Marvel Heroes (video game)

Marvel Heroes 2016
The key art for Marvel Heroes.
Developer(s)	Gazillion Entertainment Secret Identity Studios
Writer(s)	Brian Michael Bendis
Engine	Unreal Engine 3
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows & OS X
Release	June 4, 2013
Genre(s)	Massively multiplayer online action role-playing
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

Marvel Heroes 2016, originally known as Marvel Heroes, is a free-to-play massively multiplayer online action role-playing video game developed by Gazillion Entertainment and Secret Identity Studios. Characters such as Iron Man, Captain America, Deadpool and Wolverine serve as characters that players can unlock in the game. Players who pre-purchased a game pack received early access to the game on May 29, 2013. The game was then officially launched on June 4, 2013, on Microsoft Windows. An OS X version is planned to follow post-launch, and in November 2014 was in an open beta. The game was renamed to Marvel Heroes 2015 on June 4, 2014. The game was rebranded again in January 2016 to Marvel Heroes 2016.

The gameplay is an ARPG (action role playing game). Marvel Heroes is free-to-play with micro-transactions used to fund and support the game. Players can unlock most of the things that can be bought via real money with currencies earned in game.

As characters gain levels, they gain a passive stat (statistic) increase for stats that help that particular character and gain power points, allowing the player to further define the abilities of that character. Each character has three power trees in which they can spend points. Each of the trees generally focuses on a certain mechanic or play style, such as the Assault (melee), Firepower (guns), and Demolition (explosives) trees for Punisher, or the Archery (ranged), Fighting (melee), and Trick Arrows (special ranged) trees for Hawkeye. As the character gains levels the player has access to more skills to spend points on and is able to put more points into existing skills. Each skill has a level cap, so more points cannot be put in a skill until a certain level is reached. Each skill has a maximum of 20 power points and a maximum of 50 points can be reached from gear bonuses. Currently, the game has a maximum level of 60 per hero.