Spider-Man, Venom, Scarlet Witch and evil Hulk join Marvel's Midnight Suns Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Spider-Man, Venom, Scarlet Witch and evil Hulk join Marvel's Midnight Suns Assorted Avengers will assemble on October 7th News by Katharine Castle Editor-in-chief Published on June 9, 2022 2 comments The final heroes and villains of Marvel's Midnight Suns have been revealed at tonight's Summer Game Fest bonanza. Spider-Man and Scarlet Witch will be joining previously announced goodies such as Iron Man, Blade and Captain Marvel, while err... Scarlet Witch, Hulk and Venom will repping the game's big bad demon mother Lilith. Man, if there's one Avenger I wouldn't want going all evil on me, it's Hulk. And Scarlet Witch, to be fair. Why have these heroes joined the dark side in Firaxis' new tactics RPG? Well, we'll be able to find out when the game launches on October 7th. Here's a new trailer to celebrate. Watch on YouTube As you may have already seen from my extensive hands on preview with Marvel's Midnight Suns, Scarlet Witch is at the centre of this new story from Marvel and XCOM makers Firaxis. Her journey from hero to villain (and maybe hero again?) is one of the core plot points you'll be exploring as you manoeuvre your team of supes through this turn-based tactics game. "Wanda's story is the story of Midnight Suns," creative director Jake Solomon told me when I went to play the game last week, although the Midnight Suns themselves (headed up here by Blade, Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Nico Minoru and Magik) will obviously still play an important role, too. They're the vanguard of the spookier goings-on in the Marvelverse, and they'll be teaming up with familiar faces from the Avengers to take down the evil Lilith (who was the original baddie in the game's main source material, the 90s comic Midnight Sons: Spirits Of Vengeance). Marvel's Midnight Suns was first unveiled at Gamescom last August. XCOM and Civilzation studio Firaxis then showed us the first gameplay trailer for it a week later, revealing its card-based battle system and distinct lack of cover options. It's quite the departure for the XCOM makers, but as you'll see from my hands on, it makes for a thrilling change of pace. Originally dated for a March 2022 release, the game was then delayed to the second half of 2022. Tonight, Marvel's Midnight Suns' new release date was confirmed as October 7th. To see more of what I thought about the game itself, why not have a watch of my chat with vid bud Liam below? Alternatively, you can plunge head first into my hands on preview, where I describe how Marvel's Midnight Suns lost the race with the MCU, but came out all the better for it. Watch on YouTube Not E3 2022 is in full-swing - see everything in our E3 2022 hub, as well as our complete round-up of everything announced at Summer Game Fest 2022. Many more big game showcases and streams are still to come this summer, so make sure you stay up to date with our summer games stream schedule. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 21 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here