Marvel Rivals ** has revealed a new cinematic trailer at San Diego Comic-Con 2024, further exploring the main storyline of Marvel Games and NetEase Games' third-person hero shooter. It's been known since the original announcement of the game that Marvel Rivals would essentially be a multiversal story, with new worlds and Spider-Variants such as Peter and Peni Parker fighting side-by-side in the game's various arenas. However, the new trailer provided more context into why the heroes are at odds, providing a proper look at the game's main villain, Dr. Doom** , as well as Thor, a playable character who had been leaked before but wasn't featured in the Closed Alpha playtest.

It's worth noting that The Marvels does include characters like Nick Fury who aren't women, and both Black Panther movies don't have all-Black casts as Peltz claims. Regardless, it is clear Peltz does not support the creative decisions being made by Feige and Mar

The MCU has been facing some issues lately; 2023 saw two major box office disappointments in the form of The Marvels and Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania . Quantumania is also now the lowest-ranked MCU movie according to critics on Rotten Tomatoes . The Disney+ series, Secret Invasion , also earned a very low Rotten Tomatoes score and drew criticism for its use of AI. On top of this, Jonathan Majors, who was set up as Marvel's new main villain, was convicted of assault and harassment and subsequently fired from the

While it's clear that the MCU is having issues, it seems unfair to put full responsibility on Feige . There is no way Feige could have predicted the Majors situation, and The Marvels wasn't able to be promoted properly due to the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes that took place in 2023. Though The Marvels could've been delayed, it would've necessitated pushing back the entire MCU slate. It's also worth considering that the issues Peltz identified with Marvel don't hold up to scrutiny. Both Black Panther movies were huge box office successes for Marvel, as was the original Captain Marvel . The MCU 's issues are more complicated than who stars in what movie, and are the result of more than Feige's decisi

These recent comments come from activist investor Nelson Peltz, as reported by Variety , who has had some conflict with Disney CEO Bob Iger in the past. Following some statements about Black Panther and The Marvels , which misrepresented the films themselves, Peltz was asked about his thoughts on Kevin Feige. Peltz's comments on Marvel and Feige can be seen be

In the comics, Dr. Doom is not only the monarch of Latveria, but he is also an extremely skilled sorcerer and an inventor with genius-level intellect , often being depicted as one of the most intelligent beings in the Marvel universe. As such, he is often equipped with next-level technology, such as his Doombots, and has wielded enough magical power and abilities to become the Sorcerer Supreme at one point after Doctor Strange relinquished the title. The movie versions, however, show him as either a businessman or a scientist who gets either lightning or telekinetic powers from the same experiments as The Fantastic Four and often portray his rivalry with Reed as rather one-note, usually involving fighting for the affections of Sue Storm (aka. The Invisible Woman).

Why do I have to have a Marvel [movie] that’s all women?" Not that I have anything against women, but why do I have to do that? Why can’t I have Marvels that are both? Why do I need an all-Black cast?... I’m not ready to say [Kevin Feige should be removed as president of Marvel Studios], but I question his rec

In the meantime, however, I am hoping that with not one but two Dr. Dooms in Marvel Rivals , the game can show more mainstream audiences that may only be familiar with the movies and may still be discovering the wider Marvel Universe in other media can see just how impressive of a character he can be. The SDCC trailer already showed Doombots swarming the heroes, and the fact Doom is clashing with a future counterpart indicates that the character's intellect and scientific nature is definitely going to feature in the game's story, and he can be seen wielding magic atop his castle in Latveria in the trailer's closing moments, suggesting that his sorcerer abilities and monarch status will be present as well .

While the Marvel Rivals Patch Notes Rivals closed beta includes excellent character models and engaging scenery, its use of the Unreal 5 engine takes things up a notch by allowing stage destruction. This helps gameplay feel like an evolution of the hero shooter genre, which has become oversaturated with multiplayer experiences filled with cool and adorable characters fighting to take control of a specific location. While Marvel Rivals does that too, it does it in ways that will be tough for other games to ma

Nelson Peltz, an investor interested in winning some board seats at Disney, recently called Kevin Feige's ability to run the MCU into question. These comments come after the recent box office disappointment of The Marvels , and a largely disappointing 2023 for Marvel Studios and its parent company Disney. While there are some concerns that can be raised about the current state of the MCU, it is also worth noting that these statements come from an ally of the controversial ex-Marvel executive, Ike Perlmutt