Firaxis Games' tactical RPG Marvel’s Midnight Suns releases this October and is currently in the middle of doling out character gameplay showcases as well as expository lore showcases in the preceding months. These showcases are fantastic for eager fans since they allow them to become acquainted with Marvel’s Midnight Suns’ iterations of beloved Marvel characters, as well as observe and learn about the game’s comprehensive card-battler mechanics.
Players now know Marvel’s Midnight Suns’ colorful cast of characters features Doctor Strange, Iron Man, Captain Marvel, Nico Minoru, Blade, Magik, Captain America, Ghost Rider, Wolverine, Spider-Man, and Scarlet Witch. This makes for a total of 12 characters including the player-character’s avatar, the Hunter. However, there is still one character that has not been unveiled yet that players will unlock when they beat Marvel’s Midnight Suns. This could be anyone, but Marvel’s Midnight Suns does have a subtle reference to another Marvel character that could end up being unlockable.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns’ recent gameplay showcase for Captain Marvel offers a deep-dive into her abilities and cards, which all revolve around effects or resources such as Binary, Taunt, Block, and heroism. The showcase gives players a look at the Hunter interacting with their Marvel companions at the Abbey and engaging in activities with them there. Here, the showcase depicts the Hunter exercising with Carol at a bench press. Interestingly, each barbell plate reads “Fogwell,” a name fans will know if they are well-acquainted with Daredevil.
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Indeed, the name Fogwell comes from Fogwell’s Gym, a boxing gym in Marvel fandom located in Manhattan’s Lower West Side. The gym is only really associated with Daredevil in particular as it was the gym that Matt Murdock’s father, known as Battlin’ Jack Murdock, would frequently train and box at. This nod to the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen in Marvel’s Midnight Suns may or may not actually amount to anything significant, and may only ever be there as a fun Easter egg.
Rather, if Daredevil does end up being Marvel’s Midnight Suns’ final unlockable character, fans would surely be excited. But there has also been a subtle reference in Marvel’s Midnight Suns to Moon Knight, which featured the name Khonshu seen on multiple banners along the Mid-Manhattan Museum. Therefore, it is just as likely that Moon Knight could fill that final spot on the roster.
Firaxis and 2K may choose to reveal Marvel’s Midnight Suns’ final character sooner than later. But it is also possible that players must wait to beat the game themselves before the final character is fully revealed, and these references to other characters may simply be there to establish its connected Marvel universe.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns releases October 7 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. A Switch version is also in development.
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