Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play team-based action game launched in December 2024 across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. The game continues its post-launch support with frequent character adjustments and seasonal content.
Season 9 brought significant changes including a complete team-up system overhaul, a new Egyptian map, and the introduction of Apocalypse as the season's villain, fueling speculation about his potential future as a playable character. The season also featured a substantial Black Widow rework that retools her from sniper to flanker and burst damage dealer, inspired by her comic book role - a change that has divided the playerbase. Separately, the community has raised concerns about visual clutter and some balance decisions that appear to favor already-strong heroes, alongside frustrations about the game's overall direction.
NetEase Games and Marvel Games have announced the Marvel Rivals Galactic concert series, beginning October 22 at Indigo at The O2 in London before heading to the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles on November 1. The live event series is being produced in collaboration with Disney Con…
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Gorr the God Butcher has arrived in Marvel Rivals; now who will stand beside him?
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A guide to utilizing Gorr the God Butcher on offense and defense in Marvel Rivals.
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Marvel Rivals has officially unveiled Gorr the God Butcher, giving players their first full look at the terrifying new playable character arriving with Season 10: Butcher’s Blasphemy. The new season launches on September 11, 2026, with Gorr bringing his crusade against the gods s…
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Marvel Rivals could be getting a significant upgrade to its player reporting tools with Season 10. According to a new leak from X0XLEAK, NetEase is preparing a “version 2.0” reporting system designed to give players more context when submitting reports and better feedback after a…
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A new spray for Emma Frost's upcoming Egyptian-themed skin has Marvel Rivals once again facing accusations of racism.
Marvel Rivals disabled Loki in Quick Play and other casual modes while leaving Competitive untouched ahead of Season 10.
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Gorr is joining the battle in Marvel Rivals Season 10. Here's what time the new season will be released in your time zone.
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Season 10 brings one hero, two new game modes, and masses of balance changes.
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Marvel Rivals Version 20260911 brings a substantial balance shake-up, with Scarlet Witch getting a rework, several frontline heroes losing durability, and every Strategist facing slower Ultimate generation. Black Cat’s invincibility is also being removed from Phantom Pursuit, whi…
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One of Marvel Rivals most popular, but weakest, heroes is getting some love in Season 10.
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Loki is currently unplayable in Marvel Rivals, and it might have something to do with a new character being added to the roster in season ten.
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Gorr is coming very soon
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Ahead of Marvel Rivals Season 10, NetEase is causing mischief as Loki has vanished from the game’s roster.
Marvel Rivals now lets Cyclops remove the cape from his Elegant Eye costume for free, continuing NetEase's push toward increasingly customizable hero skins.
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A Marvel Rivals players has been tracking which players have been communication banned on which hero, revealing exactly which mains are a problem.
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A troubling Marvel Rivals exploit reportedly allows some players to cancel Ranked matches when a loss appears increasingly likely.
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A config exploit is helping losers disconnect from Marvel Rivals matches without penalties.
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Marvel Rivals players discovered that by editing the game's config files mid-match, they can end a game without being penalized.
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Marvel Rivals play a fair game challenge, level: impossible.
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More than 20 million of them are under the age of 24
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Marvel Rivals players have started using configs for more nefarious reasons.
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NetEase is making major changes to Storm’s new Sacred Skies swimsuit skin in Marvel Rivals following criticism from players over how the character’s cosmetics have been handled. Storm’s Sacred Skies costume was originally positioned as an Epic-tier skin, prompting complaints from…
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Many fans are accusing NetEase of racial bias
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NetEase Games has unveiled its Gamescom plans. The company will feature Marvel Rivals, Where Winds Meet, Sea of Remnants at its booths and have something big for Once Human.
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Marvel Rivals is back to doing what it does best: putting more characters in swimsuits.
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At Marvel Rivals Ignite Mid-Season, MMORPG spoke with voice actors for Angela, Black Panther, Psylocke, Punisher, and Rogue about their work on the game, what they've learned from their character experiences, and how it has changed their careers.
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At Marvel Rivals Ignite Mid-Season in Los Angeles, California, MMORPG got to chat with Danny Koo, Marvel Games executive producer, and Marvel Rivals composer Shota Nakama about how they keep the game fresh while staying true to its core.
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A guide for how to play The Hood in Marvel Rivals, along with Counters, Best Compositions, and Tips.
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Svelte and superheroic.
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Marvel Rivals Season 9.5, "The Mystery of Thebes" has been revealed. It features The Hood (Vanguard), the return of Summer Festival, and optimizations to greatly reduce needed space on PC and consoles.
There are three official character roles on Marvel Rivals, and your choice of hero or villain will depend on which role you want to take
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According to a new leak, Marvel Rivals could be adding a very surprising game mode in the near future.
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NetEase Games will add the Ironheart villain The Hood in Marvel Rivals season 9.5, which launches on Aug. 7.
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NetEase announced major news for Marvel Rivals during their latest developer diary: Season 9.5 is out on August 7 on all platforms, adding The Hood, a new Vanguard hero, alongside a major texture compression overhaul that should significantly reduce the game’s install size once t…
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Close enough, welcome to Marvel Rivals Gun Devil from CSM.
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The hero shooter was getting unwieldy
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It looks like Marvel Rivals has been playing around with Pym Particles, as it's set to get much smaller on PC and console. As part of an update that will add super-evil supervillain manager The Hood to the game, developer NetEase announced that it has managed to shrink the instal…
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NetEase Games is reducing the file size of Marvel Rivals in upcoming season 9.5 update
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Marvel Rivals developer NetEase confirms a highly welcomed change is being included alongside the Update 9.5 Patch Notes for August 7.
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Marvel Rivals will get a reduction in its file size when Season 9.5 drops
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Marvel Rivals Season 9.5 is bringing another batch of summer skins, including the highly requested Storm skin.
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NetEase promises its "massive texture compression overhaul" won't sacrifice visual detail
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In a world afflicted with ever-increasing storage and RAM costs, it's nice to see a game make a serious effort to reduce its footprint on your SSD. Cue Marvel Rivals. On PS5 and Xbox, you will see an install-size reduction of roughly 15GB - down from 73GB - whilst the PC version…
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Marvel Rivals is finally addressing one of the biggest complaints surrounding the hero shooter: its growing installation size. NetEase Games is preparing a major file optimization that will significantly reduce the amount of storage required across PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Ser…
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Marvel Rivals Season 9.5 optimizes storage across PC and consoles on August 7, cutting install sizes by up to 40 GB alongside new roster additions.
Marvel Rivals is giving fans a way to improve the performance issues on the game via storage optimization.
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Marvel Rivals has consistently expanded its roster ever since it went live, and for Season 9.5: The Mystery of Thebes, a sinister underworld figure is being added to the live-service game. Voiced by WWE star Damian Priest--AKA Luis Berrios--The Hood is bringing some demonic energ…
Through this guide, you can complete the "Marvel Rivals" Age of Ultron event, unlock the free Ultron skin, clear Hard mode, and earn every available reward.
NetEase Games and Marvel Games announced a new Marvel Rivals PvE mode inspired by Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Age of Ultron during San Diego Comic-Con 2026. The mode launches on July 30 as part of the game’s ongoing Path to Doomsday content. NetEase released a teaser trailer for th…
Marvel Rivals is set to deliver Season 9.5 in a few weeks, bringing "The Hood update," characters, and more.
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With San Diego Comic-Con kicking off this weekend, Hot Toys has unveiled several new sixth-scale figures, including a Luna Snow collectible that's going to make Marvel Rivals fans very happy. This is the first sixth-scale Marvel Rivals figure from the company, and like all of its…
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A mistake has made its way onto Magneto's Van Dyne skin in Marvel Rivals, and it's a pretty big one.
The path to Doomsday might be a tad easier to navigate as the hero-shooter seeks to tone down its rather overwhelming visual effects.
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Over a certain threshold I stop seeing heroes and start seeing a Jackson Pollock painting.
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Valve launched the latest update to Proton Experimental to bring more fixes for running Windows games on SteamOS / Linux including Steam Deck and Steam Machine. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux .
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A guide to playing the newest hero, Jubilee, in Marvel Rivals.
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Marvel Rivals has only been around for 18 months or so, but already we've reached Season 9. And with it comes a narrative arc focusing on Marvel characters like Apocalypse, perfectly timed to coincide with X-Men '97's season two. Marvel's Rivals also welcomed fireworks-throwing m…
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Discover the secrets behind Wolverine, Psylocke, and Gambit's deaths in Marvel Rivals' Season 9 event.
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"Adapt, react, and rule them all."
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Another constantly updated game that broke with newer Proton recently is Marvel Rivals, but now thanks to Valve it should work again with Proton Hotfix. Read the full article on GamingOnLinux .
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Marvel Rivals' season 9 Black Widow rework makes the former sniper a flanker and burst damage dealer, in keeping with her role in Marvel comics
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Season 9 is starting to look wild.
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Marvel Rivals just dropped the full Season 9 roadmap, and it genuinely might be the busiest one the game has put out yet. New hero, a Black Widow rework people have been begging for since launch, a complete team-up overhaul, a fresh Egyptian map, and a stacked run of events all c…
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Black Widow is changing drastically in Marvel Rivals Season 9, and it's not going down well with some.
"Marvel Rivals" Season 9 introduces Apocalypse as its main villain, triggering fan excitement and speculation about his future as a playable hero.