Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games has confirmed the worldwide launch occasions for the Season 1 replace, which sees the arrival of the Fantastic Four.
While Marvel Rivals is on the market throughout PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, NetEase has focused a simultaneous launch for Season 1, dubbed Eternal Night Falls, on January 10.
Season 1 begins with the addition of Invisible Woman and Mister Fantastic, with Human Torch and The Thing arriving within the second half of the season. There are three new maps, particular occasions, and a brand new Doom Match sport mode.
The new Battle Pass consists of “over double the content material” of the Season 0 go, NetEase mentioned, with the Luxury Pass that includes 10 new costumes for the heroes.
The three new maps embody Sanctum Sanctorum and Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown, which arrive within the first half of the season, and Central Park, which will likely be added within the second half.
The new Doom Match places 8-12 gamers in factions on a single map. Players start in several components of the map and earn factors by knocking out enemies. Whichever faction consists of the highest 50% of gamers wins.
Marvel Rivals Tier List: Best Heroes
Marvel Rivals Tier List: Best Heroes
NetEase has printed the Marvel Rivals Season 1 patch notes early, revealing all of the nerfs and buffs coming to the solid of playable characters. When you are performed with that, take a look at official stats that reveal Marvel Rivals’ decide and win charges in Quickplay and Competitive modes for Season 0.
Marvel Rivals Season 1 Eternal Night Falls world launch occasions
- 1am PST, January 10
- 4am EST, January 10
- 9am GMT, January 10
- 10am CET, January 10
It’s price noting that NetEase plans to carry the Marvel Rivals servers offline for simply over two hours forward of the launch of Season 1 for deliberate upkeep. During this time gamers will be unable to entry the sport.
- Maintenance Schedule: 11pm PST January 9 to 1.10am PST January 10.
The upkeep seems to be set to bleed into the Season 1 launch time, so gamers ought to brace themselves for a delay until NetEase can carry the upkeep to an finish sooner than deliberate.
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 by way of 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 out there.
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 seek out out what we expect. And keep watch over the newest Marvel Rivals codes totally free skins, and vote on the strongest Marvel Rivals characters in our neighborhood tier checklist.
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