Watch Us Stop Doomsday In The New Marvel Cosmic Invasion DLC

It’s the end of 2026, and Marvel is on cue to lead all their shows to the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe big blockbuster film Avengers: Doomsday, starring Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom because they can’t use the Kang the Conqueror actor. This also means there will be a game or two that will have Doctor Doom content and tie-ins for that “brand synergy” nonsense and promos that’s used for successful cross-platform advertising. I for one am glad that we’re getting some new content out of this for one of the more fun beat-em-ups last year: Marvel Cosmic Invasion.

This title from the awesome Tribute Games team spent an extra year or so in making a new roguelike mode that stars Doctor Doom and his Doomstadt, a castle with tons of randomized rooms, enemies, and bosses. See, our heroes have to stop Doctor Doom from activating Doomsday via the Siege Gauge before it fills up. It does so when you get hit while in a run, or spend too long on a stage. The more meter the Siege Gauge builds up, the more powerful and faster enemies get. Fortunately, you can collect batteries to lower the gauge and powering up your bottom-left Stabilizer by getting them from defeated foes or trashed environments. Different doors in the Doomstadt lead you to different bonuses and hazards; blue ones grant you batteries while green ones grant you health. If you want to get better rewards, pick the hazardous ones like the yellow doors that dish out special challenges like obstacle courses or a random boss fight.

Honestly, it’s a whole lotta fun to go through and test your beat-em-up skills, especially with how tough it can get. Plus, you get two new characters: Sue Storm/Invisible Woman and Doctor Doom. Sue Storm fights with mid-ranged projectiles, force blasts, and can do an area-of-effect super that grants her temporary invincibility (as she’s invisible). She can also use a Special Move that traps enemies in a force field, which she then can crush for repeated damage.

Doctor Doom is a tank. Not only is he a bit slow, but he can dish it out with his magic green lightning finisher in his combo, shoots out hex blasts that mark enemies for more damage, lay out sigils to debuff foes who walk on them, a block and counter move, and a Super Move that hits full screen. Naturally, I played more as Doctor Doom just because of his kit and voice work, but Invisible Woman is fine too.

Watch the full playthrough of the DLC below, along with a demo of both Sue Storm and Doctor Doom in action.