Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign Coming To Consoles Soon

Marvel and D3 Go have announced that their popular mobile game, Puzzle Quest, will be coming to consoles as “Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign”.  It will be coming to Xbox One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 in 2015 (no official date has yet bee released). The console versions will cost $14.99, but will be completely unlocked, unlike the free to play versions on App Store, Google Play and Steam, which have micro-transactions.

In “Marvel Puzzle Quest: Dark Reign,” players create a team from a roster of Marvel Super Heroes and embark upon a global journey that features match-3 and story-driven gameplay.   There will be a wide variety of characters including Iron Man, Thor, Wolverine, Hawkeye, and many more, battling against a host of Super Villains including Venom, Doctor Doom, Magneto, and The Hood in a struggle to obtain and control the ever-mysterious Iso-8.

Here is a trailer for the console version:

 

Players will assemble a squad of three characters with upgradable abilities, choosing from a roster of heroes and villains alike, all to combat a common enemy. With this team-based gameplay comes a new level of strategy and customization, allowing audiences to call upon specific heroes that are best suited for the job and to create an ultimate Marvel dream team as they travel across famous locations and visit familiar faces from the Marvel Universe. For the first time ever in “Marvel Puzzle Quest,” players will be able to put their squads to the test in both online and local multiplayer.

Here are some screenshots:

I’m really excited to see a unrestricted version of the game on my console, without the hassle of micro-transactions, plus having online play built in, sounds fun, which was something I felt was missing from the recent Frozen: Free Fall console version.

What do you think of this game?