Marvel Video games and NetEase simply introduced a brand new Overwatch-like crew shooter referred to as Marvel Rivals. Because the identify suggests, playable characters shall be pulled from all through the Marvel Multiverse, together with members of the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy and the X-Males.
Marvel Rivals is a third-person 6v6 team-based shooter. It’ll be free to play and it is set within a “frequently evolving universe.” In different phrases, count on loads of seasonal updates that introduce new heroes, villains, maps and challenges.
As for these heroes and villains, the builders promise a “huge array” of characters to select from, however that roster shall be restricted to a couple of dozen upon the alpha launch in Might. Early testers will be capable of play as Spider-Man, Black Panther, Magneto, Magik and eight or 9 extra unannounced characters. The builders did point out that Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Hulk and Iron Man could be playable, however didn’t verify that they’ll be out there with the alpha. Screenshots present Dr. Unusual, Storm and Scarlet Witch, amongst different heroes. It seems just like the creators have entry to your entire Marvel roster. That’s fairly actually greater than 80,000 potential playable characters.
Crew-based shooters stay or die by their maps. The devs didn’t say what number of maps could be out there when the alpha construct hits, however did tease Asgard and Tokyo of 2099. NetEase additionally urged that these environments shall be destructible, with sure heroes having the ability to “reshape the terrain” with their powers.
The story entails varied Physician Dooms, a number of timelines and colliding universes. It’s the standard cosmic Marvel tomfoolery. At any charge, it’s more likely to be higher than the Secret Invasion TV present. Once more, the alpha shall be out there in Might for PC gamers. There’s no phrase on a console launch.
This is not the one massive Marvel sport introduced this week. Former Naughty Canine and Visceral Video games author and artistic director Amy Hennig is engaged on a story-driven motion sport referred to as Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. You’ll play that subsequent yr.