Marvel Rivals Developer Says There's Currently No Plan for a PvE Mode

Marvel Rivals, while still relatively new, is already sparking player interest in significant content additions. Recent rumors of a potential PvE boss fight fueled speculation about an upcoming PvE mode. However, NetEase recently clarified that, for now, there are no plans for a full-fledged PvE mode.

At the DICE Summit in Las Vegas, we spoke with Marvel Rivals producer Weicong Wu about the possibility of a PvE mode. His response: "For now we don't have any kind of a PvE plan, but our development team is continuously experimenting with new gameplay modes. So if we found that a new specific game mode is entertaining enough, fun enough, we would of course bring it to our audience."

Following this, Marvel Games executive producer Danny Koo inquired about our interest in a PvE mode (we expressed our desire for one). Wu elaborated: "Yeah, we believe there are some of our audience that would like the PvE mode. But also, you can see that if we come up with a hardcore PvE experience, that will be totally a different distinctive experience from what we have right now. So our development team has been continuously experimenting with different approaches to achieve that goal, maybe a lighter mode, in a lighter sense of that, and to see what would work best for our game."

Currently, concrete plans for a full PvE mode are absent. However, Wu hinted at NetEase exploring ideas for a "lighter" mode, possibly a limited-time event or similar addition. Further details remain undisclosed.

Marvel Rivals continues to receive updates approximately every six weeks, introducing new characters. Human Torch and The Thing are slated to join the roster on February 21st. We also discussed with Wu and Koo the potential for a Nintendo Switch 2 release (details available in a separate article) and addressed the topic of potential "fake hero leaks" in the game's code.