Firaxis might not be making a new Xcom anytime soon but the good news is that they are making a new tactics game based in the Marvel Universe. The biggest headline is that this time around the combat is a card based system, which will likely push away many gamers but as someone who enjoys card based games, this change is welcome.

On top of being developed by one of the best strategy studios around, Marvels Midnight Suns features a roster of superheroes unrivalled in video games from the Avengers to the X-Men and many others. Still not convinced? Marvel’s Midnight Suns has you play as the Hunter, a fully customizable and original superhero. This is a pretty big step for Marvel and their very protected IP to allow something like this.

When you add up the plot line, the amount of characters, the original superhero that will likely make your experience feel unique to you, and that this is being developed by Firaxis, it’s hard to see this game not being a massive critical success upon release. The big question is will commercial success follow, due to the card based system, as that seems to be gamer repellent.

Originally, scheduled to be released in March 2022, in late 2021, the studio announced on twitter that they game needed to be pushed to the second half of 2022 to improve many aspects of the game. March would have been a great time as there is good space for the game to succeed but hopefully the game will create its own space in the fall.