Avengers: Under Siege (Game)

Avengers: Under Siege is a video-game release on May 6, 2023 based on the comic book arc Siege and Dark Reign. Playing as Iron Man, you have to recover the Avengers after Captain America has been slain and the team broken in the aftermath of a civil war among their ranks. All the while Norman Osborn takes to the scene after becoming director of S.H.I.E.L.D, forming a new Avengers team made of villains who do his bidding.

Synopsis
Iron Man is removed as director of S.H.I.E.L.D after a Skrull Invasion. Throughout the story, it's revealed that Captain America has been killed after turning himself in following a civil war among the superhero community. After Stark is replaced, Norman Osborn becomes director of S.H.I.E.L.D in spite of his controversial past. He forms a new Avengers team consisting of Bullseye, Mac Gargan, Ares, Moonstone, and Sentry, restoring public faith in heroes. However behind the scenes, Osborn is expanding his influence in the country.

He also begins to subvert Stark Industries by stealing its technology and distributing it to villains in exchange for them becoming allies of Osborn. Tony goes on a vendetta against the villains in possesion of his technology. Afterward, he travels to Russia and accidentally kills Titanium Man while there. Russia demands Stark is brought before the UN for killing a Russian citizen. Stark agrees reluctantly, coming in his armor. For some reason, his armor is overriden and it kills the Russian ambassador. Stark, now a fugitive, has his company taken over by Obadiah Stane on behalf of Osborn. The government of the US, in order to illeviate tensions with Russia, begins to hunt down Stark. Stark falls into a drunken state due to being traumatized from the death of the Russian ambassador. The chase temporarily ends when Stark fakes his own death.

Stark finds himself in Eastern Europe, where he has been searching for Buckeye Barnes and his Secret Avengers. When he finds them, he is not on good terms with them as he was the one who fought them in the past for being Captain America's side in the civil war. They also do not trust him due to his alcaholic addiction. He does help them defeat Red Skull, who was responsible for hiring an assasin for Captain America. This does not earn their trust however, and Stark returns to the United States for redemption. He gets sober finally after helping a woman give birth to a child in a homeless shelter and vowing to raise him when the woman dies in child birth. He confronts Obadiah Stane, and upon defeating him, Stane reveals that it was Osborn who framed Stark for the death of the Russian ambassador and distributed his technology in hopes of getting more allies.

Stark breaks into Osborn's home and confronts him. Osborn reveals his Iron Patriot armor and battles Stark. The battle becomes a draw, which prompts Osborn to call in Shield agents to capture Stark. Stark escapes and releases an audio recording of Stane incriminating Osborn to the world. Osborn is able to get control of global communications and wipe the audio recording before most could hear it.

Stark is still left unabsolved of his actions and his company is now under control of Shield instead of Stane. Stark later is ambushed by Thor, who is revealed to have somehow come back from the dead. Thor has a grudge against Stark for supposedly using his DNA to fight Captain America's side. Stark however says that it was Shield who used Thor's DNA to create a clone of him. The two eventually stand down when their fight attracts the attention of Shield and the Dark Avengers. The two former Avengers take refuge in Asgard, which has now relocated on Earth. Shield backs down, unsure of what to do.

Thor and Tony amend their friendship. After which, Tony reveals to Thor that the team is broken and Captain America is dead. Thor is hopeful they can come together once more. Stark dosen't express the same level of optimissim. Thor nonetheless offers Tony a chance to join him on a mission to find the warriors three. Heimdall guides Stark and Thor to travel to Africa. Thor is in his Donald Blake form working for a humanitarian organization while Stark is in civilian clothing, with his suit in a briefcase. A rebel army group attacks the organization and their medical camp. Thor and Stark defends the camp alongside a group of three familiar mercenaries. After the battle, Thor creates a storm, revealing the mercenaries to be the warriors three.

Returning to New Asgard, Thor learns that Loki has also returned from Ragnarok. Loki realizes Osborn is the new director of Shield and views a chance at gaining influence. Loki offers to lead the Dark Avengers to capture or kill the Secret Avengers. Meanwhile, Stark travels to meet the Secret Avengers once again. Stark says that it is time to take down Norman Osborn's reign and reveal the truth. The Dark Avengers arrive however and blow the cover off their operation. The team scrambles across a market square in Bucharest, attempting to make their way to the hidden Avengers quinjet located underground. The team fights against Loki and the Dark Avengers before making their escape. They do expierence trouble when arriving in San Fransisco from Sentry, who has followed them since Romania.

Iron Man goes almost toe to toe with Sentry, allowing the Secret Avengers to hide, However, Iron Man is eventually defeated and brought in to be interrogated by Norman Osborn in New York City. The Secret Avengers meanwhile, question whether they should make an attempt to rescue Stark. Stark, meanwhile, is being tortured by Bullseye. Stark is able to break free afterward and finds that Osborn had obtained his original Mark 1 suit. He goes inside of it as his regular armor has been kept inside a locked room. He does manage to ward off Mac Gargan and Bullseye before finally getting to his regular armor. Moonstone grabs him before he can suit up and launches him out of a window. He barely attracts the suit pieces to his body in time.

Shield agents begin to swarm his location. Iron Man is helped in defeating them by the Secret Avengers, who have decided to help him after all. Shield suddenly unveils their own mech suits created using Stark tech, named Mandroids. The team flees after defeating the Mandroids, and are suprised to see themselves being rescued by Maria Hill and Nick Fury.

They reveal that they've formed an underground branch of Shield, free of Osborn. They also reveal Steve Rogers to be in fact alive. Meanwhile, Osborn believes that he needs a show of force, to show the public he is still in charge. To this, Loki also agrees. Sentry has doubts however, as well as Ares. Sentry is afraid of his darker side and what he could become. Osborn, not wanting to give up his strongest asset. So he decides to order Bullseye to kill Sentry's girlfriend. This serves to drive Sentry more unstable and further towards Osborn's side. Ares on the other hand, objects to fighting Asgardians. Osborn lies to Ares and says they are fighting to free Asgard of Loki. Unbeknowenst to Ares, Loki has been working alongside Osborn.

Loki orchestrates an inciting incident, making his brother Thor, when he travels to meet the undeground Shield and Avengers, attack police and normal Shield units, seeing them as ghouls. Despite this, the president is still hesitant about attacking Asgard. Annoyed at the progress, Osborn decides to start the attack anyways, assembling his Dark Avengers and Shield agents.

Thor travels back to Asgard to stop their attack but is overwhelmed and defeated on live telivision. Iron Man and the Avengers go to defend Asgard in one last pitch battle. Iron Man and Steve Rogers go to recover the wounded Thor on the fields of Asgard. They then join the main battle in Asgard. Loki realizes the destruction and has a change of heart, resulting in his death at the hands of Sentry. Ares realizes the battle is not against Loki and attacks Osborn, who is in his Iron Patriot suit. Sentry responds to Ares' attack by ripping him in half, shocking everyone on both sides. The Dark Avengers, except for Sentry, are finally defeated.

Sentry emerges, his void alter-ego now out of the bag. Iron Man tries to take down Sentry by landing Shield's crashing helicarrier down upon him. This has no effect, and the void continues to manifest into a completely different form, one in the shape of a massive spider. The Avengers battle the void and briefly revert Sentry into his human form. Sentry demands to be killed, which Thor reluctantly agrees to.