Key Takeaways
- Marvel Rivals has gone gold ahead of its December 6 launch.
- The title will feature 28 playable characters at launch, with that number jumping to 33 during Season 1.
- A Fortnite collaboration is planned to promote Marvel Rivals.
Marvel Rivals has officially gone gold, bringing it one step closer to its full launch. Developer NetEase Games has been testing its upcoming superhero multiplayer arena shooter for the past year through closed alpha and betas for Marvel Rivals, earning much praise for capturing the frantic action of Overwatch and Apex Legends with a Marvel twist. It won’t be long until Marvel Rivals launches in full, as it is set to go live on December 6.
There is already a lot of variety in Marvel Rivals, with 28 playable characters already confirmed and the development team promising a total of 33 as the game’s first season goes on. The most recent addition to this packed roster of Marvel Rivals characters is Hawkeye, who will bring his bow and sword into the battle to save the multiverse from Doctor Doom and his “Time Experiments.” This battle will also span several noteworthy Marvel locations, with Marvel Rivals recently revealing that one of the game’s maps takes place in a Hydra facility.
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Marvel Rivals’ December 6 launch draws ever closer, and a recent post on the official Marvel Heroes Twitter account revealed that the game has now gone gold with a promotional image of Galacta, the daughter of the planet-devouring villain Galactus who will play a major role in Marvel Rivals. For the layperson, a game ‘goes gold’ when core development is complete, and in the case of physical releases, it is ready to be printed onto disks and delivered to retail outlets.
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NetEase is planning to promote Marvel Rivals through a crossover with Fortnite that will grant players of the latter a special item after completing ten standard matches in the former. There will also be plenty of interesting bonus content in Marvel Rivals itself at launch, including a special Captain America skin inspired by his gladiator-like appearance in the 2015 Planet Hulk event.
The developers behind Marvel Rivals have also been polling fans to see what other characters they would like to see added to the game post-launch, with big names like Ghost Rider, Deadpool, and Gambit topping the list of potential additions. So far, responses to Marvel Rivals have been very positive, and now that the game has officially gone gold, players can mark their calendars for December 6 when they will finally be able to jump into the multiversal action and save the universe from the sinister Doctor Doom as their favorite Marvel hero or villain.
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