"Marvel Rivals Developer Confirms No PvE Mode Planned Yet"

Despite being a relatively new addition to the gaming scene, Marvel Rivals has already sparked excitement among players, with many dreaming of expansive new features. One of the most buzzed-about rumors recently has been the potential addition of a PvE boss fight, leading to speculation about an upcoming PvE mode. However, NetEase has clarified that there are no immediate plans for such a mode...yet.

At the DICE Summit in Las Vegas, we had the chance to speak with Marvel Rivals producer Weicong Wu about the possibility of a PvE mode. 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 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 to ask if a PvE mode would be something I'd be interested in, to which I responded affirmatively. Wu elaborated further:

"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 concrete plans for a PvE mode at the moment, Wu's comments suggest that NetEase is exploring the idea of introducing a "lighter" game mode. This could potentially manifest as a one-off event or something similar. For now, NetEase remains tight-lipped on further details.

Marvel Rivals continues to evolve with regular updates, with new characters like the Human Torch and The Thing slated to join the game on February 21. We also discussed with Wu and Koo the prospects of a Marvel Rivals release on the Nintendo Switch 2, which you can read about [ttpp], and we addressed the issue of whether NetEase was intentionally misleading dataminers with fake hero "leaks" in the game's code.