Almost all live-service games have died a notable death this year, with the high-profile titles like “Concord,” “Foam Stars,” “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League” and “XDefiant” all failing to find an audience and dying an ignominious death.
But every now and then a title succeeds which keeps the hope alive for executives trying to chase those wild live-service dreams. Things worked out for “Helldivers 2” earlier this year, and now this week’s release of “Marvel Rivals” it’s happened again in a potentially even bigger way.
NetEase Games’ title launched on December 6th as free-to-play and it’s already off to a strong start, the game reportedly pulling in 10 million players in its first three days.
To put that in comparison, “Overwatch 2” passed 25 million players within ten days of its launch – so this is a very good start. The game has also hit a high of 480,990 concurrent players on Steam – the second-biggest-launch for a brand-new free-to-play game ever on that platform.
“Marvel Rivals” boasts thirty-three playable characters from the Marvel universe including Magneto, Wolverine, Captain America, Spider-Man, Iron Man, Magik, Cloak and Dagger, and more.
Gameplay takes place across eight maps and boasts modes like Convergence (King of the Hill), Convoy (Escort), Convergence (Hybrid) and Conquest (Death Match).
Source: Gaming Bolt
