Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Adds Phoenix Cyclops as First DLC Character
During a San Diego Comic-Con panel on Thursday, PlayStation Studios, Arc System Works, and Marvel Games announced that Phoenix Cyclops will join Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls as the first DLC character in the Year 1 Character & Stage Pass. The character, inspired by the Phoenix Five from the Avengers vs. X-Men storyline, debuts this fall. Ray Chase, who voices Cyclops in X-Men '97, provides the voice. The panel also unveiled the game's opening movie, directed by Daisuke Suzuki at Studio Sanzigen. The theme song "Stronger as One" is performed by Keiko Terada of SHOW-YA and mayu of NEMOPHILA. The game launches for PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store on August 6 (August 7 in Japan). An open beta for PS5 and PC runs July 24-26 (July 24-27 in Japan). The Ultimate Edition includes pre-order bonuses, five character costumes, animated chromatic colors for all 20 launch characters, and the Year One pass with four characters and one stage. Launch characters include Ms. Marvel, Spider-Man, Storm, Wolverine, Doctor Doom, Iron Man, Hulk, Black Panther, Magneto, and Deadpool, among others. Episode Mode will feature a story in motion comic format, with a writer from Marvel Comics contributing.