Marvel Cosmic Invasion Gets December Launch Date And Adds Phoenix And Iron Man

Retro tag team beat ‘em up Marvel Comic Invasion finally has a launch date, and two more heroes join the fray: Phoenix and Iron Man.

Marvel Cosmic Invasion launches on December 1. Living up to the game’s title, Phoenix is the cosmic alter ego of the X-Men’s Jean Grey, whose telekinetic mutant powers are substantially enhanced by the powerful celestial entity, the Phoenix Force. You’ve probably never heard of Iron Man, but he’s supposed to be pretty cool too. See them in action in the trailer and screenshots below. 

These latest additions fill out the roster of 15 playable heroes fighting to take down the game’s main villain, Annihilus. Here are the other confirmed characters:

Beta-Ray Bill
Black Panther
Captain America
Cosmic Ghost Rider
Nova
Phyla-Vell
Rocket Raccoon
She-Hulk
Silver Surfer
Spider-Man
Storm
Venom
Wolverine

Developed by Tribute Games (TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, Scott Pilgrim EX) and published by Dotemu (Absolum, Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound), Marvel Cosmic Invasion is a co-op brawler with a tag-team twist, as each player controls two heroes they swap between on the fly. The game is coming to current and last-generation PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch platforms as well as PC. You can read our hands-on preview to learn more.