Marvel Rivals

The game also features destructible environments, allowing players to alter the battlefield to their advantage. As of June 2024, the following 21 playable characters have been officially announced: Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Doctor Strange, the Black Panther, Loki, Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, Groot, Mantis, Namor, Peni Parker, Magik, Luna Snow, Storm, Magneto, the Punisher, the Scarlet Witch, Hela, Venom, and Adam Warlock. Additionally, two locations have been confirmed for the game, those being Yggsgard, a fusion of Asgard and Yggdrasil, and Tokyo of 2099. The story follows a hostile meeting between Doctor Doom and his heroic 2099 counterpart. This causes heroes and villains across the multiverse to fight one another with the main goal of defeating both Doctor Doom variants before one claims victory over the new worlds. NetEase Games has established a specialized team in Seattle, dedicated to game and level design, to collaborate with their team in Guangzhou, China on Marvel Rivals. The game is currently being developed by NetEase Games, which had also developed two Marvel games prior to Marvel Rivals: Marvel Super War and Marvel Duel . Jay Ong from Marvel Games described Rivals as one of their "most ambitious game development projects". Marvel Rivals had a closed alpha test accessible to the public lasting ten days, from May 10–20, 2024. Additional permanent rewards were the "Dawn of Legends" title, gained from placing Top 32 in the game's eponymous alpha tournament, and an in-game spray decoration, gained by playing with/against a game developer during the playtest. NetEase received backlash during the alpha playtest when streamer Brandon Larned called out the company on social media for including a non-disparagement clause in the contract given to content creators who had access to the alpha test, barring reviews from saying anything negative about the game. During Sony's State of Play held in May, the game was revealed to come for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, as well as its upcoming beta playtest.