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Why Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy Cut Out Rocket's Origin Story

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In recent years, Marvel has proactively taken bigger steps to adapt its various IPs into quality blockbuster level games; not just the lackluster mobile games they've been known for. Some of these projects blossom into critical hits like Insomniac Games'  Spider-Man , while others devolve into disappointing messes like Square Enix's  Avengers.  Another one of its recent games, and one of the best from a critical standpoint, is  Guardians of the Galaxy . The announcement for the game came out of left field last year. As surprising as the reveal itself was, even more shocking was how quickly it was released afterward. Many projects get announced years before they ever see the light of day, but in this case, it was only months. ADVERTISEMENT The game saw Star-Lord, Gamora, Drax, Rocket, and Groot trying to take down the Universal Church of Truth, which had begun successfully brainwashing a good majority of the galaxy. The story included many sur...

Marvel's What If Season 2 Receives Promising Release Update

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The majority of Marvel Studios' projects, to date, have been live-action. In fact,  What If...?  currently resides as the only animated series to join the roster. The Disney+ series followed Jeffery Wright's Watcher as he looked over various alternate timelines until it culminated in the cosmic being needing to form a group of heroes to take on a Multiversal threat in Infinity Ultron. When the first season streamed last year, the creatives behind the scenes weren't shy in revealing that a Season 2 was on the way and that they hoped to get it out by 2022. Since then, there hasn't been much in the way of new information. ADVERTISEMENT Coming into the new year, Disney+ released a sizzle reel that showcased all of the upcoming projects coming to the service within the year. While it didn't include all of them, it was notable how  What If...?  also did not make the cut. Then, a recent Disney Investor Meeting made no mention of the series e...