Marvel Rivals’ next playable hero is actually just a 20-foot-tall t-rex

Marvel Rivals’ roster looks like it will continue to get weird with its new season arriving this week if a teaser from today is anything to go by.

NetEase Games began the hype train for season eight, due to launch on Friday, by basically confirming that the newest hero will be none other than Devil Dinosaur. An actual tyrannosaurus rex-like dinosaur, to join alongside a land shark and a raccoon, creating a veritable menagerie of animalistic playables.

Devil Dinosaur is from a different reality called Earth-78411, which is set during a primitive past time period. He’s often seen teamed up with Moon-Girl (or Moon-Boy) as their partner and more-intelligent-than-average dino.

This is easily Marvel Rivals’ weirdest addition yet, even weirder than Jeff the Land Shark. Because Devil Dinosaur is traditionally depicted as massive, so an educated guess would be that it will be a Vanguard hero. But how the heck will it work if it’s true to size, towering over every other character on the roster?

Marvel’s info on the prehistoric beast is that it has superhuman strength and Neuralkinesis, which is the ability to transfer a person’s mind from one body to another. That may make for some interesting skills in the game, beyond sheer size, big teeth, and stumpy arms. Either way, color me very intrigued to see how this will work.

I also hope that Moon-Girl will be involved somehow, because the pair are inseparable, especially in a recent run of comics and even a cartoon show highlighting the duo. Where one goes, the other follows, so hopefully Rivals continues that trend.

The full reveal of Marvel Rivals’ season eight, and Devil Dinosaur, will likely arrive tomorrow ahead of the season’s launch on May 15. In-game lore from season seven teases that another new hero, likely the X-Men’s Cyclops, will be coming mid-season in June.

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Forza Horizon 6 somehow leaked and was cracked wide open over the weekend, leading to some players gaining access to it well ahead of its launch day.

The game isn’t due to launch until May 19 (the Premium Edition gets access four days earlier), but many have somehow unlocked and begun playing the game as early as a few days ago. Gameplay videos have begun appearing on YouTube, Twitch, and other websites, and it’s gotten a bit out of hand, forcing the game’s devs to address it.

It seems that players accessing the game likely has something to do with an early access review build appearing as 155 GB of unencrypted downloadable files on SteamDB, and developer Playground Games says it is “not the result of a pre-load issue.” It’s possible that a content creator or reviewer with early access broke embargo and made it all possible.

“We are taking strict enforcement action against any individuals found accessing this build including franchise-wide and hardware bans,” Playground said. “We encourage fans to sit tight for the game’s release on May 19.”

The full game is now reportedly appearing on piracy sites, although some who have accessed it say they were able to do so simply by pre-ordering. The player who was first to crack the game says that its files were not encrypted, so it’s turned into a bit of a blame game.

No matter who or what is at fault, Playground says it may be banning people who play it early, and some have taken exception to that by claiming that it was a mistake on the studio’s end and that they should not be punished for playing the game early because of it.

But for those who pirated the game illegally once it leaked, there’s no real argument to be had, so think twice before booting up the game before it’s unlocked for real later this week or next, depending on which edition you buy.

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