Details Emerge for the Marvel Universe Fiasco

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Posted Fri, Nov 16, 2007 by Aelryn

A flood of anonymity! I'm going to drown!

The rumors continue to roll in concerning the current situation with Marvel Universe Online. While most of the news is coming from anonymous sources and unprecedented claims, 1UP continues to support this idea that the game will be canceled.

Considering the project hasn't been publicly shown in any form since the teaser trailer at Microsoft's X06 event, the following constitutes some of the first-ever details revealed about the game. Our source viewed Marvel Universe Online while visiting Microsoft roughly six months ago and didn't come away with a positive first impression. "It reminded me a lot of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance. Running at 5 fps," they said. "[The game] kept crashing and apparently hammered the hell out of both the console's hard drive and Live infrastructure."

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