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With a Fall 2026 release, do we think the DLC pack will come out early Fall (September) or possibly in December?

Arguments can be made for both - September/October to stay away from GTA 6’s release, but with all of those other big releases it may be overshadowed by other games. If it releases in late November/early December, it would align with its anniversary date and may stand out a bit more. Plus a December release could help promote Avengers Doomsday.

What do you all think?

This costume design would go hard in Cosmic Invasion. Fingers crossed he’ll be playable in DLC pack 2!

Now that we’ve seen all of the characters, I’m a little bummed that the only character that really leaned into the Japanese influence was Iron Man. I do like that characters are mostly true to their comic counterparts but I think the team could have leaned a little more into the Japanese influence. Blade kind of does the same as well, but I think they played it safe with him.

Not sure if anyone agrees. Maybe we’ll see some alternative costumes that will do so.

Darkhawk’s helmet is a little exaggerated but any of these three characters would go hard! Vision, Hawkeye and/or Darkhawk in DLC Pack 2!! Let’s go!!

Playing Marvel Ultimate Alliance and fighting the AIM troopers on the elevator brought me right back to Cosmic Invasion’s elevator fight! Crazy to see the references and inspirations! Also this year marks the 20th anniversary for MUA, let’s hope we see a 4th entry in that series or even a full remaster of the original!

If this isn’t writing on the wall for what’s to come for Ghost Riders team in Tokon, idk what is! New members are Daredevil, Blade, Ghost Rider, Moon Knight and Clea.

Do not be surprised if three out of the four seen in the image make it to Ghost Riders team! I can see them swapping Clea for Scarlet Witch though

Forgot to add several other instances when Hawkeye was added in as DLC or added to the “Ultimate” versions of great game series.

UMvC3 - Added
Marvel’s Avengers - DLC
Little Big Planet - DLC
Lego Marvel Superheroes - DLC
MUA - PSP exclusive, then added to Gold Edition

The evidence is there in the past, who knows if he’ll be included in Marvel Cosmic Invasion as the “true” 4th Avengers rep. With a new “archer” gameplay style, he’ll play unlike any other character in the game and would be a welcome addition to the roster! I’m confident Tribute Games would make him incredibly fun to play as and give him that awesome Cosmic Invasion art style, like they’ve done with all of their other characters!

The inclusion of Darkhawk in Marvel Cosmic Invasion would solidify this game as GOAT status. I feel the developers and Marvel would want to play it safe by adding fan favorites as paid DLC but if they take the risk and give us Darkhawk, I’m confident the fans would buy him for sure! Maybe a double hawk power pack with Hawkeye and Darkhawk!

Plain and simple, if Marvel Games sees the support for Marvel Cosmic Invasion and DLC packs 1 and 2, we can almost for certain see more content be released next year and so on. Great read from IGN and good insight into the development of the game and what may come next 👀

For some reason, Hawkeye is usually added to games as a post launch character - whether as DLC or exclusive to a certain console. We’ve seen this with MUA where he was playable only on the PSP version and then added in the Gold Edition for the consoles. With LEGO Marvel Super Heroes he was added in the first DLC pack.

Aside from Cyclops, Hawkeye is my top pick to make it into the game as a playable character. Here’s hoping by looking at the past, he’ll be added to Cosmic Invasion in DLC pack 2.

Survival Mode with a Secret Invasion spin on it. Traveling to various map locations (similar to Shellshock dimensions from TMNT SR) and fighting various enemies from Cosmic Invasion and now Secret Invasion including Skrulls and their variants of the playable characters and bosses already in the game. This would allow the developers to use the same existing sprites, be able to fight “Skrull versions” of the playable characters, add a few new Skrull enemy types and keep the game alive and replay value high.

Honestly this idea could even work as a sequel - Marvel Secret Invasion or Marvel Skrull Invasion.

Still hopeful we’ll get more color palettes that’ll be unlockable after completing or leveling up in the new game mode! Here’s a few on my wishlist!

Here’s a breakdown of how I grouped up the characters and why I think a fourth character would’ve been added to each team (aside from the cosmic characters as there were already an abundance of them). Now I know there’s a great debate of whether She Hulk belongs on the Avengers team or if The Thing belongs on the street level team, but as this stands this is how I’ll base off the last two picks.

Now I do believe there will be another female character added, to be the fourth overall female character in the game to satisfy an all female playthrough, I’m just not sure which team she’ll be coming from.

For the Avengers 4th pick, I’d say Hawkeye, Vision, Scarlet Witch, or Wasp will be added.

For the Cosmic pick, I’d say Darkhawk, Star Lord, Gamora, Super Skrull or Crystal from the Inhumans will be added.

Maybe there will be a surprise third playable character added, possibly Doctor Doom, to bring a grand total of 20 playable characters who would be unlocked after whatever game mode is added. We’ll have to wait and see!

If Gambit was to be added as a playable character in DLC 2, I think he’d play as a combination of Donatello from Shredder’s Revenger with his kinetic cards used similarly to Black Panther’s daggers, but more explosive and possibly timed to detonate at the player’s choice.

I personally don’t think he’ll be in DLC 2, but hopefully there will be more DLC beyond pack 2 and we’ll see his inclusion at some point.