An enhanced PlayStation 5, colloquially known as the PS5 Pro, is all but officially confirmed now, with a new report revealing that dev kits for the enhanced console are in the hands of developers and that Sony wants games for it ready by August.
27.03.2024 - 17:05 / digitaltrends.com / Scarlet Witch / Tomas Franzese
The “hero shooter” is a popular competitive multiplayer game subgenre where players control characters with powerful preset abilities rather than a customizable loadout. Although “hero” is right there in the subgenre name, and Overwatch proved how well superheroes could work with the concept, we haven’t gotten a true attempt at this style of game from Marvel or DC.
Marvel Rivals is out to change that, starting with its first open alpha this May.
NetEase and Marvel Entertainment unveiled Marvel Rivals on Wednesday, March 27. It’s a competitive 6v6 multiplayer game starring characters from the Marvel multiverse. Ahead of its announcement, I spoke to game director Thaddeus Sasser, who gave me more insight into how characters were chosen for Marvel Rivals, how NetEase balanced making these characters feel powerful without breaking game balance, and what it will take for a fledgling multiplayer game to survive in 2024.
In Marvel Rivals, Doctor Doom and his 2099 variant are feuding. That causes the multiverse to collide in something called the Timestream Entanglement, which provides the backdrop for 6v6 matches. In those battles, teams of heroes and villains try to protect their own timestreams and defeat the Dooms. It obviously won’t be as narratively driven as something like Marvel 1943: Rise of Hyrda, but it’s a sensible premise for a multiplayer Marvel game.
Sasser says that all the interactions between the different characters and live service support give the team opportunities to explore this narrative over time as well. As for how NetEase went about picking the characters for Marvel Rivals, Sasser credits that to the studio’s relationship with Marvel. Right now, 18 characters are confirmed for Marvel Rivals.
There are many popular characters in the mix, like Iron Man, Black Panther, and Doctor Strange, but some deeper cuts like Magik, Peni Parker, and Luna Snow indicate that it’s not just the Hollywood stars at play. “I think it’s important to have a diverse range of characters to attract a lot of different types of players, as well as a lot of different fans from across the Marvel Universe,” Sasser tells Digital Trends.
A few characters are missing from the roster currently. Neither version of Doctor Doom is confirmed to be playable at this time. The end of the Marvel Rivals trailer also teases a version of Galactus that looks like an anime girl, but does not seem to be playable either. I asked Sasser what that was all about, but he played coy on Galactus’ role in Marvel Rivals for now. Still, Sasser
An enhanced PlayStation 5, colloquially known as the PS5 Pro, is all but officially confirmed now, with a new report revealing that dev kits for the enhanced console are in the hands of developers and that Sony wants games for it ready by August.
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NetEase Games and Marvel Games have officially revealed Marvel Rivals, a free-to-play team-based PvP shooter in development for PC.
A new team-based multiplayer hero shooter starring the superheroes and supervillains of the Marvel Universe is on the way from Marvel and NetEase Games. It’s called Marvel Rivals, and it will pit two teams of six heroes against each other on battlefields like Asgard and Tokyo 2099 that are built around destruction.
Marvel Rivals, a new team-based, 6v6 PVP shooter filled to the brim with Marvel characters, has been officially revealed following plenty of rumors and leaks. Developed by NetEase Games with collaboration from Marvel Games, the free-to-play PC game has everyone from Iron Man to Black Panther to Spider-Man to Storm.
NetEase and Marvel Games have announced Marvel Rivals, a 6v6 team-based free-to-play shooter headed to PC that stars iconic heroes and villains from the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men, and many more.