Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance

Developer(s)	Raven Software Barking Lizards Technologies (GBA)
Publisher(s)	Activision
Distributor(s)	Marvel Entertainment
Designer(s)	Keith Fuller
Programmer(s)	Dan Edwards
Artist(s)	Dan Hay
Composer(s)	Mark Griskey Chance Thomas Cris Velasco
Engine	Vicarious Visions Alchemy
Platform(s)	Xbox Microsoft Windows PlayStation 2 Xbox 360 Game Boy Advance PlayStation Portable Wii PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox One
Release date(s)	October 24, 2006 Xbox NA: October 24, 2006 EU: October 27, 2006 AU: November 1, 2006 Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 & GBA NA: October 24, 2006 AU: November 1, 2006 EU: November 3, 2006 PSP NA: October 24, 2006 EU: December 1, 2006 AU: December 6, 2006 Wii NA: November 14, 2006 AU: December 20, 2006 EU: December 22, 2006 JP: May 17, 2007 PS3 NA: November 17, 2006 EU: March 23, 2007 AU: March 23, 2007 JP: June 28, 2007 PS4, Microsoft Windows WW: July 26, 2016 Xbox One WW: July 28, 2016
Genre(s)	Action role-playing
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

Aggregate scores
Aggregator	Score
GameRankings	(Xbox) 83% (25 reviews) (PC) 82% (16 reviews) (X360) 82% (77 reviews) (PSP) 81% (19 reviews) (PS2) 81% (30 reviews) (PS3) 78% (36 reviews) (Wii) 73% (35 reviews) (GBA) 42% (3 reviews)
Metacritic	(Xbox) 83 (26 reviews) (X360) 82 (68 reviews) (PC) 82 (22 reviews) (PS2) 81 (29 reviews) (PS3) 78 (35 reviews) (Wii) 73 (31 reviews)
Review scores
Publication	Score
1UP.com	B-
Game Informer	9.25/10
GameSpot	8.3/10
IGN	8.1/10
OXM (US)	9.0/10

Awards
Publication	Award
GameSpot	Best Use of a Creative License in 2006
Wizard Magazine	Video Game of the Year
IGN	Best Story on PlayStation 3 in 2006
Gaming Target	"52 Games We'll Still Be Playing From 2006" selection

Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 & GBA

PSP

Wii

PS3

PS4, Microsoft Windows

Xbox One

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is an action role-playing video game developed for PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox and Xbox 360 by Raven Software and published by Activision. The game was simultaneously ported to the PlayStation Portable and Wii by Vicarious Visions, and to Microsoft Windows by Beenox. A significantly different Game Boy Advance version was also created, developed by Barking Lizards Technologies. The game was initially released on October 24, 2006 in North America for most platforms, with PlayStation 3 and Wii ports following shortly thereafter, as well as international releases. Japan was only able to see a Wii and PS3 release. It was released on July 26, 2016 for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows, and on July 28, 2016 on Xbox One by Zoë Mode.

Marvel Ultimate Alliance is set within the fictional Marvel Universe and features many of the superheroes, supervillains, and supporting characters that appear in publications by Marvel Comics. Ultimate Alliance is the third Marvel title to be developed by Raven Software, and features similar gameplay to their previous Marvel titles, X-Men Legends and X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse. A sequel, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, was developed for multiple platforms by Vicarious Visions, n-Space and Savage Entertainment and released in 2009.