Marvel World of Heroes, a New AR Game From Niantic, Announced [IGN]

Niantic is turning the Marvel Universe into reality, augmented reality that is, with the new mobile game World of Heroes coming in 2023.

Niantic specializes in augmented reality games like Pokemon Go where players use their phones to interact with the real world. While gameplay details are sparse, it looks like players will be able to collect various Marvel superpowers like Doctor Strange’s magic, Cyclops’ laser eyes, and Thor’s Mjolnir.

Check out the trailer below.

According to the press release, Marvel World of Heroes will let players create their own super hero identity and team up with Marvel characters in the real world.

World of Heroes will be coming next year and players can pre-register now. There will also likely be some kind of social co-op element as the trailer ends with a park full of players blasting abilities at each other.

Niantic is still chasing the success of Pokemon Go, collaborating with various IPs to bring to its AR ecosystem. Aside from Pokemon, Niantic has developed games around Harry Potter, Pikmin, and Transformers with the latest partnership being with Marvel.

For everything else announced during today’s D23 presentation check out our round-up of the Disney and Marvel games showcase.

Matt T.M. Kim is IGN’s News Editor. You can reach him @lawoftd.