Marvel Rivals is just hours away from launch and will feature a whopping 33 characters, heroes and villains from across the Marvel Universe in various hero shooter roles.

However, as with most games, leaks have already begun, so we have information about a number of heroes that will be added in the future. The result of an extensive data search produced the following list:

• Emma Frost
• Jean Grey/Phoenix
• blade
• Ultron
• Human Torch
• Mr. Fantastic
• Invisible woman
• The thing

So that’s the entire Fantastic Four, although I’m wondering if this is meant to align with the film’s release in 2025, which would be the case timing-wise. There are two X-Men characters: Emma Frost has offensive psychic blast powers and diamond defense powers according to data collection, and Phoenix has a lot of psychic powers and fire powers and can fly.

They join the existing roster of 33 characters, and we don’t know exactly how many new characters will be distributed and when. But as a reminder, here are the 33 starting heroes:

• Adam Warlock
• Black panther
• Black widow
• Captain America
• Cloak and dagger
• Doctor Strange
• Groot
• Hawkeye
• Hela
• Hulk
• Iron Fist
• Iron Man
• Jeff the Land Shark
• Loki
• Luna Snow
• magic
• Magneto
• mantis
• Moon Knight
• Namor
• Peni Parker
• Psylocke
• Punisher
• Rocket Raccoon
• Scarlet Witch
• Spider-Man
• Squirrel Girl
• Star Lord
• Storm
• Thor
• Poison
• Winter Soldier
• wolverine

The most prevalent characters here are the Avengers, with essentially all of the main roles from the films cast here. At the last minute, Marvel Rivals announced that other big names like Black Widow and Wolverine would actually be joining the starting lineup. The biggest “missing” group is probably the wide range of X-Men mutants that could join the fight, but again, only two of the leaked mutants are from this part of the Marvel Universe. In addition to these eight leaked titles, there is another one, Captain Marvel, that the developers have apparently hinted at.

It’s just a huge collection of Marvel icons, and it felt like this game could have launched with far less than what it is. As part of Marvel Rivals, it already seems to be exceeding expectations in almost every way. We still have to wait and see how everything fits together after launch, but we’ll get an idea in just a few hours.

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