Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, the Captain America/Black Panther-led action game from Uncharted’s Amy Hennig, is reportedly close to the finish line. This comes according to a report from the publication Kotaku, with the news coming shortly after news began to spread online that the title was cancelled, with an official announcement coming soon. According to both Kotaku and Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier, Skydance leadership informed staff via Slack that the game was not, in fact, cancelled and to continue with business as usual.
Reports went on to outline the difficult development of the title, a fact that isn’t exactly a surprise if you have been following the game’s development. Originally announced in 2024, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra has been delayed multiple times. Not much has been showcased beyond some cinematic footage which, while claimed to be in-engine, was mostly designed to showcase the game’s use of Unreal Engine 5’s MetaHuman, which was used for face scanning.
Kotaku claims that Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra began as a Netflix game, but was later expanded for consoles and PC. The title is reportedly very “light on gameplay,” with almost all combat mapped to a single button, and the overall experience is lacking “significant interactivity.” This is before factoring in that the project is reportedly significantly over budget and, as a result, needed to scale back from its original vision, resulting in cuts to content and length.
As of now, there is no indication as to when it will be finished. If the project actually is “close to done,” then a 2027 release is more than likely, though whether the project will strike a chord with players is the big question that still remains to be seen. Marvel’s Wolverine, which released earlier this year, became a part of a major controversy for its simplistic approach, something that it SOUNDS like Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra will have in common with it.
Amy Hennig was ousted from Naughty Dog during the development of Uncharted 4 due to the title struggling to meet internal expectations. While she has consulted on titles like Square Enix’s Forspoken, what was meant to be her big return to gaming was Project Ragtag, an Uncharted-style Star Wars game in development at EA by Visceral Games. That project was scrapped, with the studio being closed, and Amy then became attached to Skydance, eventually revealing this title. Should this release, it will be her first proper title since Uncharted 3 in 2011.
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