{"id":1978430,"date":"2026-06-08T09:12:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1978430"},"modified":"2026-06-08T09:12:59","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T06:12:59","slug":"surprising-no-one-marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-wont-be-out-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1978430","title":{"rendered":"Surprising no one, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra won&#8217;t be out this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Surprising no one, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra won&#8217;t be out this year<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Hennig in there.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Marvel-1943_-Rise-of-Hydra-_-Story-Trailer-0-25-screenshot-(1).png?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra trailer screenshot showing close up of Captain America\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Marvel-1943_-Rise-of-Hydra-_-Story-Trailer-0-25-screenshot-(1).png\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Skydance New Media<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Sherif Saed avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"IMG_1950_Uy1XomJ.JPG\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1638\" height=\"1346\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/sherif-saed\">Sherif Saed<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-08T09:12:59+00:00\">June 8, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"dd7ea234-5e88-430b-b59a-215febeece2b\" data-name=\"Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra\" title=\"Follow Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra\"><br \/>\n  Follow Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra\">Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra<\/a>, a game that genuinely only seems to come up when it&#8217;s getting delayed, has been\u2026 delayed yet again. That&#8217;s according to Paramount Games Studio boss, who revealed that the ambitious game is playable, but won&#8217;t be out for some time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s happening. It&#8217;s playable. I&#8217;ve got my SpongeBob controller here, but it&#8217;s on my hard drive right now. So I can go through and play the build,&#8221; Shawn Kittelsen, senior vice president, and head of creative and production at Paramount Games Studio, told <a href=\"https:\/\/me.ign.com\/en\/marvel-skydance-media-project\/245007\/amy-hennigs-marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-wont-be-released-until-2027-at-the-earliest\">IGN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re continuing development on it, but Amy [Hennig] and the team have big ambitions for the level of quality that they want to hit. They are a relatively small team considering the triple-A quality that they&#8217;re delivering. What you&#8217;ve seen in previous footage is what the game looks like, and we&#8217;re making it with a fraction of the resources that you see on other triple-A games of the same type, and really trying to push a new development model that&#8217;s a lot more responsible and sustainable,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra | Story Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6No4tk9c54M?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/6No4tk9c54M\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra | Story Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6No4tk9c54M\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re finding it difficult to keep up with our modern malaise of corporate mergers, and acquisitions, Paramount Games Studio is a new banner that was born from Paramount&#8217;s merger with Skydance. It brings together the gaming brands, and projects of the two companies under one label.<\/p>\n<p>Kittelsen explained that the studio is giving the team &#8220;time to cook&#8221; as it continues to invest in the project. Asked directly when he expects the game to ship, Kittelsen revealed: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;ll be 2026.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rise of Hydra is an action-adventure game set in occupied Paris in the 1940s, featuring a cast of classic Marvel characters. The game stars Captain America, and Azzuri&#8217;s (WW2-era) Black Panther, alongside Nanali, and Gabe Jones. The project is headed up by veteran narrative designer and director Amy Hennig, whose credits include the Uncharted series, Legacy of Kain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/jak-3\">Jak 3<\/a>, and others.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced all the way back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-uncharted-creative-director-amy-hennig-is-working-on-a-new-marvel-game\">in October 2021<\/a> as the debut title from Skydance New Media, and though it reappears every couple of years, we&#8217;ve never been clear on when we&#8217;re actually going to be playing it.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Close up of Black Panther character spreading arms out from Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra story trailer\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Marvel-1943_-Rise-of-Hydra-_-Story-Trailer-0-41-screenshot-(1).png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Close up of Black Panther character spreading arms out from Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra story trailer\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Marvel-1943_-Rise-of-Hydra-_-Story-Trailer-0-41-screenshot-(1).png\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Skydance Games<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most recently, the game was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta6-wasnt-the-only-delay-last-night-as-marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-also-gets-pushed-beyond-early-2026\">delayed from its previous &#8220;early 2026&#8221; target<\/a> to an unspecified release window. That release window was itself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amy-hennigs-marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-delayed-into-next-year\">announced in the summer of 2025<\/a>, after Black Panther actor Khary Payton let slip earlier that year that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-release-window-narrowed-down-by-black-panther-himself\">the project is targeting a holiday 2025 release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our only actual look at Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra was back in 2024, when the developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-a-jaw-dropping-look-at-amy-hennigs-new-captain-america-and-black-panther-game\">shared an impressive cinematic trailer at Epic Games&#8217; State of Unreal event<\/a>, which showcased how the game is making use of key Unreal Engine technologies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe in Amy and the whole team there and supporting them, and that game will come out when it&#8217;s ready. But it is very real and we are continuing to invest in it,&#8221; Kittelsen added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra\">Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra<\/a>, a game that genuinely only seems to come up when it&#8217;s getting delayed, has been\u2026 delayed yet again. That&#8217;s according to Paramount Games Studio boss, who revealed that the ambitious game is playable, but won&#8217;t be out for some time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s happening. It&#8217;s playable. I&#8217;ve got my SpongeBob controller here, but it&#8217;s on my hard drive right now. So I can go through and play the build,&#8221; Shawn Kittelsen, senior vice president, and head of creative and production at Paramount Games Studio, told <a href=\"https:\/\/me.ign.com\/en\/marvel-skydance-media-project\/245007\/amy-hennigs-marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-wont-be-released-until-2027-at-the-earliest\">IGN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re continuing development on it, but Amy [Hennig] and the team have big ambitions for the level of quality that they want to hit. They are a relatively small team considering the triple-A quality that they&#8217;re delivering. What you&#8217;ve seen in previous footage is what the game looks like, and we&#8217;re making it with a fraction of the resources that you see on other triple-A games of the same type, and really trying to push a new development model that&#8217;s a lot more responsible and sustainable,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra | Story Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6No4tk9c54M?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/6No4tk9c54M\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra | Story Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"button video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6No4tk9c54M\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re finding it difficult to keep up with our modern malaise of corporate mergers, and acquisitions, Paramount Games Studio is a new banner that was born from Paramount&#8217;s merger with Skydance. It brings together the gaming brands, and projects of the two companies under one label.<\/p>\n<p>Kittelsen explained that the studio is giving the team &#8220;time to cook&#8221; as it continues to invest in the project. Asked directly when he expects the game to ship, Kittelsen revealed: &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;ll be 2026.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rise of Hydra is an action-adventure game set in occupied Paris in the 1940s, featuring a cast of classic Marvel characters. The game stars Captain America, and Azzuri&#8217;s (WW2-era) Black Panther, alongside Nanali, and Gabe Jones. The project is headed up by veteran narrative designer and director Amy Hennig, whose credits include the Uncharted series, Legacy of Kain, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/jak-3\">Jak 3<\/a>, and others.<\/p>\n<p>It was announced all the way back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/former-uncharted-creative-director-amy-hennig-is-working-on-a-new-marvel-game\">in October 2021<\/a> as the debut title from Skydance New Media, and though it reappears every couple of years, we&#8217;ve never been clear on when we&#8217;re actually going to be playing it.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Close up of Black Panther character spreading arms out from Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra story trailer\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Marvel-1943_-Rise-of-Hydra-_-Story-Trailer-0-41-screenshot-(1).png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Close up of Black Panther character spreading arms out from Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra story trailer\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Marvel-1943_-Rise-of-Hydra-_-Story-Trailer-0-41-screenshot-(1).png\" height=\"900\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.7777777777777777\" width=\"1600\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Skydance Games<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Most recently, the game was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/gta6-wasnt-the-only-delay-last-night-as-marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-also-gets-pushed-beyond-early-2026\">delayed from its previous &#8220;early 2026&#8221; target<\/a> to an unspecified release window. That release window was itself <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amy-hennigs-marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-delayed-into-next-year\">announced in the summer of 2025<\/a>, after Black Panther actor Khary Payton let slip earlier that year that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/marvel-1943-rise-of-hydra-release-window-narrowed-down-by-black-panther-himself\">the project is targeting a holiday 2025 release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our only actual look at Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra was back in 2024, when the developer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/heres-a-jaw-dropping-look-at-amy-hennigs-new-captain-america-and-black-panther-game\">shared an impressive cinematic trailer at Epic Games&#8217; State of Unreal event<\/a>, which showcased how the game is making use of key Unreal Engine technologies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe in Amy and the whole team there and supporting them, and that game will come out when it&#8217;s ready. But it is very real and we are continuing to invest in it,&#8221; Kittelsen added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra Surprising no one, Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra won&#8217;t be out this year Hennig in there. 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