Gaming News - February 2007
Redwood City, CA (February 27, 2007) - Konami today announced it has
shipped Marvel Trading Card Game for the PSP.
From Konami:
Based on the hit collectible card game from Upper Deck Entertainment, Marvel
Trading Card Game lets players assemble their own original team of Super Heroes
and Super Villains and wage battle in a deep single player campaign as well as
massive online tournaments.
Marvel Trading Card Game puts the forces of the Marvel Universe into players’
hands as they create a custom team of Super Heroes and Super Villains and do
battle in strategic card-based clashes. With Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the
X-Men, the Avengers, The Incredible Hulk and hundreds more at their disposal,
players will be able to experience incredible battles made possible by Upper
Deck’s “Vs. System,” a dynamic card-based game engine. With numerous card types,
players can produce decks that follow a number of different strategic options
that will lead them down different paths to victory.
The single player story mode of Marvel Trading Card Game lets players choose a
path of good or evil as they progress with a team of heroes or villains through
a story penned by Marvel writer John Layman. In between each epic battle,
players will accumulate more cards to incorporate into their deck and also view
detailed comic book cut scenes drawn by Marvel artists Dave Ross, Keron Grant,
Pat Olliffe and others that progress the game’s story.
Highlighting the online infrastructure functionality of the PSP system, Marvel
Trading Card Game features a persistent online community where players can
compete with others in special game modes and tournaments, trade for cards and
purchase new packs from the game’s online store. New sets of cards will be
available exclusively through the online store, letting players explore new
strategic possibilities while refining their deck with the most up to date game
content. Frequent tournaments sanctioned by Konami will let players put their
skills and decks to the test, with the winners securing valuable prizes such as
rare card sets.
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