Marvel Rivals, a new free-to-play 6v6 third-person hero shooter, has just been announced! Read on to learn more about the game and its features and to see its first trailer.
Marvel Rivals is a New Free-to-Play PVP Hero Shooter!
Partnership Between NetEase Games and Marvel Games
NetEase Games and Marvel Games partner up to announce their latest game: Marvel Rivals, a team-based PvP third-person hero shooter. With an all-star squad of heroes and villains, players can assemble their own unique squads and battle it out in destructible maps featuring locations in the Marvel Multiverse. The NetEase development team will comprise veterans who worked on popular franchises like Call of Duty and Battlefield.
"We are overjoyed to bring Marvel Rivals to players around the world. We have always loved Marvel’s universe and its characters, and we are so excited to be developing this game," stated Marvel Rivals Producer Stephen Wu. "This is the game we want to make, and we feel very lucky to be the team who made all of this come true."
Ethan Wang, Senior Vice President of NetEase Inc., stated that NetEase is committed to delivering a thrilling cooperative experience featuring your favorite Marvel characters, stating:"NetEase Games is excited to collaborate with Marvel Games to deliver a thrilling, fast-paced cooperative gameplay experience featuring all of your favorite Super Heroes." Wang further added that "This partnership with Marvel Games continues our commitment to build world class development teams and reach global audiences with cutting edge experiences."
On the other hand, Head of Marvel Games Jay Ong said that he is ecstatic about working with NetEase and that Marvel Rivals will be their most ambitious game to date, saying: "Marvel Rivals is one of our most ambitious game development projects. Since the conceptualization of the game and throughout our collaboration, our Marvel team has poured our hearts and souls into this project, and we are thrilled to work with the incredible team at NetEase Games to help deliver the ultimate Super Hero team-based PVP shooter."
What We Know About Marvel Rivals
The announcement trailer revealed a whole slew of characters from the Marvel Multiverse, like Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Iron Man, Hulk, Loki, Groot, Rocket Raccoon, and many more. The game also features actual Marvel locations with destructible environments where both teams battle it out using different abilities and unique hero synergies called "Team-Up Skills."
The game will feature a storyline where the tyrannical Doctor Doom meets his future counterpart from 2099 and wreaks havoc across the multiverse. By forcing the different universes to collide in the Timestream Entanglement, new worlds, and crises are being created that are still unknown. In an unlikely alliance and rivalry, heroes and villains must either fight with or against one another to defeat both Dooms before either conquers these realities.
Marvel Rivals will be having a Closed Alpha Test in May and you can click here to register.
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YouTube - Marvel Rivals Announcement Trailer
Marvel Rivals PVP Shooter Boasts Incredible Lineup of Marvel Characters
Official Website - Marvel Rivals
Twitter - Marvel Rivals
