Marvel's Avengers focuses on various characters in the Marvel Universe coming together, both on the good and the bad side. While only a number of playable characters have been confirmed, we know that the game will continuously develop over the coming years with more levels, more heroes, and more villains. Here's a full list of everyone we know in the game so far, either playable or just appearing.
Confirmed characters
Captain America
Captain America is playable during the opening A-Day mission, until he loses his life during these events. It would be very weird if it wasn't playable at some point in the story after that, so expect it to be brought back to life or shown in a flashback at some point.
Iron Man
Tony Stark and his trademark arrogant nature are on full display, as always, with the Avengers. Following the events of A-Day, Tony could potentially be in a depressed state, at least until Kamala and Bruce prove to him that they have been put in place.
Thor
The God of Thunder apparently disappears after the events of A-Day. In the Once An Avenger gameplay trailer, we see Thor return with a tag with a name that says "D. Blake. This is a reference to the old Marvel comics where Donald Blake was Thor's alter ego. Since A-Day, Thor may have tried to live a normal human life. But it will be playable in this new adventure.
Black Widow
We haven't seen a ton of Black Widow gameplay yet, but we do know it's playable. There's no hint of what she's been doing since A-Day so far.
Pontoon
Bruce Banner has been dealing with the ramifications of A-Day for years and clearly feels a lot of remorse for the Avengers' hand in disaster. We see him admitting the Avengers are dangerous and arguing with Tony to get back together. Hulk is a confirmed playable character.
Mrs. Marvel
Kamala Khan has a significant impact on history in Marvel's Avengers. After learning that she is an inhuman with the ability to stretch and enlarge her body, she provides the Avengers with proof that they have been put together and brings them together again to fight MODOK. It will be playable.
Related: Everything we know about Kamala Khan (Ms. Marvel) in Marvel's Avengers
Hawk Eye
Having been notably absent from the game a year after the game was unveiled, Hawkeye will be heading to the game after launch. The trailer above hints at the arc gameplay the character would feature, but we haven't seen the actual gameplay yet and don't have a clue of a release date for him yet.
Spider-Man (PlayStation only)
Spider-Man will also arrive in the game as a playable character after launch, but will be an exclusive character on the PlayStation platform. We don't know how the character will play or look like at the time of writing, but we do know that it will be a different Spidey than the one that appears in the PlayStation 4 title Spider-Man.
MODOK
George Tarleton is one of the many victims of the Terrigan Mists who created the Inhumans. Now, with an expanded mind that allows him to control the robots, he captures Inhumans promising to heal them, but tortures them instead.
Related: Everything we know about MODOK in Marvel's Avengers
Abomination
While no reason for its appearance was given, we saw Abomination slam the Hulk against a wall during the recent War Table stream.
Tyrant
Taskmaster has an important role during the events of A-Day, although it has yet to be fully explained. He is known to learn and adapt to his opponents. We see Black Widow fighting him one-on-one and defeating him.
Nick Fury
Nick Fury is well known for giving orders to the Avengers. He
does not know the extent of his presence in the game, but expect him to provide
missions for each hero.
Maria Hill
In the MCU, Maria Hill is known to be Nick Fury's number one agent. In the game, it looks like she will have a big impact on factions.
Dum Dum Dugan
Like Fury and Hill, Dugan did not have his presence fully
explained in the game, but he is in the Resistance.
Hank pym
The first Ant-Man is present but does not appear to be playable, at least at launch. We see Doctor Pym shrinking one of MODOK's robots with a Pym Particle Launcher and talking about his work with the Resistance at what is called the Anthill (not his choice).
Rumor / should show
Captain Marvel
We saw Captain Marvel posters in Kamala Khan's bedroom, which makes sense since Carol Danvers is Kamala's favorite hero. It will be very surprising if she does not show up at some point.
Dated heroes
The following heroes have been mentioned in the beta datamined files. It should be noted that these are not confirmed characters, but with references to these in the in-game files, there is a chance that they will make some sort of in-game appearance, whether act from a playable character or an unknown NPC at this point. time.
She-Hulk
Reddit user 6plus4equals52 revealed several hero references in the PC beta code. The first mentioned is She-Hulk, a lawyer who received a blood transfusion from Bruce Banner, turning her into a milder version of the Hulk.
Captain Marvel
Captain Marvel was also mentioned in the PC beta files. This further adds to the possibility of her making an in-game appearance at some point, as mentioned above.
Kate bishop
Kate Bishop is another character by the nickname Hawkeye. With Clint Barton confirmed on the game's path, it will be interesting to see what differences Kate brings to the gameplay compared to him, if she is playable.
War machine
War Machine is Iron Man armor worn by Tony Stark's friend James "Rhodey" Rhodes. Like Kate Bishop, it will be interesting to see how different the gameplay would be between him and Iron Man if it were playable in the future. It's worth noting that War Machine uses a lot more military force than Iron Man, so there's room for variety.
