Marvel Tōkon adds Deadpool, Blade and Loki in final roster reveal

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls has finished its launch roster, and the final team reveal leans hard into Marvel spectacle. PlayStation’s fifth and last squad, the Samurai Outriders, adds Ghost Rider, Blade, Loki and Deadpool to Arc System Works’ 4v4 tag fighter, with Sony describing the group as “three unpredictable antiheroes” and making clear that it is “not the Midnight Sons.” The trailer also brought in a new Asgard stage and voice work from Giancarlo Sabogal, Imari Williams, Jason Spisak and Nolan North.

The presentation makes the game’s identity feel bigger than a simple character count. Deadpool is doing the heavy lifting on the fan-service side, with Nolan North’s performance packed with jokes and references that point back to Mortal Kombat, Johnny Cage and even Guilty Gear. The blink-and-you-miss-it Polygon Man cameo pushes that even further, pulling in a piece of old PlayStation history from the 1995 mascot concept that later returned as the final boss of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale in 2012. That kind of self-aware crossover branding is doing as much work here as the roster itself.

The practical launch plan is now locked in around that reveal. Sony says an open beta will run on PS5 and PC from July 24 to 26, giving players a short test window before the full launch on August 6, 2026. Marvel’s official game page also says a later closed beta is set for December 5 to 7 and will include eight playable characters, online battles, spectator mode and training tutorials.

That schedule gives Arc System Works a chance to show whether Marvel Tōkon is more than a flashy license mashup. Earlier PlayStation messaging framed the project as a collaboration between PlayStation Studios, Arc System Works and Marvel Games, with Kazuto Sekine saying the team wanted mechanics that would be easy to pick up but still deep enough for high-level play. The game was first playable at Evo Las Vegas 2025 with a six-character roster, and the character reveals since then have marched through the X-Men, the Fighting Avengers, the Knights of Doom and now the Samurai Outriders. With the full launch lineup set, the pitch is clearer: Marvel Tōkon is not just selling roster size, it is selling a crossover identity built to speak to fighting game players and PlayStation history at the same time.