Fantastic Four To Be Removed From Marvel Heroes

When Marvel Heroes Omega launched on the PS4 earlier this year, it was very noticable that the Fantastic Four had been removed, as they were playable in the PC version.  This wasn’t a surprise since they aren’t used in Marvel mobile games due to an issue between Marvel and FOX, with Marvel not wanting to promote the characters that they don’t have full rights to.

In a surprise announcement for PC players, it was revealed on the official Marvel Heroes forum that the playable characters (Mr Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Thing, Human Torch and the Silver Surfer) will be removed from sale due to licensing issues.  However the original post was then removed from the forum.

Here is the original forum post:

“Greetings,

Starting on July 1, 2017, the following Heroes will no longer be available to purchase with Gs: Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Thing, Human Torch, and Silver Surfer. You will have until Wednesday (6/28) at 2:00PM PDT to purchase those heroes with Eternity Splinters. This change will also affect all costumes for those characters as well as Future Foundation costumes for other characters. See below for the full list. Please note that this upcoming change will not affect Doctor Doom, who will remain as a playable Villain and maintain his role in the game’s story campaign.

Under Gazillion’s renewed licensing agreement we do not have the rights to continue selling these characters moving forward.
However, players who have already purchased or unlocked any of these affected characters and costumes before July 1 will be able to them continue playing them as usual.

Here are some more details:

As mentioned, if you already own any of the affected Heroes or costumes, you will still be able to use them as always.
Achievements and Login Rewards that currently award a H.E.R.B.I.E. will offer new rewards.

Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer-related achievements will remain, but will not be attainable without these Heroes.

The following costumes will be affected:

• Spider-Man Future Foundation (& Black Variant)
• Spider-Man Bag Man
• Ghost Rider – What if?
• Doctor Doom Future Foundation
• Mr. Fantastic Future Foundation
• Invisible Woman Future Foundation
• Thing Future Foundation
• Mr. Fantastic All New Marvel NOW!
• Invisible Woman’s Ultimate FF
• Thing All New Marvel NOW!
• Thing Black Jersey
• Thing Fantastic Pants
• Thing Fear Itself
• Thing Incognito
• Thing Modern
• Human Torch 2099
• Human Torch Classic Blue
• Human Torch Light Brigade
• Human Torch Modern
• Human Torch Original
• Human Torch Red
• Human Torch Uncanny Inhumans
• Silver Surfer Classic
• Silver Surfer Exiles
• Silver Surfer Keeper
• Silver Surfer Silver Savage

Even though the Fantastic Four and Silver Surfer will be unavailable to purchase starting on July 1, Gazillion will continue to support these Heroes with the upcoming Omega items, ongoing tuning, bug fixing, and the same attention we give to all characters in our ever-growing roster of playable Heroes and Villains.”

This news doesn’t surprise me since the Fantastic Four characters just aren’t being used by Marvel, which means the chances of having these characters added to the console version or other games like Marvel Vs Capcom Infinite.  It is however great to hear that it seems like Gazillion has renewed it license, which is great news for fans of the game.

What do you think of the Fantastic Four being removed from Marvel Heroes 2016?