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News18
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Marvel Rivals Season 3 Trailer: Phoenix And Blade Join The Fight Against Knull
Last Updated: The new season is titled 'The Abyss Awakens,' and it is officially launching on July 11, 2025, UTC. Big news for Marvel Rivals fans! The hero shooter video game, developed by NetEase Games in collaboration with Marvel Games, just got a new season. On Tuesday, July 1, the developers released the trailer for Marvel Rivals season 3, giving players a glimpse into what's to come. The new season is titled 'The Abyss Awakens," and it is officially launching on July 11, 2025, UTC. The trailer begins with the rise of dark forces deep within the planet of Klyntar. It is the god of the symbiotes, Knull. This time, he is ready to spread his darkness across the universe and to do so, he sends out a powerful, new dark queen, Hela, to lead the charge. But heroes are all set to stand against his dark powers. Before even the trailer dropped, there were rumours that Blade and Phoenix would be joining the Marvel Rivals in season 3. Those speculations came true. As seen in the trailer, Phoenix fights with Hela, followed by Blade's entry. Towards the end, both were seen fighting together against an empowered Hela. It is expected that Phoenix will be available in the game right from the beginning of season 3, and Blade might join her mid-season. Taking to X, the official Marvel Rivals account released the trailer, writing, 'In the wake of the Timestream Entanglement, Knull stirs deep within Klyntar's core, stretching his shadowed hands across the cosmos. Power promised by the dark symbiote god beckons the awakening of a new queen. The Phoenix arrives from across the stars to erase Klyntar before the darkness can rise again! However, she'll require unlikely aid from a warrior of two worlds who lives to fight against the tide of night. As the god of the symbiotes and the Phoenix Force collide, will you burn with the light of creation or embrace the darkness?" Marvel Rivals Season 3: The Abyss AwakensIn the wake of the Timestream Entanglement, Knull stirs deep within Klyntar's core, stretching his shadowed hands across the cosmos. Power promised by the dark symbiote god beckons the awakening of a new queen. The Phoenix arrives from… — Marvel Rivals (@MarvelRivals) July 1, 2025 Besides the storyline, character reveal, and role of Knull in season 3, the new trailer has not given many hints about the content. In the coming days, players could expect more information on new events, cosmetic skins, gameplay additions, as well as a new Klyntar map. Before the release of the new season of Marvel Rivals, players can expect a short maintenance period; it is best advised to complete the battle pass and claim rewards from Season 2.5. First Published: July 02, 2025, 09:36 IST
Geek Tyrant
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Tyrant
Fun Trailer For The New DEADPOOL VR Game Starring Neil Patrick Harris — GeekTyrant
If you've ever wanted to step into Deadpool's blood-soaked boots to make a complete bloody mess of the Marvel Universe, your moment is almost here. Meta Quest just dropped the trailer for Marvel's Deadpool VR , and Neil Patrick Harris is voicing the Merc with a Mouth, bringing the chaos, sarcasm, and deeply questionable decisions to virtual reality. Developed by Twisted Pixel and Oculus Studios in partnership with Marvel Games, this is a full-blown, fourth-wall-breaking rampage that tosses you straight into a brand-new Deadpool storyline. In classic Wade Wilson fashion, he signs a shady contract without reading the fine print, because of course he does, and gets zapped into Mojoworld. What follows is a gonzo tour through Marvel's weirder corners, packed with iconic (and not-so-iconic) villains, all ripe for dismemberment. Here's the official pitch: 'After being pulled through a portal to Mojoworld, Deadpool sees a chance to get rich—like really rich. He signs a sketchy contract without reading any of the fine print and then it's off to visit a bunch of locations from across the Marvel universe, battling against iconic (and not-so-iconic) villains. It's real metaverse stuff—in the Marvel Universe sense, not the VR one.' The game is dropping in late 2025 for Meta Quest 3 and 3S, and based on the trailer, it's shaping up to be wildly unhinged in all the right ways. The devs aren't holding back, either. 'Sure, you can simply stab or shoot your enemies, but where's the fun in that? Punch someone while holding a grenade? Check. Take your recently exploded-off arm and throw it at the bad guys? Gross, but also check. Hold an enemy's face into a spinning propeller? A bloody, but efficient, check. Soldiers, demonic dogs, weird humanoid lizards, creepy worm-things, they're all waiting to be dismembered in creative (some might say sadistic) ways.' You can watch the trailer now, fresh out of Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, and start preparing your stomach for VR-induced violence and fourth-wall-breaking shenanigans.
Geek Feed
08-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Geek Feed
Marvel Tokon: Is It Game Over for Marvel vs. Capcom?
Marvel Rivals had been a huge win for Marvel Games, and ever since the release of the collection, fans have been hoping for a reveal of the next Marvel vs. Capcom game. As it turns out, we're getting a Marvel-themed fighting game in the same vein as MvC , but it will be a completely new series. Check out Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls : For context Arc System Works is behind fighting game titles like Guilty Gear and Dragon Ball FighterZ. By the looks of it, they've given the Marvel heroes of Tokon their own special anime spin, and we have fresh looks for characters like Captain America, Iron Man, and even Ms. Marvel. We don't know who else could be coming to the roster, but characters spotted in the background include Thor and Daredevil. The way previous Arc System games have also worked, it's possible that they could be releasing characters regularly in the form of DLC. A lot of fans have been wondering why Marvel vs. Capcom hasn't made any announcements despite the fan demand, but some speculate that it has something to do with Capcom not being pleased with the results of their latest MvC title Infinite which came out back in 2017. "it looks like Marvel Vs. Capcom 4, but due to international copyright laws, it's not." — Meester (@GoofTesticles) June 4, 2025 While some fans think that there's a chance for MvC in the future, it does look like Arc Sys has this in the bag. There's already a lot of hype for it, and I can't imagine anything Capcom could do at this point besides just do some crossover DLC with Tokon . Who knows, maybe MvC5 could happen, but Tokon is definitely going to have some implications on what happens with it. No specific release date has been announced for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls , but we should expect the title to release sometime in 2026 for PC and PS5.
Gizmodo
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
‘Marvel Tokon' Puts Marvel Back in Its Best Gaming Home
Before the likes of Insomniac Games and Square Enix got their hands on Marvel, the publisher's superheroes inhabited many a genre. But they were most at home in the fighting space—X-Men: Children of the Atom, Marvel Super Heroes, and of course its many, many crossovers with Capcom, which famously include the vs. Capcom series, are fondly remembered and define Marvel's video game presence. Since 2017's Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite, and with the growing popularity of cinematic action-adventure titles, no one knew if Marvel would ever return to the fighting space. Then came PlayStation's recent State of Play stream, which concluded with the reveal of a wholly new title: Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, courtesy of Arc System Works, the Japanese studio best known for BlazBlue and several Dragon Ball fighting titles. The 2026-bound game has caught attention online thanks to its art style and the pedigree of its developer. Oh, and it's a 4v4 tag team fighter, the very same thing which defined Marvel vs. Capcom. (Save for that series being 3v3.) A behind-the-scenes video for Marvel Tōkon shows this wasn't just a happy accident. Marvel Games' Michael Francisco explicitly stated PlayStation came to them with a desire to 'bring Marvel back to the forefront of the tag-team fighting genre,' a tacit admission that Infinite came and went faster than expected. The game reportedly missed its sales targets after less than a year of release, and launched to decent, but not glowing, reviews. A particular critque was aimed at its roster; previous entries got to have big, then-out there choices like Nova, MODOK, and Silver Samurai. Infinte was not so lucky, and coming out at the height of the MCU, it primarily featured characters Marvel had the rights to, which famously meant the loss of a bunch of series staples, including no Doctor Doom or X-Men of any kind. Since then, things have worked in Marvel's favor (read: Disney bought all of Fox) that it's been less restrictive about who's in their big video games. Blade, the Fantastic Four, and various X-Men are all over Marvel Rivals and Midnight Suns when they wouldn't have been just a decade earlier. That freedom will be a big help for Tōkon; rosters are a huge draw of fighting games, and Arc System Works showed it's got the juice right away with its opening lineup including Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan), Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes), Storm, and Doctor Doom. There's likely some intentional cross-mixing here with NetEase's future Rivals additions—sooner or later, Kamala and Robbie will be in the game, I'm certain—but it also doesn't hurt that several characters will use this game to make their debut in the genre. Fighting games are big and flashy as hell, and one way to get people interested would be showing how someone like Miles Morales or the Vision translates to a genre we've never seen them inhabit before. Also working in Tōkon's favor is how it'll run unopposed in the licensed fighting game space for a while, at least when it comes to its direct competitor. After Injustice 2 in 2017, NetherRealm has kept its focus on Mortal Kombat, likely in part because it didn't know if it'd even get to to keep making Injustice. Now that it's closed the book on Mortal Kombat 1, a third Injustice is probably around the corner eventually. But making games takes time, and the studio's next project is likely a year or two away from a reveal, much less release. Until then, Arc System Works will keep on showing off its roster, gameplay mechanics, and art design to an audience more than eager to play with a shiny new Marvel thing. With the existence of Marvel Tōkon, a popular joke floating around is how put out Capcom might feel about all this. The Resident Evil publisher has had plenty of hits in recent years that it might be willing to let Marvel vs. Capcom hang on the shelf indefinitely, but it might also renew the developer's desire to get the franchise back on track. A collection of remastered games from 2024 might've helped get the ball rolling on a potential revival, and last year, Capcom producer Shuhei Mastumoto underlined that both companies would be keen to bring MvC back. Having a classic fighting series stand alongside a fresh new one would definitely be a boon to Marvel and their respective developers. We won't know until we know, but regardless of how things shake out, lovers of the fighting game space will be more than satiated.
Gizmodo
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Marvel's New Fighting Game Looks Simply Awesome
PlayStation's State of Play livestream brought exciting news for fans of Marvel's fighting games, with a surprising twist. Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls—arriving in 2026 for PC and PS5—is coming not from Capcom, developer of so many past Marvel games in the genre, but instead from a different Japanese company, Arc System Works (Guilty Gear, BlazBlue). Also of note, the game is a 4v4 tag-team fighter, and features some snazzy tokusatsu-inspired designs for its large roster of familiar characters. The announcement trailer touting the collaboration between PlayStation Studios, Arc System Works, and Marvel Games gives you some eye candy to go with those details: PlayStation's official blog offers a few more details beyond that incredibly fun and high-energy teaser video: 'Generally, a team VS fighting game requires the player to learn multiple characters,' explained game director and lead battle designer Kazuto Sekine. 'But for Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, you only need to master one character in order to play the game. We have designed the mechanics in such a way that you can perform a variety of actions with either traditional fighting game inputs or simple inputs. With the press of a few buttons, multiple characters can appear on screen to provide backup or attack together—creating a new and exciting team VS battle experience.' Those characters, the teaser and the blog post confirm, include Captain America, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, Storm, Ms. Marvel, Star-Lord, and Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes). They will each feature 'a bespoke set of Normal, Special, and Unique attacks inspired by their abilities and powers in Marvel lore,' with special consideration given to the game's format as a specifically 4v4 tag-team fighter. Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls arrives next year. Will you be checking out based on this first extended glimpse?
