When Marvel Rivals launched, the game's development team set itself a lofty goal: add a new hero to the roster every month and a half. So far, it's made good on that promise, and there is still plenty of depth the team can pull from.
With almost 100 years' worth of heroes and villains to pull from, an estimated 7,000 in total, at NetEase's current cadence, they would have enough heroes for 875 years' worth of additions, a challenge the team is taking in its stride.
With the game now entering its second year, we had the chance to speak to the Marvel Rivals team, and we asked them whether they planned to slow the release of new heroes in the near future, to which the answer was a resounding no.
Marvel Rivals officially launched with 33 characters. It was an eclectic range, spanning from the most recognizable, like Iron Man, Spider-Man, and Wolverine, to the more obscure, like Squirrel Girl, Jeff the Land Shark, and Luna Snow. Since then, another 12 have been added, with at least two more confirmed in the pipeline: Deadpool and Elsa Bloodstone. That's an average of one per month.
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