20 characters and a level
Lego Marvel’s Avengers is coming to a bunch of a platforms on January 26, 2016, but folks who pick up either the PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 version will have a head start in terms of characters. And if you’re anything like me, half the reason to play these games is to unlock ’em all.
There will be two DLC packs — one based on Captain America: Civil War, the other on Ant-Man — “available as a free download exclusively for [PS4 and PS3] players.” Here’s the breakdown:
Captain America: Civil War Character Pack (at launch)
- Agent 13
- Black Panther
- Captain America
- Crossbones
- Falcon
- Iron Man (Mark 46 armor)
- Scarlet Witch
- War Machine
- Winter Soldier
Ant-Man Character & Level Pack (this spring)
- Theatrical-based level
- Ant-Man (Hank Pym)
- Ant-Man (Scott Lang)
- Ant-Thony (!!!)
- Cassie Lang
- Darren Cross
- Hank Pym
- Hope Van Dyne
- Luis
- Scott Lang
- The Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
- Yellowjacket
On the PlayStation Blog, game director Arthur Parsons said what I hoped he’d say: “You’ll be able to fly around on Ant-Thony within the DLC level and then into the main game as well.”
I suspect this stuff will make its way to other platforms eventually, albeit with a price tag.