What if Overwatch was Marvel heroes and villains? That appears to be the extraordinarily literal idea behind Web 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 Might, and now we have an official description of it that has additionally simply been revealed:

“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 growth for PC by a NetEase workforce composed of world expertise, who beforehand labored on hit franchises similar to Name of Responsibility 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 type could swing a bit towards Valorant, all the things else appears to be like 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 type of boss, or a future addition. Physician Doom is talked about as the primary villain of the preliminary storyline.

As you possibly can see, there’s a mix of Avengers, X-Males and Guardians of the Galaxy with a couple of shock additions like Luna Snow, a current Marvel creation from Marvel Future Struggle, and Peni Parker from the Spider-Verse. Additionally now we have “lesser” heroes like Mantis, whereas we’re lacking enormous heavy hitters like Captain America and Wolverine. Little question there are many future seasons and battle passes and no matter with a view to get them in a while.

There are some things that stand out from Overwatch, particularly 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 motion pictures like Rocket and Groot or Iron Man and Hulk. And naturally the largest distinction right here is that it is a third individual recreation, as superhero video games from Arkham to Spider-Man to Suicide Squad to Marvel’s Avengers all are typically, 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 lots to course of within the trailer. We see Black Panther summoning Bast. Magik turning into her demon kind. A bunch of cool strikes. 12 characters out of the 19 might be accessible to play at Closed Alpha launch, and there’s no timeline for full launch but.

It’s very simple to be skeptical of a NetEase-made Overwatch clone, however we’ll see the way it goes in a couple of months right here.

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