Can’t Get Enough of X-Men? Check Out the Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past Game

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Mutant Powers. Adamantium Claws. Magnetic Powers. Telekenesis. Teleportation. All wrapped into a global three-way Civil War between peace, evolution, and enslavement. The X-Men have intrigue the imaginations of many every since their creation in 1963.

Super-powered beings, gifted with their mutations standing tall in the face of those who want to enslave, and destroy humanity along with the mutants who side with them. Featuring such famous faces as Gambit, Cyclops, Night Crawler, and The Wolverine, these character were the reasons why many jumped into the world of comic books.


Many famous storylines were forged such as The Phoenix Saga and, most famous today, Days of Future Past.  In celebration of the theatrical release of X-Men: Days of Future Past, directed by Bryan Singer, the team at Canada-based GlitchSoft have released The Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past. 

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The game is modeled after the Uncanny X-Men comics, revealed in the 1980’s and continued in the 1990’s, famously spawning the X-Men TV series that used to air on Fox Kids. For comic book enthusiasts, this was part of the Chris Clermont Era, the famous writer who penned the series.

In the game, players can play as Cyclops, Wolverine, Kitty Pryde, Colossus, and Scarlett Witch for a battle in the past to decide the future. Visually, the game looks stunning and natural, utilizing a still-paper like animation that feels like a moving comic book. Player will fight sentinels, thugs, and encounter boss battle in the fight.

Most notable of this game is it’s attention to the comics. The movie that is out now in theaters reflects the X-Men movie franchise that began in 2000 and so, makes some noticeable but agreeable differences from the comics. For the game, the title strictly follows the events that occur in the comics.

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The focus is Senator and soon-to-be President Robert Kelly of the United States. In the past, Mystique and her Brotherhood of Mutants assassinate him to protect the future of mutants. In the process, the attack on the state leads to the rapid development of Sentinels, the massive robotic weapons capable of hunting down and destroying mutants.

What starts as a form of defense soon becomes a global threat in which the Sentinels devastate and enslave most of humanity in the future. To prevent this, the X-Men must stop the assassination and end the sentinel threat!

Uncanny X-Men: Days of Future Past is out  now on iOS devices, and Amazon Kindle for the great price of only $2.99. Check out their Facebook  and Twitter pages for upcoming announcements and check out their website . Prepare for the battle of the future in the past!

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