Marvel rivals developers describe future character plans

It may be difficult to believe, but in just over three months Marvel rivals will celebrate his one-year anniversary. In fact, the Netease Games-developed hero shooter was originally released on December 6, 2024.

In the meantime, Marvel Rivals has grown its list to over 30 characters, which extends from Staples as Iron Man and Spider-Man to some deeper cuts such as Kappa and Dolk. That said, if you think they run out of characters to add the game, think again, because Netease is just running.

Marvel has over 80,000 registered characters in his database

As first reported by Insider Gaming, Guangguang, head of Marvel Rivals, revealed at the Ignite-Mids season finals that the work is already being done for characters that will be released around this time next year.

Specifically, Guangguang noted that the Live Service title has a full year's worthy characters that are planned, and prep for these heroes takes place while other Roster members debut in the game. In other words, the wheels always turn at Netease.

Due to the amount of work needed to take a character from concept to playable, including games, art, animations and voice, it takes about a year “to get everything that happens, which is why the team starts planning so early.

Unfortunately, if you hoped for a teasing of the next character or two, think again. Guangguang did not confirm anyone, and when asked by insider game if Deadpool would be on the way, he said “Keep you updated.”

Given the large number of characters found in the larger Marvel universe, with such careful planning, Netease could be able to In theory Keep this game running for many years to come. Now that wouldn't be anything?


MixCollage-11-Dec-2024-08-46-am-3822.jpg

Marvel Rivals

Published

December 6, 2024

ESRB

T for teen // violence

Developer

Netease game

Publisher

Netease game

Engine

Unreal Engine 5



Leave a Comment