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Title: Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is a new tag fighting game from the devs
of Guilty Gear

Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2025 22:36:33 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/marvel-tokon-...

"Avengers assemble" isn't just a call to action for superheroes; it's also
the basis for a new tag fighting game. The reveal of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting
Souls closed out PlayStation's State of Play presentation ahead of Summer
Games Fest 2025. PlayStation Studios and Marvel Games are teaming up with Arc
System Works, the studio behind the Guilty Gear fighting game series, for
this project. The game is scheduled to launch some time in 2026 on
PlayStation 5 and on PC through the Steam and Epic stores.

The trailer shows several members of the Marvel roster ΓÇö Captain America,
Iron Man, Spider-Man, Doctor Doom, Storm, Ms. Marvel, Star-Lord and Ghost
Rider ΓÇö cycling on screen and showing off their abilities. Team-based
fighting games have a long lineage, but those are commonly trios of
characters controlled by a single competitor. Marvel Tōkon ups the ante with
a 4v4 team system.

The additional team member creates even more potential for flashy combination
attacks. "One of the appeals of Marvel comics is seeing the vast cast of
characters coming together to create all kinds of unique team-ups," Game
Director and Lead Battle Designer Kazuto Sekine said of the design choice.
"With these two ideas in mind, we concluded that creating a 4v4 team VS
system would be the best way to not only create those over-the-top moments,
but to further evolve the tag fighting genre."

Marvel is having a bit of a moment in gaming, with the team shooter Marvel
Rivals becoming a surprise sensation in recent months despite heavy
competition from established titles. (Unfortunately, that success didn't save
several members of the North American dev team from being laid off in
February.) It should be fascinating to compare how the two genres interpret
the iconic characters and their powers.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/marvel-tokon-...
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