Marvel Rivals
It’s easy to judge Marvel Rivals on its boardroom-ordained box ticking. Yes, it’s an overly polished Overwatch clone seemingly created exclusively to leverage the Marvel brand but strip those pre-judgements away and what you’ve got is a well-crafted hero shooter, exceptionally presented, and remarkably – given it’s million-strong player base – silky smooth server performance. It’s a given that the character roster is varied, but an edge NetEase Games have capitalised on is how teaming up specific superheroes releases passive skills and new abilities, exemplifying their kinship in Marvel lore.