In the open beta of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, 15 characters will be available (listed below) and six scenarios inspired by Marvel locations, including Marvel’s New York (day), Savage Land, X-Mansion, Wisdom, Wakanda and Marvel’s New York (night). Regarding the game modes, causal games will be enabled to face rivals of a similar skill level and qualifying games to climb positions in a competitive environment. Also included will be local Versus mode to fight against a friend or the CPU, Training mode and an interactive tutorial.
The 15 fighters available in the open beta are:
Avengers Fighters
- Captain America
- Iron Man
- Black Panther
Unbreakable X-Men
- Storm
- Magic
- Wolverine
- Danger
Amazing Guardians
- Spider-Man
- Ms. Marvel
- Star-Lord
- penny parker
Midnight Samurai
Death Knights
The Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls open beta will have full localization in Spanish and American Spanish, among other languages.
In addition to beating each other online and locally, participants in the Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls open beta will be able to take a look at Episode mode. Players will have at their disposal the first three chapters of the story of the Amazing Guardians, in which Spider-Man begins to assemble his team to face a mysterious threat that descends on Earth. Episode mode features a script written by Kieron Gillen, a renowned comic book writer and former video game journalist.
«If you played during last year’s closed betas, you’ll notice that Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has continued to evolve,» says a Sony representative. «Based on community feedback, we’ve refined the game, improved mechanics, and made numerous adjustments to the entire experience to deliver an even more exciting and accessible team-based fighting game.»
Developed by Arc System Works, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls will be available on August 6 for PS5 and PC. The title will not be accompanied by the FlexStrike wireless arcade fighting stick, whose release has been delayed until further notice.