"Marvel Rivals Dev: No PvE Mode Planned Yet"

Despite being a relatively new game, Marvel Rivals has already sparked excitement among players, with rumors swirling about potential additions, including a PvE boss fight. However, NetEase has recently clarified that there are currently no plans for a PvE mode...yet.

At the DICE Summit in Las Vegas, we had the opportunity to speak with Marvel Rivals producer Weicong Wu about the possibility of a PvE mode. Here's what he had to say:

"For now, we don't have any kind of a PvE plan, but our development team is continuously experimenting with new gameplay 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 like to see a PvE mode in Marvel Rivals. I expressed my interest, and Wu elaborated:

"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."

It seems that while there are no concrete plans for a PvE mode at the moment, Wu hints at the possibility of NetEase exploring a "lighter" game mode, possibly a one-off event or something similar. However, NetEase remains tight-lipped about further details.

Marvel Rivals continues to evolve, with new characters like the Human Torch and The Thing set to join the game on February 21. We also discussed with Wu and Koo the potential for a Nintendo Switch 2 release and addressed the issue of fake hero "leaks" in the game's code, which you can read about [ttpp]here[ttpp].