What if Overwatch was Marvel heroes and villains? That appears to be the extraordinarily literal idea behind Internet Ease’s new Marvel Rivals, its third-person, very a lot Overwatch-like hero shooter that simply debuted its first trailer.
Its Closed Alpha begins in Could, and we now have an official description of it that has additionally simply been printed:
“NetEase Video games and Marvel Video games are excited to announce their newest collaboration: Marvel Rivals, a cooperative, Tremendous Hero team-based PVP shooter! Gamers can assemble an ever-evolving all-star squad of Tremendous Heroes and Tremendous Villains, whereas battling with distinctive tremendous powers throughout a dynamic lineup of destructible maps from throughout the Marvel Multiverse. Marvel Rivals is in improvement for PC by a NetEase crew composed of world expertise, who beforehand labored on hit franchises resembling Name of Obligation and Battlefield.”
The trailer additionally confirmed off 19 heroes and villains that the sport will supposedly launch with, which mirrors the precise listing of leaked ones that was being handed round yesterday. Whereas the artwork model might swing a bit towards Valorant, the whole lot else seems to be like pure Overwatch. Right here’s the listing:
- Rocket Racoon
- Star Lord
- Black Panther
- Iron Man
- Physician Unusual
- Scarlet Witch
- Namor
- Magneto
- Magik
- Storm
- Peni Parker
- Luna Snow
- Loki
- Bruce Banner/Hulk
- Spider-Man
- Groot
- Mantis
- Punisher
- Magneto
- Galactus(?)
A feminine Galactus was proven, however I’m not clear if that was some form of boss, or a future addition. Physician Doom is talked about as the primary villain of the preliminary storyline.
As you may see, there’s a mix of Avengers, X-Males and Guardians of the Galaxy with a number of shock additions like Luna Snow, a current Marvel creation from Marvel Future Combat, and Peni Parker from the Spider-Verse. Additionally we now have “lesser” heroes like Mantis, whereas we’re lacking big heavy hitters like Captain America and Wolverine. Little doubt there are many future seasons and battle passes and no matter with a purpose to get them afterward.
There are some things that stand out from Overwatch, specifically the promise of environmental destruction that may considerably reshape maps. There’s additionally a team-up performance the place linked characters can mix their powers for distinctive films like Rocket and Groot or Iron Man and Hulk. And naturally the most important distinction right here is that it is a third individual sport, as superhero video games from Arkham to Spider-Man to Suicide Squad to Marvel’s Avengers all are usually, which does make sense given the style we’re speaking about right here. And also you gotta be capable to see these bought skins on a regular basis!
There’s loads to course of within the trailer. We see Black Panther summoning Bast. Magik turning into her demon type. A bunch of cool strikes. 12 characters out of the 19 will probably be obtainable to play at Closed Alpha launch, and there’s no timeline for full launch but.
It’s very straightforward to be skeptical of a NetEase-made Overwatch clone, however we’ll see the way it goes in a number of months right here.
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