Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that the greatest Super Hero action/RPG team-up just got a super-powered upgrade with  Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 downloadable content, now available until December 31, 2009, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation3.  Players can now experience Marvel’s epic Civil War storyline with five all-new playable characters in their arsenal: Carnage, Psylocke and Cable make their Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system debuts in the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance series alongside returning fan-favorites Magneto and Black Panther. 

The downloadable content also includes four new challenge missions, including  all-new boss encounters, dangerous gauntlets and more, all downloadable from Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 800 Microsoft Points and from the PlayStationStore for $9.99.  Also joining the dream team will be Juggernaut, now available for download from Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 160 Microsoft Points and from the PlayStationStore for $1.99.

The official game demo will also be available to download from Xbox LIVE Marketplace for free and allows players to play through the Washington, D.C. mission as either a pro-registration or anti-registration team.