EA Developing Single-Player Video Game Based on Black Panther

Marvel and Electronic Arts have announced their collaboration on a second game, as part of their ongoing partnership. The upcoming game, centered around the iconic superhero Black Panther, is being developed by a newly established Electronic Arts studio named Cliffhanger Games, based in Seattle. The focus of the game will be on delivering an immersive single-player experience.

It’s an action-adventure game with a third-person perspective, which suggests it has some similarities to games like Insomniac’s Spider-Man games. According to Marvel, Cliffhanger aims to “build an expansive and reactive world that allows players to experience what it’s like to take on the mantle of Wakanda’s protector, the Black Panther.”

Cliffhanger says it and Marvel Games are working together “to make sure we recreate all of Wakanda’s attributes, its technology, its heroes and our own original story with the attention to detail and authenticity that the world of Black Panther deserves.” However, Marvel and EA are being tight-lipped about additional details so far.

Kevin Stephens, who previously held a similar role at Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor developer Monolith Productions, is heading into Cliffhanger. The team includes former Halo Infinite, God of War and Call of Duty developers.

“We are dedicated to providing fans with the definitive and authentic Black Panther experience, giving them more agency and control over their story than they’ve ever experienced in a story-driven video game,” said Stephens. “Wakanda is a rich superhero sandbox, and our mission is to develop an epic world for players who love Black Panther and want to explore the world of Wakanda as much as we do.”

It has been rumored for some time that EA has a Black Panther game in the works. Last September it was revealed that EA Motive (the studio behind the recent Dead Space version) was developing an Iron Man game. It will also be a single-player third-person action-adventure game, but we haven’t received any further details since then. Neither project has a confirmed release window.