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EA Cancels Black Panther Game but Upholds Three-Game Marvel Deal

EA is refocusing on core franchises by reallocating teams to an Iron Man project at Motive Studio.

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Overview

  • The planned single-player Black Panther open-world game, which would have featured Wakanda’s protector and a Nemesis-inspired combat system, has been called off.
  • Cliffhanger Games has been shut down, leaving its development team displaced after about two years of work on the project.
  • EA Entertainment president Laura Miele said the long-term collaboration with Marvel remains strong despite the cancellation.
  • The first of the remaining Marvel titles is an Iron Man game led by Motive Studio, marking the next major step in the collaboration.
  • The Black Panther cancellation marks EA’s third major game scrapping of 2025 and underscores its pivot toward owned franchises like Battlefield and The Sims.