Team-based superhero PVP shooter from Marvel and NetEase Games Marvel Rivals was announced last March and is already in beta on PC. During the PlayStation State of Play livestream on Thursday, fans learned that the game will also be coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X, and that a closed beta will soon be available on the PlayStation platform.
Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play game featuring a huge cast of Marvel heroes and villains, with 18 characters confirmed so far: Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Groot, Hulk, Iron Man, Loki, Luna Snow, Magik, Magneto, Mantis, Namor, Peni Parker, Rocket Raccoon, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man, Storm, Star-Lord, and The Punisher. The premise revolves around converging timelines and multiple Doctor Dooms, with operations overseen by Galactus’ daughter Galacta, but it’s really about Marvel Rivals
In a previous interview with Polygon about Marvel RivalsGame director Thaddeus Sasser, who also spent two decades working on series like Call of Duty, Battlefield and Ghost Recon, stressed that all of these different superpowers are definitely the fun part. “Having magical superpowers in a multiplayer game is something that hasn’t really been pushed to the extreme yet,” he said. “It’s still relatively fresh and new, and the way we’re doing it and some of the tricks we have up our sleeves should be pretty exciting for new players.”
