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Marvel Tōkon Fighting Souls release time in your time zone
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, a new four-versus-four tag-team fighting game, launches on Thursday 6 August for PlayStation 5 and Windows PC. The title lets players build custom squads from a roster of Marvel heroes and villains, including Iron Man, Spider-Man, Doctor Doom and Carnage, and its release has generated interest largely due to its ensemble format and character variety.
The game goes live at 11am EDT, which translates to 4pm BST for UK players and 5pm CEST for western Europe, with players in Japan and Australia seeing it arrive early on Friday 7 August local time. At launch, 20 characters will be playable, spanning figures such as Black Panther, Wolverine, Ghost Rider, Magneto and Storm, with additional characters promised in future updates.
In short
- Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls launches Thursday 6 August on PS5 and PC.
- UK release time is 4pm BST (11am EDT).
- 20 characters available at launch, including Iron Man and Spider-Man.
Explained simply
Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls is a fighting game set in the Marvel universe, where players control characters in battles against other teams. Its four-versus-four tag-team format lets players choose a squad and switch between its members during a fight.
The roster includes familiar heroes and villains such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, Doctor Doom and Storm. Marvel is the publisher behind the comics and characters, while the game brings them together in a playable ensemble; its launch roster is planned to grow through later updates.