Marvel Rivals' closed alpha test is just a few hours away, and the developer has shared some information about the game's destructible environments in a detailed blog post.

The six-on-six hero shooter starring iconic heroes and villains like Iron Man, Spider-Man, Hulk, Magneto and many more aims to shake things up with what the developer calls "thematic environmental destruction."

"Imagine: We want to be able to tear down buildings and structures with our awesome superpowers, but since this is a team-based PvP shooter, we needed those blocks for strategic confrontations," NetEase Games said in the blog. "Otherwise, once everything is in ruins, it would just be a chaotic battle in a big open space."

Marvel Rivals uses Unreal Engine 5's Chaos destruction system and the Lumen global dynamic lighting system to "bring rich physical effects and dynamic lighting to the game," meaning players can use the awesome powers of Marvel characters to smash things up. But "key structures" like high platforms are designed to be indestructible "to ensure player agility and the strategic nature of team battles."