Marvel Rivals Chinese New Year event like Overwatch

It’s hard not to do it Overwatch comparison to Marvel Rivalsgive an idea of ​​what the upcoming Chinese New Year event will look like. Those of us who have been playing Blizzard’s hero shooter for the past eight years have seen this before.

Spring Festivalwhich starts on January 23, introduces a new limited time that is the beginning of Rocket League without cars. It is called Clash of Dancing Lions, and it will take place in a large area with the goals of the end. The group passes a ball around and tries to score goals using Black Widow, Iron Fist, and Star-Lord – in the lion dance, of course. If you change the heroes with Lúcio by Overwatchyou only have Lucioballmode that has been in the game since its first Summer Games took place in 2016.

It is also like those Marvel Rivals Heroes get lion dance MVP animations just like them Overwatch competitors. Obviously, no game invented the Chinese New Year celebration or the the dance associated with it, but the similarity of the events is difficult to ignore.

Overwatch is going bigger with its Lunar New Year celebrations this year in part because it will return to China on February 19, via Publisher NetEase, no less. In a letter Last week on Xiaohongshu (also known as RedNote), the director of the game Aaron Keller announced a bunch of cosmetics back and a whole set of Chinese mythology-themed skins coming into his next season.

But until then, it will be Marvel Rivals’ turn to be happy. And even if the new type of game is nothing like Lúcioball, you can bet people will point out how it will lend money. Overwatch. That doesn’t make it bad, but it makes you wonder how much of the game will be aimed directly at Overwatch fans of the future.