Marvels Rivals will add a new hero every 6 weeks

Live service hit Marvels Rivals will introduce a new hero every six weeks, the game’s director has confirmed.

Guangyun Chen discussed how frequently NetEase is planning to add fresh characters to the game in an interview coinciding with Season 1’s launch last week.

Eternal Night Falls is a vampire-themed season which introduces the Fantastic Four to battle against the forces of Dracula.

It’s a bumper season which includes Invisible Woman and Mister Fantastic in its first half, followed by Human Torch and The Thing in the second half.

Season 1 also features three new maps, special events and a new Doom Match game mode.

“Every season we’ll be rolling out fresh seasonal stories, new maps, and new heroes,” Chen told Metro.

“We’ll actually be breaking down each season into two halves. The length of one season is three months. And for each half of the season, we will introduce a new hero.

“We just eventually want to continue to enhance the experience, and, you know, keep everyone excited in our community.”

Chen also discussed how NetEase is approaching picking new heroes for the game.

“Our choice of heroes will be guided by the overall gameplay experience or theme that we want to create for each season,” he explained “So it’ll revolve around the season and right now, at post-launch, we have eight Vanguards and seven Strategists at launch.

“The team believes that it gives the players a solid variety for tactical match-ups or team composition. Having more Duelists at the moment will definitely enhance the Duelist experience, letting players dive a little bit deeper into that aspect.

“So lastly, big shout out to our community, as we’ve seen a lot of feedback as we look ahead to future seasons, starting with Season One, we would definitely keep this in mind when introducing new heroes, and we would make want to make sure that everyone feels heard and excited.”

The launch of Season 1 saw Marvel Rivals attract 644,269 concurrent players on Steam on January 11, launching it to number 14 in the platform’s all-time highest concurrent player counts.