Marvel introduced that “quickly” swimsuit-themed skins will probably be showing in in style free-to-play shooter Marvel Rivals. Do you hear that loud noise? That’s the sound of Marvel Rivals developer NetEase putting in new vaults to carry all the cash they’re about to make.
On April 17, Marvel introduced that in July it’s bringing again its Swimsuit Particular. This was an ongoing collection of special-edition comedian books launched within the Nineteen Nineties that depicted superheroes and villains sporting bikinis, swimming trunks, and speedos. The collection was pure fan service, however over time—because it added extra gender parity—it was generally celebrated by critics in the way it equally sexualized men and women. The final Swimsuit Particular arrived in 1995. It’s attainable Marvel opted to convey it again after seeing DC do its personal assortment of swimsuit-themed summer season art work in 2024.
Now, for followers of Marvel Rivals on the market, you’ll be very on this bit included within the Swimsuit Particular announcement:
The difficulty may also embrace designs for brand new costumes coming quickly to Marvel Rivals, the mega in style multiplayer online game from Marvel Video games and NetEase Video games.
We don’t have any extra info on when to anticipate these outfits or what they’ll seem like. However based mostly on the very fact they’re exhibiting up in a Swimsuit Particular, I’d wager all my Lattice and Models that we’re getting some bikinis and speedos in Rivals.
It’s predicted that the swimsuit skins will arrive in Marvel Rivals across the identical time as Marvel’s launch of the brand new swimsuit-themed comedian, which is ready to hit stands on July 9. Coincidentally, that’s roughly once we anticipate season 3 of Rivals to start out.
Will the battle go for season 3 be solely devoted to summer season seems to be and swimwear? Maybe. And if that’s the case, NetEase goes to have set up a number of extra vaults to comprise all the cash they’re about to make. And hey, perhaps they’ll use a few of that cash to pay folks as a substitute of laying them off? Only a thought!
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