Marvel Ultimate Battles boasts easy-to-learn gameplay and features characters from the biggest and most popular Marvel comics and films, such as Iron Man (Paramount Pictures’ Iron Man opens in theaters on May 2, 2008),The Hulk (Universal Pictures’ The Incredible Hulk hits theaters June 13, 2008, Captain America and Spider-Man. The multi-player game format allows kids to take on the roles of their favorite super heroes or super villains. Utilizing a fast, action-packed game engine designed by Upper Deck, players create their roster of favorite Marvel characters and duke it out until only one is left standing.

Marvel Ultimate Battles starter deck will be available, themed around The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man, with each including 48 cards (one of which will be an Ultimate Rare card), a fold-out playmat and rulebook. Each starter set contains all components needed to play a game. Booster packs consist of nine cards per pack, complete with common, rare and Ultimate Rare cards. There will be 165 cards total in the set.