Well, look what finally crawled out of the workshop. Four years after EA announced an Iron Man game and then went quieter than my modem at 2 a.m., a leaked gameplay video has surfaced, and it shows Tony Stark's alter ego tearing through the sky at genuinely impressive speed. You can see the footage and the full story over at MSN.

The project is being handled by EA Motive, the studio behind the Dead Space remake. And from what the leak shows, the focus is flight. Fast, free, go-wherever-you-want flight. If you've ever played a superhero game where soaring felt like steering a shopping cart, you know why that matters. Repulsor-powered flight is the whole reason anyone wants to be Iron Man in the first place.

Now, the usual caveats, because I'd tell you the same thing if you asked me about a phone at a family dinner. This is leaked footage, not an official reveal. It could be old, it could be an internal build, and EA hasn't confirmed a thing. Games in this state change constantly. So admire it, but don't carve your expectations in stone.

Still, the fact that it exists at all is the real news. This game was announced back in 2022 and has been missing in action for so long that folks, reasonably, wondered if it had been quietly shelved. Superhero games have a rough history. For every Spider-Man that nails the feeling of swinging through the city, there's a Marvel's Avengers that promised everything and delivered a grind.

My granddaughter Jess keeps telling me I undersell how big these leaks are for the gaming crowd, so let me say it plainly: this is a big one. A four-year silence broken by footage showing speed and freedom is the best sign fans have gotten.

I'll be watching for an official response from EA, and if they show up with a real trailer and a release window, you'll read about it here. Until then, keep your repulsors warmed up but your wallet holstered.