Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3 (stylized as Marvel: Ultimate Alliance III) is the long-awaited sequel to the action RPG Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2, which was released in September 2009. This is the first game in the trilogy to have two lead developers: Ubisoft and Vicarious Visions. The game will reportedly be published by Activision and released globally on September 15th, 2012.

The game takes place three years after the events of the previous game and will have a different plotline depending on the player's choice of Pro-Registration or Anti-Registration''. ''The game will have some major story elements from the Civil War finale and the Secret Invasion storyline while having some minor plot elements borrowed from stories such as Siege, Chaos War, House of M and Fear Itself.

Gameplay
Gameplay in Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 3 will be very similar to its predecessors while having some new and improved gameplay elements incorporated into it; for example, there will be a lot more decision-making involved, which will forge the ending of the game and its aftermath. There will also be more free reign in the game, with the player being able to explore the world more freely without having to be restricted to the main hubs. The player's team can also be interchangable through the pause menu and will have a larger pool of heroes and villains to choose from, with a total of 60 Marvel characters. The gameplay perspective has also changed, bringing the player's view into a third-person perspective, abandoning the "classical" camera view.

The Fusion System will also return, allowing two characters to combine their powers and amalgamating them into a very powerful "fusion attack" against opponents. The infamous "Xtremes" from the first game will also be returning. This time, players can use Xtreme powers without having to fill up the power meter, although, after using the Xtreme, the power will have to "recharge" before being used again, which will reportedly take only twenty seconds. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 will feature PlayStation Network and Xbox Live online play, respectively.

Synopsis
The game takes place three years after Ultimate Alliance 2 and features some major plot elements from the Secret Invasion storyline.

Plot
The game begins one week after the Civil War has ended. Captain America walks down the steps of a New York City courthouse following a speech and is shot and killed in a drive-by. This causes unrest in the superhero population as many organizations such as the Avengers investigate the shooting, eventually discovering that the Crossbones were responsible for the shooting.