San Diego Comic-Con 2019 is currently in full swing, and it is delivering plenty of exciting news for fans across the world. One of the biggest pieces of news to come out of the convention on Thursday, July 28th was the official reveal of several new characters for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.
During the Marvel Games panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2019, the Nintendo of America Twitter account officially revealed that Loki would be a playable character in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.
As an #SDCC2019 premiere, our guests have a special announcement to share. Everyone’s favorite @Marvel bad boy, Loki, will be playable in #MUA3! pic.twitter.com/BH9dc8dBzn
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 18, 2019
However, the major announcements for the highly anticipated Nintendo Switch game did not stop there, as the flood gates had been open when it came to new character reveals.
In two follow up posts to the Loki announcement, Nintendo of America revealed the X-Men characters of Cyclops and Colossus will be added to the Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order roster on August 30th in a free update.
In addition to the reveals of Loki, Cyclops, and Colossus, the first four characters of the title’s first DLC pack were also announced. The four characters shown off from this DLC pack were Blade, Morbius, Punisher, and Moon Knight.
A final surprise from today’s @MarvelGames #MUA3 panelists, a first look at a few characters from the first DLC pack, Blade, Moon Knight, Punisher, & Morbius!
This is just a hint of what’s to come for the three DLC packs, so look forward to mixing all kinds of character combos. pic.twitter.com/NZGRAggXg4
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) July 18, 2019
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order releases exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on Friday, July 19th.