🦸 Marvel Rivals Releases!

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Here’s everything you need to know this week in the world of gaming.

LATEST NEWS

🕹️ New PS5 Update Brings PS1 Boot Up Screen In Celebration Of 30th PlayStation Anniversary.

⚔️ CD Projekt has considered a PC only launch for The Witcher 4, but this is not the strategy it wishes to adopt.

📺️ A new report suggests that players are more engaged watching game videos than actually playing the games.

👹 Blizzard is delisting Warcraft 1 and 2 from GOG, but GOG says it's gonna preserve them forever anyway.

🤺 Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 release date brought forward.

🚗 It's been a year since the first trailer for Grand Theft Auto 6 broke the Internet, fans are disappointed that we haven’t gotten a second.

🆓 Amazon Is Giving Away Ten Games for free for Prime Subscribers.

🇬🇧 Fallout London's Team FOLON announces a DLC for their successful Fallout 4 mod.

The biggest launch of the year?

Marvel Rivals is on fire, smashing past 400,000 concurrent players according to SteamDB. While some critics can’t resist comparing it to Overwatch—former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra included—this hero shooter has clearly carved out a space of its own. Steam reviews, which sit at "Mostly Positive," are peppered with remarks like, “Better than Overwatch” and hopes that it won’t share the same fate as Blizzard’s now-controversial franchise.

One key draw? The game feels more player-friendly. Unlike many competitors, Marvel Rivals lets you unlock battle pass rewards even after a season ends—a small but meaningful win for players. And, of course, it doesn’t hurt to have icons like Spider-Man on the roster.

The gameplay sticks to the tried-and-true hero shooter formula: pick your Marvel character, dive into action, and blast your way to victory. The free-to-play model and PC accessibility make it an easy sell.

With its roaring start and clear appeal, Marvel Rivals is already shaping up as one of 2024’s biggest multiplayer hits. Blizzard may finally have a serious contender on its hands.

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