Thu May 8, 2008 — by Karl Cramer

Marvel Super Hero Squad Game Announced

Game to be published based on Marvel super-cute action figure line

Gamers, get your insulin shots ready. THQ has signed a deal to make videogames based on the too-cute Marvel Super Hero Squad toy line. You know the ones we're talking about: The two-inch, superdeformed action figures where even the grimiest anti-hero and baddest  bad guy look incredibly happy. Even the Punisher is smiling.

Like the toys themselves, the game is aimed at a younger audience, but should prove popular with adult comic book fans. The first game is scheduled to come out in 2009 for multiple systems. Will one of the missions include turning Doctor Doom's frown upside down? we'll see.

Also noted in the press release linked above was that Marvel will be launching a multimedia campaign for the Marvel Super Hero Squad toy line in 2009 with a dedicated animated series and comic books to come.

Oh, and you heard it here first: I predict a crossover in 2010 with Disney, where characters from the two properties will fight, but then realize that the real enemy was cavities. Okay, maybe not... but you never know.

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