While the Eyes of Wakanda series is announced for 2025 and Black Panther 3 is expected to see the light of day within a few years, the Marvel superhero is seeing one of its projects thrown into oblivion. A cancellation that is accompanied by the closure of an entire studio.
Black Panther will not have its big solo adventure
The Black Panther franchise is undoubtedly one of Marvel's most lucrative. In two films released between 2018 and 2022, the House of Ideas has earned more than $2 billion in revenue. The door is open to a host of other projects centered around T'Challa, notably on the Disney series side, What if...? in episode 2 in 2021, the next animated series called Eyes of Wakanda, exploring the origins of this warrior people, and of course a Black Panther 3 by 2028 (according to rumors).
On the other hand, on the gaming side, exporting the Black Panther is more complicated. If the character is part of the roster of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3, and received his DLC War for Wakanda in Marvel's Avengers, the superhero will not have his big solo adventure.
EA cancels the game, and closes the studio
The open-world action-adventure game announced for 2023 and developed by Cliffhanger Games will therefore never see the light of day. This is very bad news announced by Laura Miele, president of EA Entertainment, in an internal email reported by our colleagues at IGN. Electronic Arts has decided to close the studio and "refocus its priorities on projects with high growth potential." Behind this somewhat nebulous phrase lies the sad reality that has been haunting EA since 2023: layoffs galore, internal restructuring, studio closures, and game cancellations. The publisher will therefore focus on its high-value projects, such as Apex Legends, Battlefield, The Sims, Star Wars Jedi, Skate, and the upcoming Mass Effect developed by Bioware. However, the next Iron Man game is reportedly still in development. As a reminder, Black Panther was part of a deal between Marvel and EA for three games, including Iron Man and a third title whose identity has not yet been revealed.
So it's a shame. With Kevin Stephens at the helm, a former Monolith Productions executive (closed by Warner earlier this year, and behind Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor) and a roster of industry veterans who have worked on franchises such as Halo and Call of Duty, the project could lay the foundations for a new video game franchise and solidify Marvel's place in the industry.
But T'Challa fans can still console themselves with the upcoming MARVEL 1943: Rise of Hydra, which is still in development despite recently being pushed back to early 2026.
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