Crystal Dynamics hasn’t been shy about pulling new combinations from the Marvel Cinematic Universe to add to Marvel’s Avengers and let players live out their ultimate comic book fantasy. Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity War, Iron Man, Black Widowand Thor: Ragnarok are just a few of the movies the studio has given a nod to in-game with skins to outfit heroes like Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, and Hulk. For the latest skin, however, Crystal Dynamics drew inspiration from one of the MCU’s most popular films for Captain America players to live out their ultimate Agent SHIELD fantasy.
Crystal Dynamics has announced the Marvel’s Avengers‘ Official Twitter added Cap de Stealth Suit Captain America: The Winter Soldier with its latest update. The costume, as the name suggests, is Steve Roger’s most subtle and understated costume in the MCU with a matching vibranium shield, reflecting his time working as an agent of SHIELD. It’s unknown if this suit also comes with a tracking node allowing SHIELD to track Cap like he did in the movie, though given the context of the game he’s likely missing it.
As mentioned, winter soldier is widely considered one of the most popular films in the MCU’s roughly 15-year history, especially among standalone films. Comic book readers were quick to pick up the film adapting the 2005 Winter Soldier storyline that brought Cap’s loyal friend Bucky Barnes, who would have died in World War II, back into the spotlight as a titular brainwashed assassin serving Roxxon’s executive. and former Soviet general Aleksander Lukin. While Bucky was still a brainwashed assassin in the film, the film traded Roxxon and the Soviet Union for a reborn Hydra operating within SHIELD.
The addition of the stealth suit also serves as the fifth MCU-inspired skin that Crystal Dynamics has created for the game’s iteration of Captain America, previously pulling from three avengers‘ movies and Captain America: The First Avenger. He now stands alongside his fellow Avengers and former Agents of SHIELD, Black Widow and Hawkeye, who also each have five MCU skins. However, Iron Man and Thor remain atop the rest of the team as the only two Marvel’s Avengers heroes with seven MCU-inspired skins.
When it comes to any additional Captain America skins Crystal Dynamics might include, its MCU apparel selection has largely run out. This is partly due to the Avengers: Endgame the skin already in the game is the same overall suit Cap can be seen wearing Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War. It wouldn’t be surprising if, in the future, additional Captain America skins were either original studio designs or straight from the comics.
Marvel’s Avengers is currently available for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Stadia, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S.
