Marvel Comics has tapped their rich history of mega-crossovers like ""The Infinity Gauntlet" and "Civil War" for video game material in the past. Such stories provide great excuses to stuff as many characters as possible into a book, and the same truism applies to Xbox and PlayStation titles. Now, a freshly filed trademark shows that the company at the very least wants to keep their gaming options open for "Secret Wars," too, whether that means they have something specific in mind yet or not.
Computer game cartridges, computer game programs and computer game software are all covered explicitly in a filing marked "December 23, 2010," which was spotted over at Siliconera. Just to cover their bases, the publishing home of Spider-Man and Captain America also included bicycle helmets, animated films, DVD's and sunglasses. I haven't seen any bicycle helmets offered as pre-order bonuses recently, but I supposed the road has been paved for that if Marvel so desires at some point in the future thanks to this document.
Even if you aren't a comics reader, you may recall seeing the action figures of the '80s that resulted from the "Secret Wars" story. The tale revolved around the actions of a cosmic being named the Beyonder who whisked many of Marvel's biggest heroes and villains away to a place called Battleworld and ordered them to engage in combat.
If "Marvel vs. Capcom 3" turns out to be a huge success, "Secret Wars" would make a fine premise for launching a Marvel-only fighting game as a follow-up. Alternatively, they may be interested in revisiting the Ultimate Alliance franchise for a new sequel, and this trademark could be employed there as well.
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