"Marvel Blade" budget unexpectedly exposed Arkane's most expensive project

2025-07-23 23:11:59|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

A new report from the French National Assembly shows that the budget of Marvel IP masterpiece "Blade" developed by Arkane Studios may be as high as 94 million euros (about 109 million US dollars), which will become the studio's most expensive game project to date.

When the Arkane Lyon branch suddenly announced "Marvel Blade" at the 2023 TGA Awards ceremony, that short CG trailer caused a shock in the industry.But the project has since fallen into silence - no real-time demonstrations, no development logs, and even no hints of gameplay.It is only confirmed that this will be a third-person single-player action game, played by a team that has created the Death Loop and Shame series.

Although the official has not announced the release date, multiple news points to the end of 2026 or 2027.And now, this French government report discovered by X user IanFich unexpectedly reveals the amazing development cost of the game.

This report on tax incentives for creative industries clearly lists government funding budgets for multiple French local game projects.It specifically mentioned: "The budget for new works of Arkane Studios approved in 2023 is more than 94 million euros (about 109 million US dollars), of which 91 million euros (about 105 million US dollars) will be spent in France between 2023 and 2026."Although "Blade Warrior" was not directly named, the time node, studio size and project size are all highly consistent.

The report also compares the project with Star Wars: Eclipse (budget of nearly 100 million euros) and a certain Ubisoft game (budget of 78 million euros), confirming its 3A-level positioning.Considering that Arkane Lyon has only disclosed this work in development, and according to previous reports, the team has entered the full production stage at the end of 2024, the budget disclosure is extremely credible.

According to the recruitment page of Arkane's official website, the team is focusing on recruiting narrative designers and combat system engineers.This studio, known for its immersive simulation games, has always been known for its details - from the steampunk city-state of "Shame" to the time-cycle maze of "Death Cycle", its level design is an industry textbook.This time, with the support of Marvel's top IP, combined with the record-breaking budget scale, "Blade Warrior" may present the largest vampire underground world in Arkane's history.

Industry analysts point out that such high development costs mean:

· Probably using motion capture and facial animation technology that is the same as Marvel Spider-Man

·Open world scale may surpass the island map of Death Cycle

·The complex vampire ability system and day-night cycle mechanism need to be built

Sony has not commented on the report yet, but the player community is already in full swing.Some fans joked: "It seems that the Blade Warrior's sunglasses are going to be inlaid with real diamonds", while others are worried: "I hope I won't be the next "Red Xia Island".In any case, this gamble of nearly 100 million euros will determine whether Arkane can make a breakthrough in the superhero game field.

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