Marvel Rivals is giving gamers extra methods to customise their favourite heroes and villains, with developer NetEase announcing costume customization will likely be added on April 17 at 2 AM PT/5 AM ET.
The brand new characteristic will add extra coloration palettes for costumes that gamers can presumably buy from the in-game beauty retailer. NetEase’s announcement publish exhibits coloration choices with names like “Phantom Purple,” Winter’s Wrath,” and “Rosy Resilience,” amongst others.
It is at the moment unclear how a lot these coloration palettes will price, which forex they are often purchased with, if they’re common throughout all costumes, or in the event that they solely work with sure ones. NetEase hasn’t offered extra particulars, solely that gamers can “head to the shop, seize your unlock, and dive into the look that matches your vibe.”
Marvel Rivals Season 2 launched earlier this month, introducing the mutant Emma Frost as a brand new playable Vanguard hero to combine up the sport’s meta together with her highly effective frontline defenses and potent damage-dealing combos. A brand new map set on the island nation of Krakoa, in addition to new Hellfire Gala-themed battle move, had been additionally added as a part of Season 2. The sport’s subsequent hero, set to be launched halfway by way of the season, is closely teased to be Ultron, although NetEase has not formally confirmed whether or not the villain will likely be becoming a member of the roster within the weeks to come back.
Gamers can at the moment earn some free cosmetics, together with a Namor pores and skin, through the sport’s Season 2 Twitch Drop promotion. Forward of Season 2’s launch, NetEase introduced future seasons would final two months as an alternative of three. That change will even make it so one new playable hero will likely be launched each month versus one new hero each month and a half beneath the present season cadence.
Regardless of Marvel Rivals’ big success (NetEase introduced the sport had seen 20 million gamers throughout the first few weeks of launch), some US-based builders on the sport had been laid off in February. NetEase stated the layoffs had been for “organizational causes and to optimize improvement effectivity for the sport.”