Marvel introduced that “quickly” swimsuit-themed skins might be showing in widespread 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 sequence of special-edition comedian books launched within the Nineties that depicted superheroes and villains sporting bikinis, swimming trunks, and speedos. The sequence 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 carry it again after seeing DC do its personal assortment of swimsuit-themed summer time paintings 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 problem may also embody designs for brand new costumes coming quickly to Marvel Rivals, the mega widespread multiplayer online game from Marvel Video games and NetEase Video games.
We don’t have any extra data on when to count on these outfits or what they may seem like. However based mostly on the very fact they’re exhibiting up in a Swimsuit Particular, I’d guess all my Lattice and Items 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 about to hit stands on July 9. Coincidentally, that’s roughly once we count on season 3 of Rivals to start out.
Will the battle cross for season 3 be totally devoted to summer time seems and swimwear? Maybe. And if that’s the case, NetEase goes to have set up just a few extra vaults to include all the cash they’re about to make. And hey, perhaps they’ll use a few of that cash to pay folks as an alternative of laying them off? Only a thought!
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