Following the launch of Marvel Rivals Season 1, several new heroes have been found within the game files, including Professor X.
The findings come courtesy of dataminer XOX_LEAK on X (formerly Twitter), who has allegedly found references to 5 new heroes within the game files. The five heroes potentially coming to Marvel Rivals are:
Professor X – Support
Jia Jing – Support
Paste Pot Pete – Damage
Colossus – Tank
Locus – Support
While it’s currently unclear when, or even if, the heroes will come to the game, the findings following the Season 1 update do suggest that they are being developed as of the time of writing. Whether or not they’ll eventually come to the game or not, though, remains to be seen.
More Marvel Rivals Heroes Have Leaked
The recent findings mean that around 15 unreleased heroes in Marvel Rivals have now been found, giving the developers ample content to be released in future seasons. Other leaked Marvel Rivals heroes include:
- Angela
- Hit-Monkey
- Deadpool
- Captain Marvel
- Emma Frost
- Phoenix/Jean Grey
- Modok
As of January 2025, 37 playable characters have been officially announced.
Following the launch of Marvel Rivals Season 1, the game hit 644,269 concurrent players, the highest player count in the game’s history. Announced at the end of December 2024, Marvel Rivals achieved 20 million unique players combined.
What do you think of the five new heroes who were found in the Marvel Rivals game files? Are you excited to potentially play as Professor X in Marvel Rivals? Let us know on the Insider Gaming forum.
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If Ed Boon wasn’t in charge of ruining DC fighting games they could be making money right now with a DC arena fighter or 3D fighter with long term support and battle royale game. Same with Multiversus actually give that better support add things real fans want not Max Dood and his lying shill ass!