Penned by Marvel Scribe Christos Gage, Captain America: Super Soldier Lets Players Become Captain America, the Ultimate Super Soldier, Facing the Red Skull and His Forces
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON – October 5, 2010 – SEGA® of America, Inc and SEGA®, Europe Ltd. today
announced they will bring Marvel Entertainment’s famed Super Hero
franchise Captain America™ to video game systems in an original WWII
adventure, Captain America: Super Soldier. The title is scheduled for release in 2011 on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation® Portable) system, Wii™ and Nintendo DS™.
"Videogame
players the world over can now become Marvel’s iconic Super Hero
Captain America," said Gary Knight, Senior Vice President of Marketing
at SEGA Europe and SEGA America. "Captain America:Super Soldier puts
players in the boots of the ultimate Super-Soldier, wielding Captain
America’s legendary shield. Working closely with Marvel ensures we’re
delivering the calibre product that gamers and comic fans deserve and
it’s a partnership we’re proud of here at SEGA."
Players
will become Captain America as he faces the Red Skull and his army in
an epic third- person action adventure set in the darkest days of World
War II. Wielding Captain America’s legendary shield, gamers will engage
in free-flowing combat and acrobatic platforming to infiltrate Hydra's
mysterious castle and battle the infamous Iron Cross, the forces of
Hydra, and a host of nefarious enemies serving the Red Skull. As the
First Avenger himself, players must defeat the evil scientist Arnim Zola
and his wartime experiments, combining powerful melee combos and shield
attacks to devastating effect.
Captain America: Super Soldier combines
a highly athletic combat system with fluid platforming and a highly
tuned suite of shield attacks, as Cap explores a massive castle turned
military installation. His shield can be employed in numerous ways:
taking out multiple enemies at once, deflecting incoming fire back at
enemies, solving puzzles, and scaling walls. Players will be able to
launch shield-first into the fray with the superior force of the world’s
first Super-Soldier at their fingertips—and they’ll need every bit of
that strength to overcome a castle that’s both an acrobatic playground
for the Captain’s physical prowess and a house of mystery with enemies
and danger at every turn.
The original story for Captain America: Super Soldier is being penned by noted comic, film, and TV writer Christos Gage. The primary writer for the Marvel’s Avengers: The Initiative series of comics, Gage has written numerous books for major Marvel characters, including Siege: Captain America, Iron Man, X-Men,Spider-Man, Civil War: House of M, and Union Jack.
Gage wrote his original story for Captain America: Super Soldier so
that the setting exists within the same world as the upcoming movie of
the same name, but he infused the game with immersive twists designed to
enhance gameplay with all-new cinematic action sequences.
The
preeminent Super Hero introduced during the WWII era, Captain America
was created by the legendary team of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby in 1941.
The iconic hero actually predates the Marvel name by 20 years, first
being issued by the company’s predecessor, Timely Publications (later
known as Atlas Comics). Over 200 million Captain America issues have
been sold in 75 countries and the shield-wielding hero is a key member
of the Avengers alongside comic book icons The Hulk™, Iron Man™, and
Thor™ starting in The Avengers #4 in 1964.