Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has unveiled Season 1: Eternal Night Falls, which provides The Fantastic Four to the sport.
In the video, under, we get the narrative setup of Season 1, which sees Dracula and Doctor Doom engulf New York in darkness. Thankfully, the Fantastic Four are on-hand to assist out.
Season 1: Eternal Night Falls – Begins on Jan 10, 2025, 1 AM PST
The Fantastic Four Join Marvel Rivals!
Darkness engulfs New York because the Timestream Entanglement leaves Doctor Strange trapped within the Entangled Astral Plane, scattering the Darkhold pages. Dracula and Doctor Doom… pic.twitter.com/n0tFV8m1gm
— Marvel Rivals (@MarvelRivals) January 6, 2025
Here’s the official blurb:
Darkness engulfs New York because the Timestream Entanglement leaves Doctor Strange trapped within the Entangled Astral Plane, scattering the Darkhold pages. Dracula and Doctor Doom disrupt the moon’s orbit, plunging the town into everlasting evening and unleashing a military of vampiric creatures. With the world on the brink, the Fantastic Four be a part of forces with iconic Marvel heroes, standing collectively within the epic battle to interrupt the magical darkness with science. Ignite the battle in opposition to Dracula with the Fantastic Four in Marvel Rivals!
Marvel Rivals Season 1: Eternal Night Falls begins on Jan 10, 2025, at 1am PST.
Marvel Rivals is a smash hit for NetEase, securing 10 million gamers in simply three days and 20 million in two weeks. The free-to-play superhero team-based PvP shooter launched on December 6 throughout PC through Steam and the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X and S, and whereas Sony and Microsoft don’t make participant numbers public, Steam makes Valve stats obtainable.
On Steam, Marvel Rivals peaked over its launch weekend with 480,990 concurrent gamers, which was sufficient to place it within the prime 5 most-played video games on Valve’s platform. It’s the twentieth highest concurrent participant quantity ever seen on Steam, forward of the likes of Helldivers 2, Grand Theft Auto 5, and Destiny 2.
Check out IGN’s Marvel Rivals Review to search out out what we predict. And control the newest Marvel Rivals codes without cost skins, and vote on the strongest Marvel Rivals characters in our group tier listing.
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