Black Panther and Captain America WWII video game announced by Marvel

Black Panther and Captain America are teaming up for a new video game adventure set in the Marvel Universe’s version of World War II. On Friday, at the Disney and Marvel Games Showcase, Marvel Games and Skydance New Media — the relatively new studio led by former Naughty Dog creative director Amy Hennig — revealed a new untitled, which will pit the super duo against the evil forces of Hydra.

Joining them will be two unidentified heroes, one of which appears to be a U.S. infantry soldier and the other a member of Wakanda’s Dora Milaje. These four heroes appeared in the teaser trailer of Black Panther and Captain America, which was set in Paris (possibly in Wakanda).

Marvel and Skydance New Media’s new game appears to have been inspired by a comic book limited series from 2010 called Flags of Our Fathers – Black Panther/Captain America. In that four-issue run, Steve Rogers (aka Captain America) teamed up with Black Panther (King Azzuri, the grandfather of T’Challa) and Nick Fury and his Howling Commandos to take on the Red Skull, Baron Wolfgang von Strucker, and the forces of Adolf Hitler, who hopes that Wakanda’s stores of Vibranium will help Germany win the war.

In video games, Captain America and Black Panther (the T’Challa version) teamed up in Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics Marvel’s Avengers. Black Panther was included in the game as a bonus character on August 20, 2121.

Skydance New Media was founded in 2019. Amy Hennig, the former creative director of the Uncharted series and Visceral Games’ unfinished Star Wars game, co-founded the studio with EA veteran Julian Beak to — originally, anyway — develop “interactive series” for “emerging streaming platforms.” Skydance New Media announced its Marvel project last October as “a narrative-driven, blockbuster action-adventure game, featuring a completely original story and take on the Marvel Universe.” The studio is also developing an untitled Star Wars game.