Marvel Online?

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It looks like the guys at Sony are getting pretty crazy into the massive multiplayer idea. This Hollywood Reporter story has word that Sony is in negotiations with Marvel Entertainment to create a game using their comic characters such as Spider-Man and the X-Men etc.

... creating an MMO universe filled with some of Marvel's 4,700 superheroes, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, Daredevil, the Hulk and Blade. Although Korean video game publisher NCSoft is developing "City of Heroes," an unlicensed MMO that will let players create their own superheroes, Sony Online Entertainment vp marketing Scott McDaniel said an MMO coming from a Sony/Marvel partnership would have a broader appeal than the NCSoft game.

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