Marvel Rivals
Upcoming hero shooter video game
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| April 11 2025 | Season 2 'Hellfire Gala' begins, introducing Emma Frost and Ultron as new playable heroes, based on the comics event Hellfire Gala from the Krakoan Age, and adding a new Krakoa map. |
| March 8 2025 | NetEase announced the inaugural Marvel Rivals Championship (MRC), an esports tournament with a $14,500 prize pool, starting on this date and running through April 6, 2025. |
| 2025 | Season 1 'Eternal Night Falls' launched, introducing the Fantastic Four (Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and the Thing) as playable heroes. Added new maps including Sanctum Sanctorum, Midtown, and Central Park, with a central storyline featuring a vampiric invasion of New York City. |
| February 2025 | NetEase laid off their Seattle-based design team, including director Thaddeus Sasser, with ongoing development by their Guangzhou-based core team. |
| January 2025 | Winter Celebration event continues, concluding the limited-time holiday-themed game mode and challenges. |
| 2024 | Season 1 'Eternal Night Falls' introduced the Fantastic Four (Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, Human Torch, and Thing) as playable heroes, added Sanctum Sanctorum, Midtown, and Central Park maps, and featured a vampiric invasion of New York City storyline. |
| December 2024 | Winter Celebration event begins, featuring a 4v4 game mode where all players play as Jeff the Land Shark, with gameplay focused on covering map areas using the character's spit attack. |
| December 2024 | Launch of the first season 'Dooms' Rise', a shortened initial season for the game's introduction. |
| December 17 2024 | Marvel Rivals announced surpassing 20 million players worldwide. |
| December 8 2024 | Marvel Rivals peaked at 480,990 concurrent players on Steam. |
| December 6 2024 | Marvel Rivals officially released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S as a free-to-play third-person hero shooter developed by NetEase Games in collaboration with Marvel Games. |
| November 30 2024 | Launch trailer released, showcasing 5 new playable heroes to be added upon game launch. |
| November 16 2024 | Confirmed that Marvel Rivals will feature voice over options in English, Japanese, and Mandarin at launch. |
| July 23 2024 | A closed beta test for Marvel Rivals commenced, running until August 5, 2024, and covering both console and PC platforms. |
| May 2024 | During Sony's State of Play, Marvel Rivals was revealed to be releasing for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S, with an upcoming beta playtest. |
| May 10 2024 | Marvel Rivals began its first closed alpha test, which lasted ten days and allowed players to earn permanent in-game rewards. |
| March 27 2024 | Marvel Games first announced Marvel Rivals through an initial trailer release. |
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