EA has officially revealed that a third-person single-player Black Panther game is in development at freshly-founded studio Cliffhanger Games.
Alongside the new Iron Man game from EA Motive, we also heard about the existence of a new Black Panther-inspired title from a new EA studio led by former Shadow of Mordor veterans. This new Seattle-based studio was officially announced back in 2021 and is being headed by Kevin Stephens – the former VP of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor developer Monolith Productions.
As now confirmed by EA and Marvel, the name of this new AAA studio is Cliffhanger Games and the studio is indeed working on a single-player Black Panther action title. Aside from Stephens, the new studio consists of industry veterans responsible for AAA franchises, including Call of Duty, God of War, and Halo Infinite.
“We’re dedicated to delivering fans a definitive and authentic Black Panther experience, giving them more agency and control over their narrative than they have ever experienced in a story-driven video game”, Stephens said. “Wakanda is a rich Super Hero sandbox, and our mission is to develop an epic world for players who love Black Panther and want to explore the world of Wakanda as much as we do.”
In order to ensure that a faithful and rich Wakanda is being created, Cliffhanger Games is teaming up with Marvel. ““It’s an incredibly rare opportunity to build a new team around the values of diversity, collaboration, and empowerment,” the former VP of Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor developer Monolith Productions added, “We want our game to enable players to feel what it’s like to be worthy of the Black Panther mantle in unique, story-driven ways, and we want Cliffhanger Games to empower everyone on our team as we collaborate to bring this amazing world to life.”
We’ll update you as soon as we learn more about this exciting new Black Panther title.
