Key Takeaways
- The Marvel Rivals team has full access to legendary IP, including comics and the MCU.
- The game does not include a story mode. Instead, it focuses on multiplayer storytelling.
- The game director says that with the skillset focused on PvP titles, story mode was never part of the team's plans.
The Marvel Rivals team retains all rights to the legendary IP. This includes comics, older video games, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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However, despite its unprecedented accessibility, lead game designer Guangyun Chen told a handful of media outlets at the Tokyo Game Show that story mode was never considered part of the game's plans.
“Our plan was to make this game from scratch.”
Chen was asked if the NetEase team had ever considered a story mode for the upcoming shooter.
“When we got the IP, our plan was to make this game from scratch. It has always been solid. We are making a 6v6 superhero team building game. We are making a PvP game. We are making a PvE game. Story mode is not in our plans or roadmap,” Chen said.
Story mode is not in our plans or roadmap.
While some may feel it's a waste of IP, Chen said this is where the team's expertise lies.
“Our team really loves competition and competitive game modes, so we wanted to inject that kind of style or functionality and make Marvel Rivals into that kind of game.”
Instead, Marvel Rivals seeks to tell its story through multiplayer game modes. “The storytelling process is really in the game. “It moves and varies depending on the player’s actions and progress,” Chen said, adding, “Each season will have its own theme that will help further refine the story we want to tell players.” He added:
In a one-on-one interview with Chen and a group interview we participated in, the director went into detail about how he plans to further leverage the Marvel IP and how he's confident Concord's failure won't be repeated in his own game.
Marvel Rivals is a 6v6 third-person shooter featuring teams of comic book heroes and villains. Includes a variety of destructible maps from across the Marvel universe, with new content added regularly.
- released
- December 6, 2024
- developer
- NetEase Games
- publisher
- NetEase Games
