Hero shooter Marvel Rivals hit San Diego Comedian-Con 2024 with an extended listing of bulletins, together with story particulars, new character reveals, and the voice solid.
Throughout a Marvel Video games presentation at SDCC, developer NetEase confirmed attendees trailers for the Marvel Rivals story, in addition to a function on Thor and Jeff the Landshark, who be a part of the roster of playable characters on July 29. As you’d anticipate, Thor, the God of Thunder, brings his highly effective hammer and lightning talents, whereas Jeff the Land Shark provides… his personal distinctive allure and ferocity to the sport.
Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play superhero team-based PvP shooter in the Overwatch fashion, with fan-favorite characters resembling Spider-Man, Black Panther, and Physician Unusual obtainable to play. The closed beta, which ends on August 5, is on the market on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox with cross-play and cross-region help.
It is one more entry in the already crowded hero shooter style, however it seems to be like Marvel Rivals could make an influence, if the curiosity in the closed beta is something to go by. The closed beta has already posted spectacular participant numbers on Steam, hitting a peak of 52,671 concurrents because it went reside on July 23. Sony and Microsoft don’t reveal participant numbers for PlayStation or Xbox consoles, respectively.
In the meantime, the Marvel Rivals voice solid contains Cassandra Lee Morris (Persona 5’s Morgana) as Galacta, Troy Baker as Loki, Nolan North as Rocket Raccoon, Yuri Lowenthal as Spider-Man, and Mara Junot as Storm. Different playable characters embrace Groot, The Punisher, Hela, Iron Man, Magneto, and Venom.
Whereas the focus right here may be very a lot on PvP gameplay, Marvel Rivals does function a story, which revolves round heroes and villains uniting in opposition to a “looming cosmic risk.” Physician Doom is ready up as the antagonist.
Remember to take a look at IGN’s impressions of Marvel Rivals to search out out what we take into consideration the sport.
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