Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra

 Skydance New Media and Marvel Games are excited to share new details about the cast and award-winning composer for their upcoming narrative-driven action-adventure game. 

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. 

A new trailer was revealed today, giving fans a sneak peek into an original story that takes players on a WWII-era adventure with an ensemble of four heroes playable at different points in the game.

Rise of Hydra" will focus on Captain America (Steve Rogers) and Black Panther (King T'Chanda, also known as Azzuri) as they "overcome their differences and form an uneasy alliance to confront their common enemy," according to Marvel.

T'Chanda was the ruler of Wakanda in the 1940s and during the Second World War, and he was the father of T'Chaka and grandfather of T'Challa and Shuri.

In addition to Captain America and Black Panther, players will also explore occupied Paris as Gabriel Jones, a US soldier and member of the Howling Commandos, and Nanali, a Wakandan spy embedded in the city. 

This game's version of Captain America is described as a young version of Steve Rogers, while the man underneath the Wakandan armor is Azzuri, the grandfather of the modern era's Black Panther, T'Challa.

Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra is being developed in Unreal Engine 5, and also makes use of the facial animation tool MetaHuman Animator to help create more authentic performances. 

This is the same tool being used in Ninja Theory's Hellblade 2: Senua's Saga to produce realistic facial expressions.

According to Hennig, all the sequences in the first trailer were pulled directly from the game running in real-time. 

Hennig added that her goal has always been to create cinematic and immersive experiences that allow a player to feel like they're in a movie but with all the player agency expected from a video game.

"In the past, this has always felt like it was just beyond our grasp," Hennig said. " But I think we're finally crossing that threshold. 

When we're telling a character-driven story, it's critical for us to faithfully capture every nuance of our actor's stellar performances. 

So we've been incredibly grateful to partner with our friends on the MetaHuman team to tell our story."