Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe changed the face of the movie industry with its series of interconnected films, a video game version of this concept was once pitched to Disney, according to Bungie co-founder Alexander Seropian.
On an episode of The Fourth Curtain podcast, Seropian and his guest Alex Irvine revealed (via IGN) how they’d come up with a plan to create a connected universe for future Marvel games, but Disney higher-ups decided to pass on the idea. Seropian–who was VP of game development for Disney’s game division until 2012–and Irvine–who has writing credits on several Marvel games–added that funding for the idea never materialized, killing the idea early on in its development.