Rumors have persisted for years that the 2013 Deadpool game somehow cost publisher Activision over $100 million to develop and market. That's not an unheard-of number for the development of a major video game, but it's way out of scope for what you would expect from a licensed title of the era, and one of the game's original developers is trying to put the rumors to rest once and for all.
"My challenge to game journalists, just in time for Deadpool and Wolverine: Squash the insane rumor that the Deadpool game cost $100 million," Chris Baker, manager of licensed games for Marvel at the time of Deadpool's release, says on Twitter. (Challenge accepted, by the way.) "It's crazy how many people are out there all 'how could this possibly have cost so much?!'...when it obviously didn't. Not even close."
