NetEase Games and Marvel Games are partnering up to develop Marvel Rivals, a new, 6v6, free-to-play team-based PVP shooter for PC featuring the iconic Marvel superheroes as character rosters. An announcement trailer was aired, providing a glimpse of the gameplay:

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Marvel Rivals is a thrilling, fast-paced, cooperative gameplay experience with 6vs6 players battling for victory across destructible environments, reshaping the terrain to create tactical advantages. The development team on Marvel Rivals is composed of global talent who have previously worked on hit franchises such as Call of Duty and Battlefield.

Marvel Rivals features a storyline crafted by the NetEase writing team where the merciless clash between the tyrannical dictator Doctor Doom and his future counterpart from the year 2099 has forced countless universes to collide in the Timestream Entanglement, creating new worlds and crises still unknown.

The line-up of superheroes includes Iron Man, Spider-Man, Black Panther, Hulk, Rocket, Groot, Scarlet Witch, Storm, Magik and many more. Characters also have team-up attacks, combining superpowers and inventing new tactics that can turn the tide of combat.

Marvel Rivals will feature the following:

• A Deep and Varied Marvel Roster: Choose from a vast array of fan-favorite and cult-classic Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains from across the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men, and many more from across the Marvel Multiverse. With the Alpha Test in May, players will have access to more than a dozen playable Super Heroes and Super Villains, including iconic characters such as Black Panther, Spider-Man, Magneto, and Magik.
• Fast and Fun 6v6 Action with Ever-Changing Game Dynamics: With intricate environments, fast-paced gameplay, and ever-changing battlefields, there's never a dull moment in Marvel Rivals! Battle as Super Heroes and Super Villains with incredible abilities and combine your powers to bring unexpected fun to the battlefield in a matter of seconds.
• Dynamic Hero Synergy: Coordinate unique combinations between characters to ignite surprising Team-Up Skills! Unleash the synergy of combined superpowers and invent new tactics that can turn the tide of combat. Ride on Groot’s back as Rocket Raccoon to take on your enemies as a dangerous duo, unleash Gamma energy as Hulk to charge Iron Man’s armor for massive damage, and so much more!
• Creative Environment Destruction: Tear your way through iconic Marvel worlds across destructible environments! From Asgard to the Tokyo of 2099, use superpowers to alter these environments, reshape the terrain, and craft a strategic advantage on the battlefield. Take cover to dodge attacks or use makeshift weapons to strike down enemies. Players will find countless ways to utilize the environment to claim victory!
• Continually Evolving Universe and Robust Post-Launch Updates: The Marvel Multiverse brings infinite possibilities! Each seasonal drop will introduce new Super Heroes to the battlefield along with challenging and diverse maps! Unlock new content to implement across various gameplay strategies while experiencing thrilling action and endless possibilities in these adventurous team battles!

A Closed Alpha Test for Marvel Rivals on PC is scheduled for May and will include access to over a dozen playable characters. A release window for the full game and its availability on consoles have yet to be announced.

SOURCE: GBAtemp Inbox

 

[Jayinem]

Marvel is a joke.

 

[raxadian]

Marvel is a joke.

At least they made a few good movies ages ago but videogam wise? They really should have keep using Capcom.

 

[Guacaholey]

The UI even looks like Overwatch.

 

[ZeroT21]

Sure sure, turn every marvel hero now into a gunwielding maniac, are their original hero super powers not enuf?

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Looks okay to me. If it's free to play I'll actually check it out

 

[Xzi]

Looks okay to me. If it's free to play I'll actually check it out

The concept is perfectly serviceable, especially since Overwatch 2 sucks and needs competition, but it's the developer that makes me believe this will bomb. NetEase are the people behind Diablo Immortal.

 

[Bladexdsl]

If it's free to play I'll actually check it out

free to play than PAY later

 

[LightBeam]

...Yeeeah, how'd that turn out for Marvel's Avengers again?

Literally not the same game genre or even the same devs so idk why you would rant about The Avengers here, we all know it was shit. I mean Marvel Snap popped off right when it came out and that's a live service game so that doesn't mean anything.





As much as people here are already claiming it's going to bomb, it's probably not going to. Sure NetEase suck ass that's true but at least the game will be more than serviceable. For a free to play it actually looks good and it's backed up by the Marvel characters which means pretty huge potential for the playable roster.
Y'all aren't the target demographic, that's fine.

Since the announcement it seems to already get some traction, Marvel fans seem pretty interested by it. Honestly I wish I was a Marvel fan cuz with Snap and that, looks like they're eating stuff.

I'll try this out. I'm a fan of the genre anyway so we'll see. I like the fact that there seems to be some kind of map destruction, or some duo mechanic like when Rocket jumps on whoever to help.
Idk why it's listed as a shooter tho, looks like it's going to be more focused on abilities, which is fine. It's clearly not going to be played like Overwatch or Paladins, but some could think it's more fun.

Also NetEase actually made Naraka Bladepoint, which is actually great and absolutely not pay to win.

 

[Xzi]

Y'all aren't the target demographic, that's fine.

I am, to some extent. Love Marvel stuff so long as it's executed well, both Midnight Suns and Guardians of the Galaxy were solid games in their own right. Mobile devs just don't have the best track record jumping to the next level up. Gameplay looks good here, but pleasing the competitive crowd in how it feels to play is another matter. Also I doubt they'll be able to keep the cheaters out, nobody else seems to be able to right now.

 

[DS1]

Was that woman Galactus!? LOL
I'm good so long as Marvel SNAP sticks around

 

[DJPlace]

more shit we don't FUCKING need.

 

[LightBeam]

I am, to some extent. Love Marvel stuff so long as it's executed well, both Midnight Suns and Guardians of the Galaxy were solid games in their own right. Mobile devs just don't have the best track record jumping to the next level up. Gameplay looks good here, but pleasing the competitive crowd in how it feels to play is another matter. Also I doubt they'll be able to keep the cheaters out, nobody else seems to be able to right now.

Well afaik they did made Naraka Bladepoint which is pretty good.
But I have to admit I first thought that it was a mobile game. Maybe the NetEase logo at first gave me that thought but the look of the game too. I was quite surprised to see it wasn't even crossplatform, I'm pretty sure it could have been playable on it, there's already quite a lot of mobile-PC games on Steam, I thought this would be one of them.

You're right about the competitiveness and the cheaters. But despite that, I personally had absolutely 0 intent to play that competitively, so if I can spend some fun time casually without spending a cent, then I'm good.

Tho we'll see how many hours of grind they'll ask us to unlock a character lol

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Was that woman Galactus!? LOL

I know very little about Marvel but I've seen people asking the same question and people said that she's his daughter Galacta. Idk who tf they are

 

[chrisrlink]

watch people cry about not being able to play as deadpool 100% of the time (imaging a game full of them) damn that'll be confusing without friendly fire on

 

[Marc_LFD]

watch people cry about not being able to play as deadpool 100% of the time (imaging a game full of them) damn that'll be confusing without friendly fire on

Just another shooter so the characters probably play the same.

You know, I thought Rocksteady's Suicide Squad game would be a beat 'em up like Batman, but it's a fuckin' shooting game. Wtf.

 

[ZeroFX]

If it was Chinese cash grab crap aka Genshin Impact it would actually make money.

Chinese cash grab crap*
*Adapted for the western audience

 

[Bladexdsl]

Marvel is a joke.

well what did you expect? they are owned by di$ney

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it gets even better!

 

[urbanman2004]

Pretty sure this is gonna flop and I don't need a crystal ball to tell me, lmao...

 

[Idaho]

Oh yeah, keep it up Disney, keep sinking the Marvel ship, that's music to my hears...

 

[raxadian]

Why doesn't Disney just make a Splatoon clone? Thay way they can use all Disney characters they want.