{"id":53546,"date":"2026-05-19T10:01:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53546"},"modified":"2026-05-19T10:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T02:01:34","slug":"marvels-retro-inspired-beat-em-up-is-getting-two-more-playable-superheroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=53546","title":{"rendered":"Marvel&#8217;s Retro-Inspired Beat-Em-Up Is Getting Two More Playable Superheroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2175442\/marvels-retro-inspired-beat-em-up-is-getting-two-more-playable-superheroes\/\" data-post-title=\"Marvel's retro-inspired beat-em-up is getting two more playable superheroes\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2175442\">\n<picture id=\"pf69d2f4db6f32dec41594a003638992d\">&#13;<source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/marvels-retro-inspired-beat-em-up-is-getting-two-more-playable-superheroes\/intro-1779114405.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/marvels-retro-inspired-beat-em-up-is-getting-two-more-playable-superheroes\/intro-1779114405.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image \" src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/gallery\/marvels-retro-inspired-beat-em-up-is-getting-two-more-playable-superheroes\/intro-1779114405.jpg\" data-slide-url=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2175442\/marvels-retro-inspired-beat-em-up-is-getting-two-more-playable-superheroes\/\" data-post-id=\"2175442\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-slide-title=\"Marvel's retro-inspired beat-em-up is getting two more playable superheroes: \" width=\"780\" height=\"438\" alt=\"The Thing and Cyclops fighting in Marvel Cosmic Invasion\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Tribute Games<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p>The all-star cast of\u00a0<em>Marvel Cosmic Invasion<\/em> is welcoming Cyclops and The Thing to its fight against Annihilus. The game&#8217;s developer, Tribute Games, is launching the first DLC for its retro-inspired side-scrolling beat-em-up, which introduces the leader of the X-Men and the rock of the Fantastic Four. The DLC is available now on all platforms for $3.99.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-holder embedded gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"gallery-image lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" alt=\"Cyclops and The Thing fighting in Marvel Cosmic Invasion.\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/img\/uploads\/embed\/it-om2Lgg-1779113628.jpg\" border=\"0\"\/><span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Tribute Games<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>As you might imagine, The Thing will slot into a more tank-heavy role with a &#8220;grappling-focused&#8221; playstyle. Beyond just clobberin&#8217;, The Thing still gets a decent amount of mobility with a way to bounce around the map. To help stop Annihilus&#8217; plans to conquer the universe,\u00a0players can now also take advantage of Cyclops and his optic blast. As one of the most requested characters by the fans, according to the game&#8217;s developer, Cyclops can hit enemies from afar with his kinetic beams, which can even be used diagonally to counter airborne enemies or act as a surprise attack.<\/p>\n<p>New characters means more link-up combos with\u00a0<em>Marvel Cosmic Invasion<\/em>&#8216;s tag-team system, so you can pair The Thing and Cyclops with a squad that includes Captain America, Spider-Man, Phoenix and more. Since the game&#8217;s release in December, the 2D adventure has already earned a Very Positive review on Steam. To continue the momentum beyond its two latest team additions, Tribute Games is also working on a second DLC that will launch in the fall and introduce a new game mode and more playable characters.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n<\/article>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2175442\/marvels-retro-inspired-beat-em-up-is-getting-two-more-playable-superheroes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; Tribute Games The all-star cast of\u00a0Marvel Cosmic Invasion is welcoming Cyclops and The Thing to its fight&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[23005,10271,4208,16913,23006],"class_list":["post-53546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tech-gadgets-reviews","tag-beatemup","tag-marvels","tag-playable","tag-retroinspired","tag-superheroes","wpcat-32-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}