So over the weekend, rumors began swirling about Ubisoft making a Blade video game. Unfortunately, it was all hogwash.
Eurogamer notes that a series of photos posted on Instagram back in July sparked this whole mess. Several actors appeared in Ubisoft-branded motion capture suits for a untitled Marvel project. On Sunday, YouTuber JorRaptor made a video pointing out that Bassam Tariq, director of next year’s Blade film reboot, appears on the clapperboard. While it’s a fair conclusion to jump to, Ubisoft shot down the speculation pretty quickly.
“Sorry to slice up the rumors, we’re not making a Blade game,” Ubisoft said on Twitter. “But we can’t wait to see what our friends at [Marvel Studios] are cooking up for next year’s movie!”
Major publishers rarely comment on rumor mill stuff like this, so this is probably the truth. It’s a shame since Blade totally should have a video game — at least the daywalker will be in Marvel’s Midnight Suns.
There have been lots of Marvel game rumors as of late. Namely, Electronic Arts (EA), which is supposedly making Iron Man and Black Panther games. EA hasn’t refuted any of the rumors, though that’s not necessarily an admission of anything.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.
