Marvel Rivals drops Fantastic new details for Season 1

With Marvel Rivals being a live service title, and an in-game seasonal timer nearing the end of it’s countdown, you knew we had more to expect from the popular hero shooter. Today, a new trailer and intel on the inaugural season for Marvel Rivals hit the web, with new heroes, maps, and features headlining the announcement. The big news is that Marvel’s first family is arriving at launch, with the whole Fantastic Four dropping in. Whether you want to play as Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, or The Thing, Marvel Rivals has you covered. There’s a lot more in store, so check out those details below.

Guangzhou, China and Los Angeles, California, United States, January 6, 2025 – Today, Marvel Games and NetEase Games have announced the details for Season 1: Eternal Night Falls for Marvel Rivals, the new Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter that lets players assemble an ever-evolving all-star squad of Super Heroes and Super Villains battling with unique powers across a dynamic lineup of destructible maps from across the Marvel Multiverse.

The game’s first season will kick off on January 10 at 09:00 UTC and will introduce the Fantastic Four as playable heroes. Each three-month long season of Marvel Rivals will be divided into two halves. For Eternal Night Falls, Invisible Woman and Mister Fantastic will be released in the first half of the season, followed by Human Torch and The Thing in the second half. Season 1 will also feature three new maps, special events and an all-new Doom Match game mode. Additionally, the Marvel Rivals Discord server has reached more than 2.4 million members making it the largest gaming server on the platform. Marvel Rivals is available now on Steam, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series XIS，Epic Games Store and the official website.

The full details on new characters, maps and features for Season 1 in Marvel Rivals are below:

Three new maps will be added during Season 1 for Empire of Eternal Night in New York City: Sanctum Sanctorum and Midtown (both coming in the first half of the season), and Central Park (coming in the second half).

Shockwaves generated by the Timestream Entanglement sweep over and through New York City, leaving Doctor Strange lost in the Entangled Astral Plane. Although he is eventually rescued by Scarlet Witch, multiple pages of the Darkhold are scattered after his escape. Dracula, with the support of Doctor Doom, seizes his chance during Doctor Strange’s disappearance, tapping into the dark power of Chronovium to stop the moon. Without the sun to worry about, Dracula unleashes his legions to overrun the city. With New York City at the brink of supernatural collapse, the heroes turn to science for a solution.

Invisible Woman (Strategist) – Cosmic rays altered Susan Richards on a cellular level, granting her the ability to generate impenetrable force fields and to make herself fade from sight in an instant. Despite her frequent lack of visibility, it has always been perfectly clear that Sue is the force holding her family — the Fantastic Four — together. After the Timestream Entanglement, the Invisible Woman has taken full advantage of her powers, using stealth to explore locations too dangerous for her fellow heroes, especially going on rescue missions for civilians trapped by the creatures of the night.

Mister Fantastic (Duelist) – Reed Richards has one of the universe’s most brilliant minds, but even a genius of his magnitude couldn’t have predicted the interstellar incident that bombarded his friends and family with cosmic rays, granting them each extraordinary abilities. Mister Fantastic’s cellular elasticity allows him to stretch his body beyond all physical limits. But now he’ll have to stretch his mind further than ever to build the Timestream Reintegration Device and end this cross-dimensional crisis…

Human Torch (Duelist) – Teenager Johnny Storm joined his sister on the crew of an experimental space mission in hopes of visiting the stars. Instead, he became one, gaining powers and popularity as a member of the world famous Fantastic Four. Able to generate scorching flames, Johnny is the hottest hero in town – the Human Torch. Since darkness fell on New York City, Johnny has been busy burning Dracula’s legions with flames brighter than the sun.

The Thing (Vanguard) – When Ben Grimm signed up to pilot an experimental spacecraft for his pal Reed Richards, he never imagined he’d return from the flight transformed into a monster. Even though cosmic rays turned him into the Thing, Ben still has a heart of gold beneath his rocky exterior. Since New York City plunged into eternal night, Ben has devoted himself to protecting his home from the monsters plaguing it.

Season 1 will also feature an all-new game mode entitled Doom Match. In this mode, 8 to 12 players will battle on a single map, each belonging to a different faction, with all factions being hostile to each other. Players earn points by knocking out enemies, and at the end of the match, the top 50% of players by default will be considered the winning side.

Season 1 will also feature an all-new seasonal event: Midnight Features. Players can complete the seasonal activities to unlock limited-time rewards, including exclusive galleries, costume, spray, unit, nameplate, and more! Also, starting January 11, Marvel Rivals is introducing brand new Twitch Drop exclusive rewards, including the Hela: Will of Galacta spray, nameplate, and costume and more.

Players will also discover a brand new Battle Pass, which features over double the content of the Season 0 pass.The Eternal Night Fall Luxury Battle Pass is loaded with 10 stunning costumes and their related content such as sprays and emotes. The price for the Season 1 Luxury Battle Pass is set at 990 Lattice and players will receive 600 Lattice and 600 Units back by completing it. The Marvel Rivals team has also designed a unique mechanism for Battle Pass and Chrono Tokens—ensuring that Luxury Battle Passes never expire and that Tokens purchased with Lattice are retained under certain conditions.  Full details can be found on the Dev Vision 3 video and at the Dev Talk 09 blog post.

Thanks to invaluable player feedback and ongoing analysis, a number of hero adjustments will be made to improve how the Marvel Rivals roster is utilized in battle. Season 1 will see several balance updates, including enhancements to mobile-type Vanguards like Captain America and Venom to improve their ability to charge into a fight and protect their allies, while Wolverine and Storm will also see a boost in their capabilities, bringing them in line with the other powerful Duelists. Players can continue to get the latest updates on fixes and game balancing via the latest Patch Notes.

About Marvel Rivals

In Marvel Rivals, players can look forward to choosing heroes split into three distinct roles based on their unique power inclinations: Vanguard, Duelist, and Strategist. They’ll be free to pick their preferred role and hero, teaming up with allies to create a versatile and dynamic lineup for battle. But that’s not all, as they’ll be able to reach a whole new level of team play collaboration with Team-Up Abilities, unleashing joint superpowers with their allies, tearing down the battlefield to win in exciting fights! Marvel Rivals is in development by a NetEase team composed of global talent that share a profound love for the Marvel universe and characters who previously worked on hit shooter franchises played by millions of players worldwide.

For more information about Marvel Rivals and to sign up for official launch, please visit www.marvelrivals.com. Follow Marvel Rivals on Discord | X | Facebook | Instagram | TikTok

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