Marvel fans who got "Marvel Ultimate Alliance" for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One earlier this year to satisfy their nostalgia are in for a treat. Activision has released new DLC for the game that not only fixes the concerns players have, but also restores the DLC characters from the first release of the game—all for free.
Twinfinite reports that the completely free, no-charge-whatsoever "Marvel Ultimate Alliance" DLC, announced by Activision's Bill Rosemann on Twitter, includes heroes Cyclops, Nightcrawler, Hawkeye, and the Hulk, and baddies Magneto, Venom, Dr. Doom, and Sabertooth (all of whom should have been part of the game to begin with, honestly). All eight heroes were exclusive to the original Xbox 360 release of the first "Marvel Ultimate Alliance," and the DLC automatically adds them to your game as soon as you download it.
Honestly, we couldn't imagine playing a Marvel game without at least Cyclops, the Hulk, Magneto, Dr. Doom, and Venom—characters who are all available right away in different Marvel games, such as "Marvel vs. Capcom"—so we don't know why it took so long for Activison to add them to "Marvel Ultimate Alliance." Or why they didn't even consider rereleasing the game with them already part of it.
"Marvel Ultimate Alliance," a multiplayer action game where you control a team of four Marvel heroes and villains progressing through a story against Dr. Doom (for the first game) and a story based loosely on Marvel's big "Civil War" crossover event (for the second game) can be bought separately or as a bundle for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Each game costs $40 by itself, or $60 as a bundle.
The rerelease of "Marvel Ultimate Alliance" on current-gen platforms was originally announced as a surprise for the first game's 10-year anniversary before a rather lukewarm launch. The original releases on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 got rave reviews, mostly for the fun experience of playing as a lot of different Marvel heroes and villains with your friends—and watching what you read in the comics come to life.