Marvel Rivals’Summer Special event is bringing the heat with some hot outfits for several heroes to celebrate the comic company’s first swimsuit special in a few decades.
Beginning on July 17, the event includes both a free and premium rewards track, unlocking seasonally appropriate attire for three heroes, along with other cosmetics like emotes, sprays, name cards, and more.
🌴 The Summer Special Event kicks off July 17, 2 AM PT – August 15, 2 AM PT!Gear up and celebrate the sunshine with summer-themed costumes! Join in to receive the FREE Thor costume: Worthy Waves. Upgrade to Premium for permanent access to unlock Luna Snow’s Cool Summer costume,…pic.twitter.com/jX0EZT3Gbh
Thor’s Worthy Waves skin, which puts the god of thunder in a skimpy bathing suit with sunglasses and a spiky hairdo, is the free outfit as part of this event, and it also comes with Mjolnir making frog sound effects. Players can also unlock permanent access to their rewards by purchasing the premium variant, which also includes skins for Luna Snow and The Thing.
Luna Snow’s Cool Summer outfit includes customizable VFX for her ultimate and a sexy MVP intro, as the K-Pop star wears a tasteful one-piece outfit and sunglasses along with a new hairstyle, surfing into the hearts of gamers the world over.
The highlight of the event for me, though, is The Thing’s Sunshine Thing outfit. It should have been called The Thong, but I digress. Ben Grimm sports a Speedo and a flower lei around his neck as he gets ready to clobber the competition while letting it all hang out as the first unlockable reward in the premium track.
Marvel is channeling Sports Illustrated with its Swimsuit Special, which released last week on July 9, putting its heroes and villains in tight and skimpy swimwear, including variant covers that feature characters like Spider-Man, Cyclops, Jean Grey, She-Hulk, Colossus, Human Torch, and more.
These threeMarvel Rivalsoutfits supplement the already-announced skimpy skins for Loki and Psylocke, which will be available as part of store bundles. I feel like they will sell pretty well, along with premium access to this event’s rewards when it all goes live on July 17.
