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From Season 3 onwards, Marvel Rivals will be getting a brand new hero / character on a monthly basis - up from two a Season.

Though it never came to be, Disney reportedly had plans at one point in the past to create a connected Marvel Gaming Universe.

Former Uncharted writer and director, Amy Hennig, has been working away on a new Marvel game for quite some time. Her new studio at Skydance revealed more details about Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra last year, including a 2025 release window. Unfortunately, the game is going to arrive much later than anticipated. 

NetEase responds to the Marvel Rivals controversy, claiming: “Depending on the circumstances, support for a project may be increased or withdrawn entirely.”

After an extended period of development, we are finally starting to get some details about EA and Cliffhanger's upcoming Black Panther game.

Shortly after firing a bunch of its developers, Marvel Rivals publisher NetEase has announced that the game has surpassed 40 million players.

Despite the game’s undeniable success, one of Marvel Rivals’ game directors has announced that he and others from his team have now been laid off.

In alignment with the upcoming release of Spider-Man 2 for PC, the Advanced Suit will be made available in Marvel Rivals – though it likely won't be free.

Marvel Rivals' first season of content is on the way. Leaks have already pointed to several new characters joining the roster, including the likes of Deadpool, Modok and Jean Grey. However, it would seem that some of those characters will be appearing later than we thought, with the developers focusing …

Former Uncharted writer and director, Amy Hennig, has been working away on a new Marvel game for quite some time. Her new studio at Skydance is slowly revealing more details about Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra, which stars two fan-favourite heroes from the Marvel roster, Captain America and Black Panther. …

Marvel Rivals keep reaching new milestones, with the latest being passing the 20 million player mark just 11 days after it launched. To celebrate it, NetEase is offering an in-game spray paint. The official Marvel Rivals X account announced the achievement and revealed a special gift for the community. Players …

Unlike most other live-service games, Marvel Rivals Battle Passes won’t expire by the end of the Season - meaning you hopefully shouldn't suffer from any FOMO.

The highly anticipated hero shooter, Marvel Rivals, is ready to assemble! With its official launch just around the corner, developer Second Dinner Studios has announced that the game has gone gold, signalling a smooth liftoff for the upcoming hero shooter. While leveraging a popular IP like Marvel doesn't guarantee success, …

Ahead of its launch early next month, the Marvel Rivals team have shared a bunch of new launch details – alongside Season 1 plans.

Sony has been slowly but surely accelerating how quickly they bring their PlayStation 5 console exclusives to PC, with the likes of God of War Ragnarök arriving just under two years from its initial release. The next game coming to the platform is Spider-Man 2 – set to drop onto Steam and Epic this upcoming January.

Marvel Rivals has gone through plenty of playtests in recent months and so far, the game appears to be in a pretty well-polished state. However, we are going to have to wait a few more months for the full launch, which has now been set for December.  Marvel Rivals, the …

Years ago, Activision published and developed a number of classic Marvel games, which have since disappeared from the digital market due to expiring licenses. Two of the biggest notable examples, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Deadpool, could be poised for a comeback soon as Microsoft is reportedly in talks with Marvel.  …

Marvel Rivals is one of the biggest upcoming free-to-play multiplayer games, with the 3rd-person Overwatch-like Hero shooter receiving a great deal of buzz during its beta period. With the game set to arrive at some point in the unknown future, the team at Marvel have revealed their plans for ‘surprise’ …

Over the years, Epic Games has cultivated a strong relationship with Disney – seeing a ton of characters from across their many IPs brought into Fortnite. It seems the two companies are set to take their partnership further, with Disney rumoured to be getting its own bespoke Fortnite shop.

Back in 2019, famed video game director Amy Hennig established a new games division within Skydance Media, with the first project announced to be a Captain America / Black Panther led action-adventure title known as Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Set to arrive some time next year, Skydance have now …

Marvel Rivals is an upcoming Hero shooter in the vein of Overwatch, Paladins and other contemporaries. Ahead of its release at some point in the hopefully not-too-distant future, the PvP shooter was promised to be getting a number of closed betas – the invites for which are going out right …

Microsoft are no strangers to producing odd and gimmicky Xbox controllers, with the latest generation alone seeing a ton of different and weird crossover controllers – including but not limited to a pizza-scented TMNT controller and furry Sonic the Hedgehog / Knuckles the Echidna themed Xbox controllers. Not to be …

Disney is the latest massive corporation to suffer a major databreach. The group behind the hack claims to have gained access to internal files and systems by exploiting weak accounts on the company's Slack platform.  The breach, as reported by Hackread, was conducted by the group ‘NullBulge', and the leak …

Marvel Rivals is an upcoming Hero shooter in the vein of Overwatch, Paladins and other contemporaries. Ahead of its release at some point in the hopefully not-too-distant future, the PvP shooter has gotten a couple closed alpha tests on PC. Now, it's time for console players to give the game …

Each week, those with an Epic Games Store account are privy to a number of titles for free. In alignment with Summer Game Fest and all the excitement, Epic are giving away Marvel’s Midnight Suns. Available to add to your library from now until the 13th of June at 4PM …

Later this evening, Sony will be going live with its latest State of Play stream, during which we will see 14 new games announced for PS5 and PlayStation VR2. As usual, most of the trailers due to be shown have already been uploaded to YouTube in unlisted or privatised form, …

Earlier this week, those who got into the closed alpha playtest for Marvel Rivals quickly got to work datamining for leaks. As it turns out, the developers behind Rivals have ideas for as many as 39 characters. However, currently only 14 of them are in the game.  One player who …

Marvel has not had much success with its AAA games so far, with titles like The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy failing to meet sales expectations. However, the company has found great success in the free to play market with games like Marvel Snap and other mobile-focused titles. The …

Earlier this month, Marvel Games announced a new partnership with NetEase to produce Marvel Rivals, a new PvP shooter featuring a full cast of Marvel characters. Currently, the game is only announced for PC, with plans for beta testing to take place soon. However, it does look like the game …

Earlier this week, Marvel began teasing a new upcoming game announcement, which was quickly rumoured to be a multiplayer game, rather than a single-player, story-driven title. Now, Marvel Rivals has officially announced and surprisingly, parts of it look like they were ripped straight out of Overwatch.  Overwatch has been on …