-box 360 and local 6 player on the PS3)  Choosing to play on a 4 player cabinet will give you slightly better detail in graphics while shrinking your screen to 4:3 mode where enemies can strike from off screen being that it essentially cuts the sides off so you don’t know going on in the magical blackness.  That being said you are better of sticking with the 6 player widescreen cabinet no matter how many people are playing or what kind of TV you are playing on, but it is nice to have the option there.  I won’t mention the name an old style arcade recently re-released that forced 4:3 mode upon you, greatly pissing you off at times.

You have got your classic 8 stages that you can progress through on three different difficulties being Normal, Hard and Expert.  Here is where it is nice.  Playing on expert only gives you one life but infinite continues which is basically like a dream for those people that were just out of quarters to pump in back in 1992.  So normal gives you the most live while hard gives you less then once again expert with one life and after that life you just need to press A/X to continue depending on the platform.  There is however still a countdown to continue and once the countdown is up you may still continue but will not longer have those precious points you acquired to try and climb the leader-boards that have been divided by difficulty, score, etc.  The Achievements/Trophies are easy to get for the hunters out there, just make sure you are playing with one party of the same 4 or 6 players while going for most of them, otherwise they might not trigger, while playing locally you should have no problem unlocking them.  Creating extremely difficult achievements/trophies does not add longevity to a game but rather a broken controller or worse.

All the classic dialogue as corny as it can be is still preserved some even being re-recorded with the assumption it wasn’t so clear in the original.  You can play as Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Dazzler. I remember thinking as a kid, who the fuck is Dazzler? And then remembering it’s a Jubilee type character that Marvel just keeps changing the name and look of.  Each character has their standard one two punch and their unique super power that they can use but have a limit of. Of course the last is the jump button and you can attack from above by hitting the attack button in mid air.  You can even kick enemies when they are down.  As you go through levels, you’ll fight mini-sentinels along with other odd creatures and robots.  The bosses you will come across are Pyro, Blob, Emma Frost, Mystique and of course Magneto among others as you encounter other Marvel characters.

Konami and Backbone Entertainment have done a great job with this re-release to consoles.  They even added the option of playing the US version or the Japanese version which is probably one my favorite aspects of the game never getting to play the Japanese version before.  The Japanese version in nearly identical except you have more mutant power at your disposal while enemies might me slightly harder Power Rewards are dropped that can give you either more mutant power or more lives.. they look like giant pills.  Of course the text is in Japanese as well but other than that, they are pretty much the same.  The only bad thing I can say about the game is that you lose health every time you use your mutant power, which doesn’t really make sense and it is $10 or 800 Microsoft Points.  With such a great job with a re-release, we are not all made of money Konami.  I’m not saying it’s outrageous but the game can be beaten in 30 minutes and all though the replay value is nearly endless when it comes to the online co-op fun you will have with friends and random people, 5 US dollars would be a perfect price as well as increase sales.  In retrospective though this review probably would have only cost me 30 dollars in quarters in the wonderful 90’s but between the classic repetitive music or the amount of Wolverines arm hair almost making that a super power in itself, Konami has sucked me into the fun once again.  Keep up the good work and the price down.. next stop, The Simpsons.

This game was reviewed on the Xbox 360.

Konami has announced at the New York ComicCon 2010, that they will be releasing their original six player c-op game on the Xbox Live Marketplace and the Playstation Network as an arcade title.  You will be able to play the ported game with six player via online co-op which should be fun.  No word yet on pricing or a release all we have is “soon”.