Overview
- The developer’s test trailer circulated online Friday, Aug. 28, and EA’s official Iron Man account confirmed the footage is legitimate while calling it an unintended early reveal.
- The two-to-three minute clip, watermarked “Aug26 test,” shows fast, free-flight across a large city, rapid transitions between aerial and on-foot combat, and a wide array of weapons and gadgets.
- The leak includes an on-screen suit customisation and upgrade interface that appears to let players change armour modules and equip different weapons and abilities.
- Characters and villains shown in the footage include Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, James Rhodes and comic-book versions of figures such as Obadiah Stane and Madame Masque, but many scenes use unfinished models and placeholder credits.
- Separately, an unrelated hour-long leak earlier this week revealed a cancelled 2012 Iron Man build from Avalanche Studios, and industry observers say high-profile leaks can force early publisher responses and complicate developers’ timelines and morale.