Marvel Rivals Leaks: Cyclops, Gambit, Rogue and More Might Be Coming Soon

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Marvel Rivals, the popular new free-to-play hero shooter, has a large roster of comic book characters, but there are plenty of heroes and villains in the Marvel universe that players want to be added soon. Thanks to a new leak, there might be some hope of these characters making their way to the hero shooter. 

Data miners have combed through lines of code deep within Marvel Rivals to see if there are any mentions of a new character being added to the game. They’re surfacing hints of possible heroes weeks if not months before developer NetEase Games makes the official announcement of them coming to the game. While these leaked characters are not guaranteed to be released, it gives some insight into the developer’s plans for the game’s ever-growing roster of heroes. 

Here’s what you need to know about leaked Marvel Rivals characters.

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Who are Marvel Rivals characters that have already been leaked? 

One data miner posted a list of characters possibly coming to the game back on Jan. 23. This includes:

  • Professor X
  • Colossus
  • Paste Pot Pete
  • Jia Jing
  • Gambit
  • Rogue
  • Nightcrawler
  • Jubilee
  • Beast
  • Locus

Some of the other characters that had been previously leaked for potential release in the future are: 

  • Ultron
  • Blade
  • Angela
  • Captain Marvel
  • Deadpool
  • Emma Frost
  • Hit-Monkey
  • The Hood
  • Phoenix (Jean Grey)
  • M.O.D.O.K.

NetEase Games didn’t respond to an email confirming whether these characters will be coming to Marvel Rivals.

When will these characters show up in Marvel Rivals? 

There are no hints as to when or if any of these characters will come to the game. The newly rumored characters are mainly X-Men, so the next season of Marvel Rivals will likely focus on the mutant characters in Marvel’s universe. The hero shooter is currently in the middle of its first season featuring the Fantastic Four, which were also leaked before the season started on Jan. 10. 

However, according to a message from a Discord for data miners posted on X, NetEase Games is aware of what data miners are doing and could deliberately insert the names of characters that the developer has no intention of bringing to the game. 

Which characters were leaked and then added to the Marvel Rivals roster?

Before the start of Marvel Rivals season 1 on Jan. 10, the Fantastic Four — Mr. Fantastic, Human Torch, The Thing and the Invisible Woman — were leaked. 

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How do data miners find these leaks? 

As the name implies, these data miners sift through the game’s extensive codebase to find specific lines of code providing any details of what’s coming next. With live service games such as Marvel Rivals or Fortnite, developers have to constantly update the game to fix issues, add new features and more. They also tend to get the game ready for big updates by pushing some of the data into the earlier, smaller updates. This means whenever Marvel Rivals gets an update, data leakers comb through the code to see if there are any changes that the developer didn’t post about in the patch notes. They look for names, abilities and voice packs for the upcoming characters. 

Developers are aware of this happening and will try to avoid leaks by hiding the data within the code or adding some false names to throw data miners off. There are also cases where the developer intended to add something new and data miners found it, but for whatever reason it didn’t pan out, so the developers never pushed the new content live and deleted it in another update. 




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