Marvel Rivals’ Fantastic Four arrives on January 10 to stop Dracula

The Fantastic Four are coming Marvel Rivalsand a new trailer featuring Marvel’s first family reveals how Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, Human Torch and the Invisible Woman will look in motion in NetEase Games’ superhero shooter. Naturally, the FF will face off against Dracula (from the Marvel comics, of course), who has plunged New York into eternal night and infested the city with vampires.

Season 1 of Marvel Rivalsannouncing the arrival of the FF will begin on January 10th at 4am EST/1am PST. That’s when Marvel Rivals players can get their hands on Reed, Sue, Ben, and Johnny. But details on how the Fantastic Four will actually do that play remains to be seen; NetEase Games has yet to reveal any gameplay details about the latest heroes joining the game Marvel Rivals grid. That will undoubtedly happen ahead of Friday’s Fantastic Four festivities.

But if you’re wondering why Dracula is this season’s big bad and why Avengers Tower has an ominous red ‘V’ sign out front, here’s the official story summary for Marvel Rivals‘vampiric season 1:

Darkness engulfs New York as the Timestream Entanglement traps Doctor Strange in the Entangled Astral Plane, scattering the Darkhold pages. Dracula and Doctor Doom disrupt the moon’s orbit, plunging the city into eternal night and unleashing an army of vampire creatures. With the world on the brink, the Fantastic Four join forces with iconic Marvel heroes and stand together in the epic battle to pierce the mystical darkness with science. Start the battle against Dracula with the Fantastic Four Marvel Rivals!

Mr. Fantastic, the Thing, Human Torch and the Invisible Woman will push the boundaries Marvel Rivals roster size up to as many as 37 heroes. Not bad for a game that’s a month old.

Marvel Rivals is available as a free-to-play game on PlayStation 5, Windows PC and Xbox Series