Aether Studios Reveals Orcane and Free Character Plans at Evo 2024

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This weekend, the Rivals 2 team headed out to Las Vegas for Evo 2024 to announce a few exciting announcements after a jam-packed year of development. With the game coming out in Q4 this year, we’re approaching the homestretch. Check out the summary of everything below!

Introducing Orcane

Orcane returns for Rivals 2! He’s our 9th character revealed out of the 10 slated for launch. Translating him to 3D was quite the challenge for our team with all of his watery shapeshifting and teleporting attacks. We’re really happy with how he turned out as you can see our bouncy boy in the trailer and hope you agree he looks right at home on merchant port. 

ALL Future Characters in Rivals 2 Will Be FREE

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That’s right, all future characters in Rivals 2 after release will be available to players for free! No DLC or grinding required. We know the typical lifeblood of a fighting game comes from character releases as the game grows, so our plan is to make them unlocked and playable for everyone as soon as they’re available. We have plans for tons of characters after launch and can’t wait to expand the roster. 

Play Orcane During the July Beta Weekend!

Orcane will be available to play starting Friday 7/26 for the July Backer Beta weekend. You can still late-pledge to get access here at the $50 Aetherian Hero Tier: https://rivals2.com/pledge

If you can’t wait and want to see more Orcane before then, check out his in-depth moveset breakdown video here: 

Stay tuned for more announcements on Rivals 2 soon! 

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