Officially GoneGAMES

Marvel Heroes

Gazillion combined Diablo-style combat with a huge Marvel roster, then its licence and studio collapsed so quickly that the final shutdown arrived early.

HOW CLOSE TO REALITY100/100
CATEGORYGames
LIFECYCLE2013—2017
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Quick facts

Existence state
Officially Gone
Peak stage
general availability
Research confidence
high
Last verified
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What it was

A free-to-play online action role-playing game later renamed Marvel Heroes Omega.

Players collected superheroes, equipment and costumes across a persistent service on PC and eventually consoles.

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Existence timeline

Formal PC launch

Marvel Heroes becomes generally available.

Major rework

The service is relaunched as Marvel Heroes 2016.

Console expansion

Marvel Heroes Omega reaches PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Disney ends relationship

The licence holder announces that Gazillion's service will close.

Servers stop early

Studio closure brings the released game to an abrupt end.

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Why it ended

Disney ended its relationship with Gazillion in November 2017; the studio closed and servers stopped weeks earlier than first announced.

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Last confirmed trace

Client files, videos, community wikis and preservation research retain the released content, but no authorised public service remains.
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What it left behind

The abrupt end illustrates how a licensed online game can lose both operator and legal permission despite years of sold digital goods.

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How we classified it

The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.

Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.

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Sources & verification

Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.

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