“Marvel Rivals”: ​​Spider-Man, Hulk and Magneto appear in “Overwatch” style ‘free to play’ game

Marvel has announced a new “Overwatch”-style game that will take advantage of its wide cast of heroes and villains. It will be a shooting game that pits two teams of six members against each other for control of the battlefield.

“’Marvel Rivals’ presents a story created by the NetEase writing team in which the relentless confrontation between the tyrannical dictator Doctor Doom and his counterpart from the future of the year 2099 has forced countless universes to collide in the Time Stream Tangle. , creating new worlds and still unknown crises. Now, superheroes and supervillains from across the multiverse must fight together and against each other as disparate groups attempt to defeat both Dooms before one can dominate these realities.”

The game, which will be free to play, is developed by the Chinese company NetEase Game, creator of games such as “Naraka Bladepoint” and “Knives Out.”

“Marvel Rivals” will have an initial cast of 18 characters, including heroes such as Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Groot, Hulk, Iron Man, Luna Snow, Magik, Mantis, Namor, Peni Parker, Rocket Raccoon, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Man , Storm, Star-Lord, The Punisher and villains like Loki and Magneto.

They will not be the only characters that this video game will have throughout its life and NetEase has promised continuous updates to the game, including new heroes, arenas and content

In an innovation for the genre, “Marvel Rivals” will allow two heroes to combine their powers to perform a more powerful attack.