LEGO Marvel's Avengers is drawing on the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a big way, adapting the two Avengers movies plus segments from Captain America: First Avenger, Winter Soldier, and Thor: The Dark World.

Even though Netflix's Marvel shows are considered part of the MCU, due to the mature tone of those shows the game will understandably revert to the classic comic book designs for Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Luke Cage.

Assistant game director Stephen Sharples explained, "It’s just a step too far for us to take that man in the black mask, Daredevil, who’s hanging people off buildings and things like that. It’s just a step too far for a LEGO game.

"So yeah, it is a case of when something like that happens we always do go back to the origin, the comic book origin, because ultimately the comic books are where all these guys come from. With Jessica Jones, it’s a similar one: she’s come out of nowhere to be really popular now, but Jessica Jones in LEGO Marvel's Avengers will be her superhero alter-ego Jewel – she’s named Jessica Jones but her costume will be the purple-haired superheroine who’s kind of a failed hero… which leads to her getting involved with a certain guy played by David Tennant.


"With things like Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and even Luke Cage, who I know pops up in that show, he pops up in the game too but takes the form – he’s actually got a LEGO minifig; it’s his Powerman design. So if yeah, if something like that comes round, it’s just too violent then we always revert to the classic comic book version."

LEGO Marvel's Avengers is due out on January 26th in the US and January 28th, 2016.