EA-owned developer Motive Studio provided an update this morning on their progress on their upcoming Iron Man game. This is the first update we’ve received from the studio since they launched Dead Space remake in January earlier this year.

In the update, Motive Studio General Manager Patrick Klaus shared the team’s current progress on an upcoming Iron Man game. The game was initially revealed as part of a partnership between EA and Marvel late last year. It’s set to be a single player, third-person action-adventure game, likely in the vein of titles like the recent God of War games or Respawn’s Star Wars Jedi games.

Here’s what Klaus had to say regarding the studio’s progress:

Hello everyone,

I can’t believe it’s been over a year since my last update about our beloved Motive Studio. Exciting things have happened since then! In January, we released our remake of the iconic Dead Space, which earned so much praise from players and press alike. This was a big milestone for us; it gave us a chance to show our passion, our expertise, and our commitment to quality in all that we do.

Since then, our focus has switched to the Iron Man project, giving us the opportunity to work (and play!) with another extraordinary property. We’re still early in pre-production and taking our time to make sure we set the best possible foundation for development. But already, we’re finding so many opportunities to explore story, design and gameplay with Iron Man, and it’s exciting to see the fantasy start coming alive. Even this early in the process, we’ve put in place a Community Council made up of Iron Man and Marvel fans; as with Dead Space, they’ll be offering feedback on pretty much everything throughout the development process. Meanwhile, we’ve chosen Unreal Engine 5 as our game engine, in order to empower the dev team to work their magic and create something really special.

The game is apparently still in pre-production, though the team has confirmed that it’ll use Unreal Engine 5 to power the titular metal man. It’s good to see the studio taking their time to get the game right. We saw BioWare crash and burn with Anthem, a game that captured the feeling of being Iron Man pretty well, so we hope EA has learned their lesson and will give Motive ample time to make the game great.

We’ll be sure to keep our readers posted on any other news about Motive’s upcoming game. If you’re interested in giving their other work a try, you can play a 90-minute demo of Dead Space remake on Steam right now.

Source: Motive Studio