Xbox announces collaboration with X-Men ’97
The exciting world of X-Men ‘97 will make its way to Xbox Series X.
Revealed today, a special edition of the console will come wrapped with an X-Men ‘97 comic created by Marvel writer Rich Douek and artist Paco Diaz. If that’s not enough, Xbox Design Lab will deliver exclusive Xbox controllers based on the characters Wolverine, Storm, Rogue, Morph, Magneto, Jubilee, Gambit, Jean Grey, Cyclops, Beast, and Bishop.
In order to obtain the console and a Wolverine controller, interested parties will have to retweet this tweet and include the hashtag #Xbox97Sweepstakes. The contest will be open until Sunday, May 19 at 8:00 p.m. PST. Rules about the contest can be found here.
X-Men ’97 is currently streaming on Disney+ right now. The show features several cast members of the original X-Men cartoon. A second and third season have been confirmed.
A synopsis for X-Men ‘97 reads:
Marvel Animation’s “X-Men ’97” revisits the iconic era of the 1990s as The X-Men, a band of mutants who use their uncanny gifts to protect a world that hates and fears them, are challenged like never before, forced to face a dangerous and unexpected new future.
The all-new series features 10 episodes. The voice cast includes Ray Chase as Cyclops, Jennifer Hale as Jean Grey, Alison Sealy-Smith as Storm, Cal Dodd as Wolverine, JP Karliak as Morph, Lenore Zann as Rogue, George Buza as Beast, AJ LoCascio as Gambit, Holly Chou as Jubilee, Isaac Robinson-Smith as Bishop, Matthew Waterson as Magneto, and Adrian Hough as Nightcrawler. Beau DeMayo served as head writer; episodes are directed by Jake Castorena, Chase Conley and Emi-Emmett Yonemura, and the series is executive produced by Brad Winderbaum, Kevin Feige, Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso and DeMayo. Featuring music by the Newton Brothers, Marvel Animation’s “X-Men ’97” is now streaming on Disney+.
