Cliff Notes – Neil Patrick Harris is Deadpool in new Marvel VR game
- Marvel has announced a new VR game featuring Deadpool, developed by Twisted Pixel and Oculus Studios, set to release in late 2025 exclusively for Meta Quest 3 and 3S.
- Neil Patrick Harris will voice Deadpool, bringing a fresh take to the character in an original story that involves a journey through various Marvel locations after signing a dubious contract.
- The gameplay combines parkour and combat, allowing players to engage in creative actions, while the narrative includes meta-humour, poking fun at other superhero games.
Neil Patrick Harris is Deadpool in new Marvel VR game
Wade Wilson has a new voice (Marvel/Meta)
Marvel has announced a new VR game centred around Deadpool, from the studio behind ‘Splosion Man and Comic Jumper.
There are a huge number of Marvel games in development at the moment, including Marvel 1943: Rise Of Hydra and a new fighting game from Arc System Works, but now another has been added to the pile at Summer Game Fest.
Surprisingly, it’s a VR game starring quippy anti-hero Deadpool, created by Twisted Pixel (‘Splosion Man) and Oculus Studios in collaboration with Marvel Games.
Even more surprisingly, Deadpool has a brand new voice, in Neil Patrick Harris, best known for starring in How I Met Your Mother, Netflix’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events, and Doogie Howser, M.D.
Marvel’s Deadpool VR features a new original story, where the superhero is pulled into a portal to Mojoworld. After he signs a dodgy contract without reading the fine print, he’s sent off to visit a bunch of locations from across the Marvel universe, facing villains both iconic and, as noted by the developers, ‘not-so-iconic’.
The gameplay blends parkour and combat, with a style described as ‘if you can imagine it, you can probably do it’. Based on the trailer, you can shoot, throw your gun, wield enemies in a grappling beam, shove people against propellers, and skewer heads with your swords.
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As you’d expect from Deadpool, it’s all appropriately meta, with one nod levelled at a certain web-slinger on PlayStation: ‘Spider-Man gets Insomniac, and I get this sh*t?’
If you’re a fan of Deadpool, this seems to be hitting all the right notes and Harris seems like a perfect fit for the character. We’ll have to see though, if it can match the heights of fellow superhero VR title, Batman: Arkham Shadow.
While Twisted Pixel were originally known for games like ‘Splosion Man and Comic Jumper on the Xbox 360, in recent years the studio has created VR titles. The combat in Deadpool appears to be an evolution of their last action game, 2019’s Path Of The Warrior.
Marvel’s Deadpool VR is slated to release late 2025 and is exclusive to Meta Quest 3 and 3S.
If you fancy more Marvel games, Insomniac is working on a Wolverine project, an Iron Man game is in development at EA, and a throwback beat ’em up titled Marvel Cosmic Invasion is set to launch this year.
Wise-cracking to a whole new level (Marvel)
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