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Earlier this year THQ shuttered the Australian studio most likely working on The Avengers: The Video Game, and until now we didn't know how far along the game was, or how awesome it was turning out to be. A freshly leaked video shows The Avengers in a pre-alpha build, highlighting the game's sweet FPS mechanics -- unfortunately THQ has pulled the footage from YouTube, meaning you'll never get to see how amazing this thing was. Your life sucks.

Not to rub it in your face, but we saw it and boy, was it good. The video showed the first-person perspectives of Iron Man, Hulk, Thor and Captain America, all using unique fighting styles to destroy their enemies -- or get obliterated by them, as was the case against the X-Men and Fantastic Four Super-Skrulls. The art style appeared sophisticated, especially for a pre-alpha build, and it contained just the right amount of superhero violence, including an active input scene where Hulk slowly snapped the neck of a Super-Skrull. Seriously, it's a shame you'll never see this footage. Ever.

Unless you see it here. We hope you appreciate it more this way.

Early last month, THQ shuttered a few Australian studios that were working on licensed titles. A leak seems to reveal what one of those titles could have been: A video game tie-in to the upcoming Avengers movie. WouldYouKindly poked around on a few websites of concept artists formerly employed by THQ, and found some concept art and even a test animation (which has since been hidden) showing off Thor, Captain America, and Hawkeye all beating up on some Skrull enemies. One concept also shows Hulk and Iron Man in the mix.

The Avengers: The Video Game was at least being pitched, if not actually developed, for PS3, Xbox 360, and the PC. According to the LinkedIn profile of at least one developer, the game has been completely canceled, though we're not sure about the status of the license -- presumably, if THQ isn't making the game, Marvel could try shopping it to another developer or publisher.

#beardsattenpaces The "big" console versions of Thor may not have had the charm (or the quality) of the DS edition, but that's no fault of the art team, who came up with some stunning vistas for the title, based on the current Hollywood film. More »

#byodinsbeard Just in time to help curb your child's urge to run about the house smashing things with hammers, the family-friendly free-to-play MMO Marvel Super Hero Squad Online expands into Asgard, the home of Thor in all his many forms and splendor. More »

The opening moments of Thor on the Nintendo Wii.

Put the hurt on some ice fiends in the name of Asgard in God of Thunder on the Wii.

Thor puts the hammer to work dropping ice buildings in this gameplay from the Wii version of God of Thunder.

The Ice Giant has a bone to pick with Thor in this chapter of the game on Nintendo Wii.

The voices of Loki and Thor dicuss their involvement with the Thor video games.

Will the mighty God of Thunder be appeased by his movie-based game, or will he smite it with the furious vengeance?

#forasgard There's a new Thor movie. It's not bad! And neither is this promotional flash game, featuring old-school 2D platforming and some adorable sprite art. More »

Do battle with godly creatures in a number of differently epic arenas.

Gameplay from the trailer from several different levels.

The official launch trailer for Thor: God of Thunder on Nintendo DS.

Drop the ultimate ban-hammer on the foes of Thor in the DS adaptation of God of Thunder.

#daily10 Throughout Thor's illustrious career, his powers have been appropriated by a slew of other comic book heroes. Not all of these heroes carried his official hammer, Mjolnir, but almost all of them dressed as lunatics while imitating the Thunder God. More »

Apparently there’s some comic called Thor. We’ve never heard of it. And now there’s to be a movie based on the little-read book.* To accompany the film comes a little bit of PC gaming advertising from Littleloud, in which as Thor you must thwack enemies with the power of your might hammer. It feels like an iPhone game, and I’ll bet my bum it is one too. You have a limited number of hammers to chuck at a level of static enemies, and the occasional lightning bolt with which to STRIKE THEM DOWN. I imagine that’s how someone in a comic might say it.

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Experience the power of Thor as the developers walk through the process of bringing the God of Thunder into your control!

Learn to weild the power of Mjolnir in your hands with the Wii Remote controls in God of Thunder's Wii Edition in this walkthrough with AI & Combat Designer Chris Frechette!

Take flight with the features of Thor exclusive to the Wii version.

The upgrades and combo system will keep you one step ahead of the enemies of Thor!

Learn to topple the Frost giants with Thor's masterful powers in the first part of the with Lead Designer Ric Sablan!

Topple the evil Surtur in his own homeworld in this side-story unique to the video game adaptation.

Thor confronts the Mire Giant with Asgardian valor in the third part of the epic God of Thunder walkthrough!

Mjolnir brings the pain as Thor hops on the Mire Giant Express to traverse the river.

Thor picks on someone more his own size as Ulik enters into a brawl with the God of Thunder in the fifth and final part of the walkthrough!

Thor's misguided actions have put Asgard in peril in the game from SEGA based on the film.

Wii - developed by Red Fly Studios - cartoony look - fluid and fast combat - build up combos - combat system features a “snap” system that will allow your moves to quickly connect DS - 2D - developed by WayForward - combat and level design can span both screens - between four and eight layers of depth for level animation - combat somewhat based off [...]

Sega is showing the Thor and Captain America games at an event for both Marvel properties, and is also tweeting news snippets out of said event. First off, games based on both Marvel movies will be released on 3DS.

Second -- and this dovetails nicely -- the Xbox and PS3 versions will also be playable in 3D. No word yet about whether this will require a 3D television or if it'll be something like TriOviz that works on everything. Thor is currently slated for a May 11 release, with Captain America following sometime this summer.

#clips The mighty Norse God Thor will be appearing in upcoming fighting game Marvel vs Capcom 3. You'd think he was there to swing his giant hammer around, but no, it appears he's just there to chat. More »