With its fifth and final team now revealed at Evo 2026, the launch roster for MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls is finally complete. Arc System Works calls this group the Samurai Outriders, a set of dark heroes led by the previously revealed Ghost Rider and filled out by Blade, Loki, and Deadpool. Producer Takeshi Yamanaka acknowledged the obvious in the reveal: put Ghost Rider and Blade on the same team and most minds jump to the Midnight Sons, but that’s not the group here. The four don’t start as a cohesive unit, and watching them come together is something the team is saving for the game’s Episode Mode.
Blade headlines the new playable additions, arriving as a vampire hunter who has finished his training in Japan. He wields the demon-slaying sword Muramasa, normally kept sealed until he unleashes it and the blade turns red. His kit is aggressive and tool-heavy, mixing the sword with machine guns and glaives, and his Heartstopper ability throws a stake to pin an opponent in place before he closes the gap at high speed. Land it, and Muramasa glows red to boost his sword skills.
Loki and Deadpool fill out the rest of the team with very different approaches to a fight. Loki, a former villain now trying to play hero, fights on trickery, leaning on illusions, feints, and counters alongside ice and magic projectiles, though he gets punished hard when his bluffs are read. Deadpool plays reckless and high-risk as always, taking damage himself to fuel his offense. In this title, he has gotten hold of a game strategy guide from beyond the fourth wall, which opens up a grab bag of moves pulled from classic fighting games.
Along with the team comes a new stage, Asgard, the Realm of the Gods that sits at the top of the Nine Realms. It is built as a multi-area battleground spanning the Observatory, Bifrost Bridge, Throne Room, Treasure Vault, and Yggdrasil, the World Tree. That setup fits the game’s stage-transition system, where fights move across sections of an arena as the match escalates.
The Samurai Outriders join the rest of the teams Arc System Works has rolled out for its 4v4 tag fighter, from the villainous Knights of Doom to the Fighting Avengers, and we have covered each one as it landed. Yamanaka also confirmed that deep-dive Character Guide trailers are on the way for every fighter, breaking down move sets, skills, supers, and assist types ahead of launch.
There is plenty of time to study up before launch, since Arc System Works is running a global Open Beta from July 24 to 26 on PlayStation 5 and PC, with Blade playable in the build. MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls launches August 6 for PlayStation 5 and PC.
