It remains to be seen who will be totally free. Screenshot by Dot Esports<\/figcaption><\/figure>
And my and many others’ reaction is… yeah, and? This has been happening in free games for what feels like forever. In a May 14 Reddit thread<\/a> posted about the purported “leak,” players shrugged their shoulders at the expected news. Marvel Rivals<\/a><\/em> has been confirmed as a free-to-play title, so this kind of practice should come as no surprise.<\/p>
A game similar to Marvel Rivals, Overwatch 2<\/a><\/em>, just did away with earning or buying heroes and instead has unlocked all existing and future characters for all players, so that comparison will likely draw ire from some. But as a free-to-play title, money has to be made somewhere, and if players can skip a grind to buy a new character, some likely will.<\/p>
