Ten Ton Hammer - Marvel Universe Interview

Ten Ton Hammer chats to Jack Emmert and John Layman of Cryptic Studios about their involvement with Marvel Universe.

While we were on the subject of quality, I asked whether we should consider Marvel Universe the natural successor to Cryptic's flagship titles: City of Heroes and City of Villains. Jack grappled with the question for a moment before arriving at a definitive no, intimating that he loves Cryptic's flagship franchise at least as much as its fans (as does the rest of the Cryptic Studios staff, if you've read our interview with Matt Miller and crew earlier this week) and has no plans to shift staff or resources away from the live games. "It's only a successor in that we're going to use what we've learned," he stated,