After a decade of DC video games paling in comparison to those from Marvel, TT Games’ LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight was a much-needed slam dunk. Still, DC unfortunately doesn’t have anything other game revealed or confirmed that could compete with the likes of Insomniac’s Marvel games, EA Motive’s Iron Man game, Arkane’s Marvel’s Blade, or Skydance’s Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra.
The only hope that DC fans can confidently cling to is the possibility of NetherRealm developing a new DC fighting game, whether or not that’d turn out to be Injustice 3, and that is also sorely anticipated now that Marvel is embracing fighting games wholly again with Arc System Works’ Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls. However, the more fascinating rumor going around about DC nowadays is it having a game in the works that’s designed to rival Marvel’s massively popular 6v6 hero shooter.
For a while now, and particularly on Twitter/X lately, discourse has stirred regarding the rumor that a DC-style Marvel Rivals game could be in development. The rumor alleges that this Marvel Rivals clone would come from none other than WB Games Montréal, whose most recent game was the open-world Bat-Family action-RPG...
