Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Video games has shared that it’s opening functions for its 2026 esports caster programme.
The announcement follows the conclusion of this 12 months’s Ignite sequence, Marvel Rivals’ inaugural esports circuit, and hints at plans to proceed its esports scene in 2026.
Signal-ups will probably be open from December third to ninth, with resumes screened till December 14th, 2025. NetEase will then maintain interviews with chosen candidates from December fifteenth to thirty first, 2025, and can make provides to chosen candidates earlier than April 2026.
Aspiring esports casters can apply for the programme by way of the devoted Google type.
Within the weblog put up, NetEase wrote: “Looking forward to subsequent 12 months, we hope to welcome much more proficient casters to our esports broadcasts. Your professionalism, enthusiasm, and distinctive voice might help form unforgettable moments within the Marvel Rivals esports journey.”
The put up by NetEase additionally acknowledges that 2025 has been a serious 12 months for Marvel Rivals and its foray into esports. It highlighted the Ignite sequence and the way it held two offline tournaments, the Mid-Season Finals and the Grand Finals, in Guangzhou and Atlanta, respectively.
Marvel Rivals Esports Returns?
The casters programme additionally hints that Marvel Rivals intends to proceed its enterprise into esports all through the subsequent 12 months. The extent of NetEase’s plans, whether or not it’s the continuation of the seasonal open-bracket Championships or the return of Ignite for 2026, has but to be confirmed.
Nevertheless, on the backside of the applying, NetEase writes that broadcasts of Marvel Rivals Ignite ‘will probably be obtainable’ on Twitch and YouTube.
This comes at an important level within the scene as numerous organisations, similar to North American groups ENVY and Sentinels, have paused operations following the conclusion of Marvel Rivals Ignite’s 2025 season.
If the scene does return, some gamers are hoping that it’ll include drastic modifications in how it’s run, together with introducing stronger monetary incentives for groups.
