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[DeathSparks]

Activision has broken its silence on the disappointing Marvel Ultimate Alliance ports. As Marvel Games promised, the DLC is en route and a PC patch has been deployed.

The PC patch addresses a number of issues. These include:

Controller mapping improvements that address both Xbox One and Xbox 360 buttons, triggers, and a problem specifically with the A button
General improvements to audio and fixes for the crackling sounds
Improvements to player invitations for Marvel Ultimate Alliance
UI updates and fixes for desync/disconnection issues when playing online
DLC should be out in the coming weeks for Ultimate Alliance. The additional characters are already included in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. This will be a free update. We’ll update when it’s available.

Source: http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/...liance-dlc-will-be-free-pc-patch-out-now.aspx

Credit goes to Lashman for finding out about this.

 

[SocksAndShoes]

I'm still not buying it for $60, but good on them for addressing the issues and fixing them.

 

[malfcn]

Good. But not until deep discount time.

 

[DedValve]

I still can't believe they even bothered putting it up in this state.

 

[Avallon]

If they can fix it this quickly, why release it in the state they released it in?

 

[DeathSparks]

If they can fix it this quickly, why release it in the state they released it in?

Because Activision rushed it out the door for a quick cash in, like they always to for re-releases

 

[Dominator]

I decided to hold off but I still really want these. I bought the Prototype bundle for $60 (it might have been $50, don't remember exactly) when that came out and I regret cause it's gone on sale for a lot cheaper.

 

[Toki767]

Activision got caught with their hand in the cookie jar.

 

[Quadraphonic]

Wow.

That's good news. Sounds like Marvel lit a fire under their ass.

Still not sure if I should get it on PC or PS4, though.

 

[Neoxon]

Good news. I look forward to actually getting the bundle when the MUA1 DLC gets added.

I'm glad that Marvel Games laid down the law.

 

[Nudull]

Good. Still expensive, however.

 

[killroy87]

good for them. the bugs needed to be fixed, but they could have gotten away with not giving out the DLC, so kudos.

 

[Clint Beastwood]

So this is coming to consoles as well right?

 

[Ridley327]

So this is coming to consoles as well right?

The DLC is, at least.

Good to see Marvel kicking Activision's ass around.

 

[giancarlo123x]

Good. It's a start but that price needs to go down.

 

[flaxknuckles]

Niceeeeeee. Will buy MUA1 when discounted to $20.

 

[Quadraphonic]

Niceeeeeee. Will buy MUA1 when discounted to $20.

Given Activision and Marvel, I'm still slightly concerned that the license will re-expire before they'll put it on sale.

 

[Drilbit777]

Thats great of marvel but i'm waiting until the DLC characters are in MUA 1 and the price goes down to at least 20 each

 

[A.Romero]

Given Activision and Marvel, I'm still slightly concerned that the license will re-expire before they'll put it on sale.

Do you think that's a possibility?

I really want these games as I never had the chance to play them before but they are so expensive...

For example, MGSV or Witcher 3 came out in steam costing about $600 pesos (about 35 usd with the current exchange rate) and the MUA bundle came out costing $1200 pesos (aboout 60 USD). For reference, that's about half the minimum wage (monthly) here in Mexico. Games are a luxury item but still...

I know that's what it costs but it seems to me that is too expensive for a half assed port and it pisses me off that basically every other publisher adapts pricing to region except Activision.

It's just too much and it makes me mad to think that I might miss out.

 

[RexNovis]

Do we have any word as to when to expect the DLC characters for MUA1?

 

[JTripper]

I'll bite once price dips to at least $40 for the bundle.

 

[DeathSparks]

Do we have any word as to when to expect the DLC characters for MUA1?

At the moment no

 

[Neoxon]

So this is coming to consoles as well right?

Yup. No worries, my fellow Urien fan.

 

[JaseC]

Do you think that's a possibility?

It's always best to buy Acti's licensed games sooner rather than later as the end of the year approaches as it dumps unwanted licences when its FY rolls over (late December/early January) if it feels that a partial refund of the licensing cost would net more cash than sales revenue going forward through to the expiration date. This is why, for instance, the Bond games disappeared from digital services in January 2013 despite the release of 007 Legends just a few months earlier and there being roughly a year remaining on the licence agreement.

 

[RexNovis]

At the moment no

Bah. Oh well. Hopefully they give us a release estimate for the DLC sometime soon. I decided to stop my playthrough till its released so itd be nice to have a rough idea of how long I'll need to wait to resume again.

 

[ZeroCDR]

You now have a customer for the PC version, thanks Marvel

 

[RedBoot]

Will buy when the MUA1 DLC comes out. Good to see that Marvel's listening on this one.

As for waiting for a sale, Activision's sales tend to leave a bit to be desired, plus the fact that these are licensed titles might prevent them from being too cheap (I remember seeing the Amazing Spider-Man game only $15-20 off years after release).

 

[JaseC]

Will buy when the MUA1 DLC comes out. Good to see that Marvel's listening on this one.

As for waiting for a sale, Activision's sales tend to leave a bit to be desired, plus the fact that these are licensed titles might prevent them from being too cheap (I remember seeing the Amazing Spider-Man game only $15-20 off years after release).

I don't know how the console versions fared in comparison, but Acti has been good about generously discounting on Steam titles it intends to ditch. Family Guy, for example, was discounted in March 2014, May, June, August, November and December (although its general Autumn and Winter Sale discount was only 25%).

 

[Subaru]

The console exclusive characters will be available on all versions?
Like, it will be possible to play as Colossus in MUA1 on PC?

 

[jmizzal]

Nice, i'll finish up MUA2 and go back to MUA1 once they add the DLC

 

[Gren]

Good, maybe I'll get it when it goes on sale. Sadly, I doubt it'll ever drop below $20 if the Deadpool reissue is anything to go by.

 

[jwhit28]

This isn't a product for me, but I do take Marvel much more seriously when they talk about how they want to improve their image in games. Can't wait for Marvel interactive universe.

 

[TotalMackerel]

The console exclusive characters will be available on all versions?
Like, it will be possible to play as Colossus in MUA1 on PC?

I believe we'll see all characters that appeared in the xbox 360 gold version come to ps4/xbone/pc but not characters that were platform exclusives on psp, etc.

 

[jrmanimal]

I hope they fix some minor issues in the console version too. Like the characters getting stuck in place sometimes...and I don't remember if it's from the original version, but AI companion sometimes just refuse to fight or keeps walking into the wall.

I still loved the game playing after all these years...I'll play it on hard when they drop the DLC.

 

[JohngPR]

The console exclusive characters will be available on all versions?
Like, it will be possible to play as Colossus in MUA1 on PC?

I think you can play as him now...both him and Moon Knight.

 

[Katana_Strikes]

I'll buy it when it's on sale next then and reward them for their hard work of getting it right after launch. Not a penny before.

 

[Ronin Ray]

I would bite if the games were $15 a piece

 

[TotalMackerel]

I hope they fix some minor issues in the console version too. Like the characters getting stuck in place sometimes...and I don't remember if it's from the original version, but AI companion sometimes just refuse to fight or keeps walking into the wall.

I still loved the game playing after all these years...I'll play it on hard when they drop the DLC.

Yeah me too. I haven't had any problems with mua2 though so I jumped over to that one. Hopefully they fix up the console version of mua1.

 

[hesho]

If they can fix it this quickly, why release it in the state they released it in?

because ppl will still buy it... even at this high price too... My assumption is... they barely did any QA on it and let their customers do it for them. Saves a lot of money and time for them doing it this way.