Electronic Arts said that it's still working on the upcoming Iron Man game after adding developer Motive to the list of owned studios developing the Battlefield franchise. In 2022, EA revealed that it partnered-up with Marvel Games to work on an Iron Man game. Since that announcement, virtually nothing was shared about the project, which has left gamers wondering when we might find out more, but now we have a brief update on the game's status even though we will have to wait a while before the game comes out.
In a blog post published on EA's website, the publisher shared an update on their plans with Motive Studio. The studio's general manager Patrick Klaus revealed that they're assembling a new "group" of developers from the Montreal-based Motive are joining DICE, Criterion, and Ripple Effect to work on "unlocking the full potential" of the Battlefield franchise. This team includes directors who developed Motive's 2023 Dead Space remake: Roman Campos-Oriola (Creative Director) and Philippe Ducharme (Executive Producer). The duo will assemble a team to work on the next Battlefield project.
Despite now having a fresh focus internally, it was emphasized that the development of the Iron Man game is still in the works. "In parallel, development continues to move forward on our Iron Man project, led by Olivier Proulx (Executive Producer) and Ian Frazier (Creative Director)," Klaus wrote in the blog. "The team made excellent progress this year, hitting a major internal milestone and laying a robust foundation for the journey ahead. Iron Man is an important priority for Motive, and I'm very proud of the work we've accomplished so far."
Unfortunately, Klaus did not share any new details about the Iron Man game or a release window.
What we know about the upcoming Iron Man game
When the Iron Man game was announced in September 2022, it was described as "an all-new single-player, action-adventure" game and the first of three upcoming Marvel video games from EA. In October 2023, Motive revealed that it's using Unreal Engine 5 to develop the Iron Man game. It was said to be Motive's focus at that time: "We're still early in pre-production and taking our time to make sure we set the best possible foundation for development" EA Motive revealed back then. "But already, we’re finding so many opportunities to explore story, design and gameplay with Iron Man, and it’s exciting to see the fantasy start coming alive."
The Iron Man game is expected to center around a new version of Tony Stark that hasn't previously been revealed in movies, TV, or comic books. It sounds like the project is still in early development as the studio hasn't revealed substantial gameplay details yet. Fans will likely have to wait a few more years before the Iron Man game is released. Let's not forget that EA has several confirmed Marvel and Star Wars games in the works, including Black Panther and a third Jedi game.
