Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Series Re-release This Week, Interview

During their San Diego Comic-Con panel, Marvel confirmed our earlier report that enhanced versions of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance and its sequel Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 are coming to Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC on Tuesday, July 26th. And to give us a better idea of what to expect from the remastered action RPGs, as well as what their price point will be when they debut this week, there’s an in-house interview on the Marvel website with executive producer Mike Jones:

Marvel.com: Cool! Were there any changes from the original games?

Mike Jones: We wanted these re-releases to be as faithful to the original Ultimate Alliance games as possible—the definitive versions. However, the team did work really hard on improving performance, some UI and graphic enhancements as well as making the games compatible with modern platform features on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. They play really smooth.

Marvel.com: Why re-release the Ultimate Alliance games now?

Mike Jones: Well, it’s funny; since we started rebuilding our games strategy and going on the road to Comic Cons and gaming events like E3, we’re constantly being asked about Ultimate Alliance. “Are you guys going to do another Ultimate Alliance?” “Can you guys do a re-release of Ultimate Alliance 1 and 2?” It was actually kind of surprising how often it happens. It’s been 10 years since the series began and gamers are still as passionate about “Ultimate Alliance” today as they ever were. So we thought this would be a great way to celebrate an amazing franchise that’s about to hit its 10th anniversary. It’s a perfect time to play these games if you missed them the first time or replay with new friends and new Super Hero dream teams.

Marvel.com: When and how can we get our hands on the game?

Mike Jones: Both Ultimate Alliance and Ultimate Alliance 2 will be available digitally on PS4, Xbox One and PC via Steam starting July 26th for $39.99 each or as a bundle together for $59.99.