While streaming on Twitch with Marvel Avengers’ lead designer, Brian Waggoner, Techniq may have accidentally revealed the game’s next hero. He said “my acting coach is actually the voice of She-Hulk. I won’t say her name because I don’t think that’s public knowledge yet but I think it was announced”. Waggoner said “We’re working on our next hero, who we haven’t said who it’s going to be yet. There will be a time for that. The focus right now is celebrating the work the team did on Jane. When it’s time to talk about who’s next, we’ll talk about who’s next”. The two were streaming on Twitch together in preparation of Mighty Thor, which sees Jane Foster’s Thor come over from an alternate timeline.
Jane’s Thor release isn’t a coincidence, as the MCU is preparing for Thor Love and Thunder to be released soon. While the game and the MCU are not related, it is typical that the game introduces upcoming characters that will appear in the MCU. They’ve released Hawkeye and Kate Bishop before the Hawkeye show debuted. Spiderman came out a few months before No Way Home did. It is a good way for people to get some familiarity with the character before hand without needing to read years of comics. Unlike Haweye, Kate Bishop, and Black Panther’s releases, Mighty Thor will be limited. It’s more like Spiderman’s debut where there’s not many centralized missions for the character and it doesn’t do much to move the story along.
Other Rumored Characters
She-Hulk joining Marvel Avengers wouldn’t be the last character, if the rumors are true. In fact there is a list of characters that will be coming after She-Hulk and the order in which they will debut. Winter Soldier, Captain Marvel, and War Machine are supposedly the next three. Take it with a grain of salt though, as the rumors didn’t mention Jane Foster’s Thor and she’s now in the game, though the list could be for full chapters, like Black Panther was. Other characters that have been data-mined from the files are Ant-Man, Dr. Strange, Falcon, Mar-Vell, Mockingbird, Quake, Scarlet Witch, Spider-Woman, Vision, Wasp. Ant-Man is the interesting one in that list as he appears in the game, but isn’t allowed to use his powers anymore.
Since the MCU is different, a chapter doesn’t need to promote an MCU property and it doesn’t always done that. If it did, then Dr. Strange, Scarlet Witch, and Vision would have probably been out with WandaVision or Dr. Strange. Falcon and Winter Soldier would have possibly come out during their show as well. It is possible that the shows were supposed to premiere before the game did, but Covid changed those plans. We know WandaVision was delayed, but we don’t know what the original release date was, it’s possible that it was supposed to release before the game even debuted.
What characters do you want to see added to the game? I think Quake and Mockingbird would be great. I would love to see them in the MCU again. Having them in the game could help introduce people to them who didn’t read comics or watch the show.
