Marvel vs Capcom: Infinite latest news: release date and trailers

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is on the way, bringing the two companies' characters together again after five years. Find out the release date, platforms, and characters here.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is the latest in the long-running line of 2D fighters featuring characters from Marvel’s comics and Capcom’s games Here’s everything you need to know about the game, including its release date, platform, gameplay, and all the confirmed characters so far.

The game was first announced in December 2016 at Sony’s PlayStation Experience event, and will pit Marvel superheroes like Iron Man and Captain America up against some of Capcom’s finest from game series including Street Fighter and Mega Man. Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is the first new title in the series since Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 came out in 2011.

Capcom has confirmed that the game will arrive in the UK and US on 19 September 2017

The game will be playable on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, so there are no surprises there.

Marvel vs Capcom

What characters are playable?

Early trailers confirmed six characters in the game for sure: three from each roster. On the Marvel side, we can expect to play as big hitters Iron Man and Captain America along with Captain Marvel (who’s set to star in her own film in 2019). From Capcom, we’ve seen Mega Man X, Ryu from Street Fighter, and Morrigan from the Darkstalkers games.check out the marvel's another project Spider-Man PS4 and The Avengers Project.

A later trailer confirmed more, including Ultron, Hulk, Thor, Hawkeye, and Rocket Raccoon from Marvel, plus Chun-Li, Strider Hiryu, and Chris Redfield on the Capcom side.

We've got a good idea about the full roster now though, thanks to a leak from a fairly reliable NeoGAF poster. They published what they claimed is almost the entire character list, bar one. There are 14 characters for the Marvel side and 13 from Capcom - hence the one we're left to discover.

Capcom:

Arthur
Chris
Chun-Li
Dante
Firebrand
Jedah
Monster Hunter
Morrigan
Nemesis
Ryu
Spencer
Strider Hiryu
Mega Man X

Marvel:

Ant-Man
Captain America
Captain Marvel
Doctor Strange
Gamora
Hawkeye
Hulk
Iron Man
Nova
Rocket/Groot
Spider-Man
Thanos
Thor
Ultron