X-Men: Reign of Apocalypse controlled by Apocalypse with backgrounds that stay true to the X-Men comics. X-mansion, Blackbird, Genosha and other familiar locations are present. The playable X-Men roster consists of: Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, and Rogue. Each character has a different super power that give them a unique playstyle. Boss enemies include classic villains from the comics such as Blob and Magneto. X-Men from the 616 Marvel Universe, such as Colossus and Nightcrawler are also allies of Apocalypse in this alternate universe and must be defeated. "X-Men: Reign of Apocalypse" is a side-scrolling action beat 'em up with 12 distinct levels. Each level has
Ultimate X-Men killing Beast, who was killed when a Sentinel attacked the White House during Emma Frost's public disclosure of her school. This made Beast the first dead Ultimate X-Man. As a side note, "Ultimate X-Men" #40 features what Marvel claims to be the first marriage proposal in a comic book letters column, which is answered in "Ultimate X-Men" #44 with a positive response. The third "Ultimate X-Men" writer was Brian K. Vaughan, best known at the time for his work on "". His run was marked by the relative absence of Wolverine as the main character and the re-imagining of second-string