Despite Marvel Rivals being a newcomer in the gaming scene, the community is buzzing with excitement and speculation about future updates. Recent rumors hinted at the possibility of a thrilling PvE boss fight, sparking hopes of a new PvE mode. However, NetEase has officially stated that there are no immediate plans for such a mode...yet.
At the DICE Summit in Las Vegas, we had the opportunity to speak with Marvel Rivals producer Weicong Wu about potential PvE additions. Here's what Wu had to say:
"For now we don't have any kind of a PvE plan, but our development team is continuously experimenting with new game play modes. So if we found that a new specific game mode is entertaining enough, fun enough, we would of course bring it to our audience."
Following Wu's statement, Marvel Games executive producer Danny Koo chimed in, asking if I would be interested in a PvE mode for Marvel Rivals. I affirmed my interest, to which Wu added:
"Yeah, we believe there are some of our audience that would like the PvE mode. But also, you can see that if we come up with a hardcore PvE experience, that will be totally a different distinctive experience from what we have right now. So our development team has been continuously experimenting with different approaches to achieve that goal, maybe a lighter mode, in a lighter sense of that, and to see what would work best for our game."
While there are no definitive plans for a PvE mode at the moment, Wu's comments suggest that NetEase is exploring the concept of a "lighter" game mode, possibly something akin to a special event. For now, the company remains tight-lipped about further details.
Marvel Rivals continues to evolve, with bi-monthly updates introducing new characters. The Human Torch and The Thing are slated to join the roster on February 21. In addition to discussing PvE possibilities, we also talked with Wu and Koo about the potential for a Nintendo Switch 2 release for Marvel Rivals, which you can read more about [ttpp]. We also addressed the issue of whether NetEase was intentionally misleading dataminers with fake hero "leaks" in the game's code.
