Sony held its regular State of Play event on Wednesday, showing some of the new games coming to its PlayStation. The biggest surprise was a new Marvel fighting game, and no, this isn’t coming from Capcom. 

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is a new tag fighting game coming to the PS5, developed by Arc System Works, a studio known for its excellent contributions to the genre. This new title will feature only Marvel characters and will be a four vs. four tag battle. 

The Marvel characters shown in the video include Captain America, Iron Man, Dr. Doom, Spider-Man, Storm, Star-Lord, Ms. Marvel and Ghost Rider. Each character has a distinct 2D anime-inflected visual style that Arc System Works is known for. Characters will have their own super moves, and it appears there is another mechanic that allows for parrying or avoiding attacks. 

Arc System Works is best known for its fighting game franchises BlazBlue and Guilty Gear, as well as 2018’s Dragon Ball FighterZ. They’re considered some of the best 2D fighting games around, and are regularly selected as one of the premier games at the Evo Championship esports series, which is coming up in August. 

The last official Marvel vs. Capcom game was back in 2017 with Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. It didn’t go over well with the fans, and the franchise seemed to have been forgotten until the release of Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics last year. That collection breathed new life into the fanbase.  

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls will be released in 2026 for the PS5 and PC.