With last December’s announcement of Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, more than a few fans have wondered is if Marvel’s existing cinematic universe would have any influence on it. A recent announcement by Marvel however confirms that this will not be the case.
Speaking to IGN at DICE 2017, Marvel Games Creative Director Bill Rosemann–regarding the teams behind the various Marvel games being made this year, including Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite–assured fans that, “We want to give [developers] freedom to tell their story and we want to make it an original story.” He continues by saying, “We want all of our games to tell an original, all-new story, we want [our development partners] to have passion, we want them to put their stamp on the games. It’s their game. We want it to be their vision.”
However, he does state that they do consider where audiences are coming from regarding their familiarity with the properties, indicating that they will stick closer to the versions that most fans are familiar with. That said, he posits that Marvel Games’ goal is to never force a game’s development timeline to match up with any upcoming movie, TV show, or comic book. Rosemann stated that they’re now “Going to try to do the very tricky balancing act of trying to make a game that adapts a movie and get it out in the same window as the movie.”
With this, it seems that Marvel is committed to making sure that each and every upcoming game in their stable, including Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, is allowed to shine by not limiting them to any other existing project or story that Marvel is working on.
Source: IGN