Rumor: Marvel Universe Online may be cancelled

Just when gamers were gearing up for what could be the next bigger then life MMO, Microsoft, Marvel and Cryptic Studio’s Marvel Universe Online, news has come out that the future title that was to be an exclusive title for Microsoft’s Xbox 360, may be dead, or very near to dead.

While neither Marvel or the title’s developers and publisher has stated why Marvel Universe Online might be headed for the great beyond, all that is known at this time is, that production has hit serious, potentially stalling, development troubles.

While the Marvel Universe Online hasn’t been publicly canceled just yet, the future of the MMO that was to bring the entire Marvel Universe to life, where players would have created their own characters, interacted with many of Marvel’s greatest heroes and even taken part in major story-book events such as “Civil War” and “Hose of M,” is still in doubt as to whether or not the game will ever again see the lgiht of day.

This news will no doubt make DC Comics and Sony happy, as they, much as Marvel Comic and Microsoft, had reached a deal to produce a PS3 exclusive MMO that is being designed by one of the comic book world’s most prolific artist, Jim Lee, and being developed with Unreal Engine 3.

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