All Marvel Rivals upcoming characters, heroes and villains

Thanks to leaks we have a pretty good idea of new heroes coming to Marvel Rivals in the future, with datamining providing details on what heroes are on the horizon.

The game now sports 35 Marvel Rivals characters with the recent addition of Mr Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, but Netease’s new hero shooter isn’t stopping there if the information seeping out is anything to go by.

Below we'll cover all the confirmed characters to come, as well as look at the upcoming Marvel Rivals heroes that are only leaked right now as a result of the community datamining.

When are The Human Torch and The Thing coming to Marvel Rivals?

The Human Torch and The Thing from the Fantastic Four have been confirmed for Marvel Rivals, but the release date is currently less clear, especially with Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman having already been added - and the other two members on the main menu of the game already.

Marvel Rivals' official press has not given an exact release date yet, but has stated that "Invisible Woman and Mister Fantastic will be released in the first half of (Season 1), followed by Human Torch and The Thing in the second half."

This means that in a 90-day season starting on January 10, we will likely see Human Torch and The Thing added at some point near the end of February, in roughly six or seven weeks, though it's possible that their release could be changed or rescheduled before then. Still, we're looking forward to whatever new Marvel Rival Team ups appear as a result.

Leaked upcoming Marvel Rivals characters

Due to the datamining of in-game files, many leakers have found references to various upcoming characters that are seemingly being worked on. Obviously, with all of these, it’s mostly speculation based on information found in the files. However, it’s clear Netease has plans for these characters, as work on them appears ongoing.
The most infamous leak comes from Miller Ross, who leaked a massive list of upcoming characters in May, which has thus far proven correct. Out of the characters that still haven’t come to the game on that list, there are:

• Human Torch
• Ultron
• Blade
• The Thing

Considering the list had names like Wolverine, Squirrel Girl, and Moon Knight months before they were announced, there’s a strong chance we see these characters join the fray. We’ve also seen the introduction of Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman in Season 1, as Ross originally reported, and it’s been confirmed Human Torch and The Thing will come in the second half of the season.

Ultron is another prominent character we've seen plenty of, courtesy of X/Twitter account Marvel Rivals Leaks.

However, despite the ability leak below claiming a season 1 debut, Ultron appears to be delayed to season 2 having not appeared in the new season (yet). Whenever he arrives leaked info details he'll be a two-star Strategist with the following abilities:

1. Rage of Ultron - Summoning Ultron Drones to fire Encephalo Rays, damaging opponents and healing allies.
2. Dynamic Flight - Quickly fly in the direction of movement and enter free flight.
3. Imperative: Patch - Send a giant drone to follow and ally, constantly healing allies in a radius around it with extra healing for the targeted ally.
4. Imperative: Firewall - Summon Drones to give bonus health to allies within range, focused on Ultron and the ally marked with Imperative: Patch.
5. Algorithm Correction - Hold Space to fall slowly.

However, that’s not all. Other names have turned up in the files of Marvel Rival’s builds. Dataminer Matfacio has mentioned references to three other characters in the form of:

• Captain Marvel
• Hit-Monkey
• Angela

Fumo Leaks also went into the Chinese build and found strong evidence that Jean Grey and Emma Frost are not too far off either. Miller Ross has also teased The Hood for Marvel Rivals too. For those unaware, the Hood is a Marvel villain who recently took on the Ghost Rider mantle. Whether this would be The Hood pre or post-Ghost Rider isn’t clear though as information seems limited.

Matfacio also mentions that there are references to Deadpool potentially being a playable character in the game files, but has cautioned about potential misdirection due to some irregularities with the files, saying, “I don't want to fall into their trap”.

XOXLEAK, a team of dataminers claim to have also found reference to more heroes that are planned. In a post on X, they claim to have found these files were found as part of the Season 1 update. Within the files, they reportedly found reference to:

• Professor X
• Jia Jing
• Paste Pot Pete
• Colossus
• Locus

ater on, the team also posted a contextless tweets with a picture of Cyclops, simply stating “Scott Summers”. While not explicitly a confirmation there are files related to the character in the game, it does seem as if the the group is teasing it.

Elsewhere, more officially, Marvel Rivals has featured Knull and Doctor Doom in promotional material, though they aren’t currently playable. Two versions of Doctor Doom are the antagonists for Marvel Rival’s Season 0, and Knull turned up in the seasonal launch trailer. They both have official art, so could become characters down the line.

Full list of leaked Marvel Rivals characters

Bringing all these leaks together, here’s the full list of leaked Marvel Rivals upcoming characters that have been reportedly datamined from in-game files:

• Ultron
• Human Torch
• Mr. Fantastic
• Blade
• Invisible Woman
• The Thing
• Captain Marvel
• Hit-Monkey
• Angela
• Emma Frost
• Jean Grey
• The Hood (maybe Ghost Rider)
• Deadpool
• Professor X
• Jia Jing
• Paste Pot Pete
• Colossus
• Locus
• Scott Summers

As ever, take these with a pinch of salt. Just because a character shows up in the files doesn’t guarantee that they will be released. It wouldn’t be the first time a developer has hidden red herrings in their code. However, we now know that the game is planning to release two heroes a season from now on. This means, if all of these were true, this could be the list of upcoming characters for the next two years or so.

That said, it seems likely we will be hearing something about these characters at some point in the future.

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