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Marvel Rivals is getting its very first PvE event this week, taking inspiration from the Marvel Zombies spin-off comic.  Just in time for Halloween, this week, Marvel Rivals Zombies will drop, a new PvE mode to cap off the game's fourth season of content. In Marvel Rivals Zombies, players will …

Marvel Rivals is officially landing on the last-gen PS4 as part of Season 4’s launch – though there is currently no Xbox One version in sight.

Unlike many other live-service titles, Marvel Rivals looks set to be coming to last-gen consoles with the launch of Season 4.

Marvel Rivals has continued to be one of the most popular free to play games on the market throughout 2025. Soon, the character roster will be expanding once again, introducing fan favourite characters like Deadpool and Daredevil.  XOXLeak, an account that has been actively datamining Marvel Rivals since the first …

Each week, Nvidia provides an update on the latest games launching with DLSS. This week's list features some prominent names in the multiplayer space, including Marvel Rivals and War Thunder, both of which are getting the upgrade to DLSS 4. While both Marvel Rivals and War Thunder already had DLSS …

Marvel Rivals is introducing a ton of additions with Season 3, including two new characters, an overhaul to customisation; new modes and more.

6 months on from launch, Marvel Rivals’ honeymoon period appears to be ending, with both review scores and player numbers falling on Steam.

The Marvel Rivals team has not been shy about teasing future heroes by leaving references in the game files. Through datamining, all of Marvel Rivals' heroes so far have leaked beforehand. This week, another leak has given us further insight into the next wave of playable characters.  XOXLEAK, an account …

Ever since Marvel Rivals launched late last year, fans have been waiting to see whether the game’s contemporary – Overwatch 2 – could compete with what seemed to be a genre-shifting entrant into the market. In a welcome announcement, the upcoming Season 16 for Overwatch 2 is set to add a surprising amount of new content.

Marvel Rivals was clearly gunning to take on Overwatch and now months on from its December 2024 release, analysts reveal that the game was largely successful at eating into the Overwatch player base.

From Season 3 onwards, Marvel Rivals will be getting a brand new hero / character on a monthly basis - up from two a Season.

NetEase responds to the Marvel Rivals controversy, claiming: “Depending on the circumstances, support for a project may be increased or withdrawn entirely.”

We were all shocked to see the director behind Marvel Rivals let go by NetEase weeks after the game's incredibly successful launch. Now, it turns out that the game was almost cancelled, as NetEase bosses were unhappy with the idea of paying licensing fees to use the Marvel characters. 

Shortly after firing a bunch of its developers, Marvel Rivals publisher NetEase has announced that the game has surpassed 40 million players.

Despite the game’s undeniable success, one of Marvel Rivals’ game directors has announced that he and others from his team have now been laid off.

Fans of Overwatch have been calling Blizzard out for their missteps in the transition to Overwatch 2. Now with Marvel Rivals dominating the hero shooter space, the director behind Overwatch 2 has admitted that the game has not "evolved as much as it should have" over the past couple of years.

Recently we learned that Marvel Rivals would be going through a mid-season rank reset. Typically, resets only happen at the start of a season. Now, the development team is changing course. 

A Remote Code Execution exploit has been discovered in Marvel Rivals, allowing hackers to remotely spread malware through the game.

The mid-season patch for Marvel Rivals has been detailed - promising two new heroes on the roster, as well as a controversial rank reset.

In alignment with the upcoming release of Spider-Man 2 for PC, the Advanced Suit will be made available in Marvel Rivals – though it likely won't be free.

With Season 1 of Marvel Rivals officially live, the team have now revealed their plans for future character roster updates – promising two per season.

NetEase Games' free-to-play hero shooter, Marvel Rivals, is showing no signs of slowing down. After a hugely successful first month with over 20 million players, the game has reached new heights with the launch of its Season 1.

Marvel Rivals' first season of content is on the way. Leaks have already pointed to several new characters joining the roster, including the likes of Deadpool, Modok and Jean Grey. However, it would seem that some of those characters will be appearing later than we thought, with the developers focusing …

Millions of players have jumped into Marvel Rivals since its launch a few weeks ago. The new free-to-play hero shooter has captured a good chunk of the playerbase that Overwatch left behind during the transition from Overwatch 1 to Overwatch 2. Now through datamining efforts, we know what characters to …

Get ready for some festive mayhem in Marvel Rivals! NetEase Games brings winter cheer to its popular hero shooter with a new event starring the Rivals' land shark, Jeff. Starting December 20th, players can dive into “Jeff's Winter Splash Festival”, a limited-time 4v4 arcade mode inspired by Splatoon. Instead of …

Marvel Rivals is off to a heroic start, racking up over 10 million players in its first few days of release, an impressive feat in today's shooter market.

Unlike most other live-service games, Marvel Rivals Battle Passes won’t expire by the end of the Season - meaning you hopefully shouldn't suffer from any FOMO.

We already knew most of the heroes coming to Marvel Rivals at launch, but a new trailer showed more, including one of the most iconic heroes - Wolverine.

With Marvel Rivals just over a month from launch, the team at NetEase have shared what makes their game different to the likes of Overwatch.

Marvel Rivals has gone through plenty of playtests in recent months and so far, the game appears to be in a pretty well-polished state. However, we are going to have to wait a few more months for the full launch, which has now been set for December.  Marvel Rivals, the …