Work on Marvel's Avengers is reportedly ending

Development on Marvel's Avengers is reportedly set to end soon, which would effectively bring an end to support for the troubled superhero game.

The official announcement that Avengers support is ending "could come as early as next week," according to a new report from Exputer. The report suggests that the game would get a set of updates removing time gating and overhauling cosmetic microtransactions to streamline the current experience. The game would remain available for sale on digital marketplaces until "at least September" and the devs are said to be working on keeping the game playable for "as long as possible".

We've reached out to developer Crystal Dynamics for more information and will update this story if we learn more.

The report claims the team working on Avengers has been steadily shrinking, particularly as the studio moves into full production on the next Tomb Raider game. That would leave some planned Avengers content - like the leaked She-Hulk character - on the cutting room floor.

The Avengers game launched to no shortage of criticism, with complaints levied against its convoluted endgame progression and severe technical issues, particularly on PC. Nonetheless, the devs kept putting out a surprisingly robust amount of content updates in the years since launch, even if some recent cosmetic additions have proven pretty disappointing.

Crystal Dynamics has been in a period of notable change, as the studio was sold by previous owner Square Enix to Embracer Group in May 2022. While Embracer owns the studio itself, the new Tomb Raider will be published by Amazon Games.

Maybe one of the big new games 2023 will fill that Avengers-shaped hole.