After making a sensational debut, Marvel Rivals is already preparing to welcome a big wave of content, of course through Season 1, which NetEase Games has named Eternal Night Falls. The studio has just revealed everything you need to know about it.
Here’s absolutely everything you need to know about Season 1 of Marvel Rivals
Marvel Rivals Seasons will last 3 months and will be divided into 2 phases, lasting 6 to 7 weeks each. Thus, the first part of Season 1 will begin on January 10 and will mark the arrival of two heroes from the Fantastic Four.
From this date, players will also be able to count on a new game mode, as well as two new maps.
Of course, a paid Battle Pass will be included, allowing you to get your hands on no less than 10 costumes. NetEase Games also took the opportunity to remind you that the Luxury version of the pass will never expire.
Below you can discover all the new features coming during the first phase, as well as some of those which will arrive mid-season, in 6 or 7 weeks.
All Marvel Rivals Season 1 content
-- 4 new characters
- Mister Fantastic (Duelist): A master of elasticity, he harnesses his incredible powers to reshape his body and outwit his opponents.
- Invisible Woman (Stategist): With her mastery of psionic energy and force fields, she enters the fray with her intelligence to protect her allies and confuse her enemies.
- Human Torch (available mid-season)
- The Thing (available mid-season)
- 3 new cards
- Sanctum Sanctorium (for the new Doom Match mode)
- Midtown (for Convoy mode): Players will be able to travel to the front lines where Earth’s Mightiest Heroes face off against Dracula’s legions of vampires in Midtown, New York. Join the heroes in a race to deliver the Fantastic Four’s precious mechanical assistant, HERBIE, from the Baxter Building to Avengers Tower, the last defense against the forces of darkness. On this map, you will discover the destructive power specific to the Empire of Eternal Night: Recursive Destruction. This power allows you to go back in time, reshape the environment, and create epic new opportunities for victory.
- Central Park (available mid-season)
- New game mode
- Doom Match: Prepare to enter the Sanctum Sanctorum, the mystical residence of the Sorcerer Supreme! Here, the very fabric of reality intertwines and folds in the astral plane, creating a wondrous and chaotic battlefield. In this arena, 8 to 12 players will compete in the mystical mansion, and the strongest 50% will win. Cross omnipresent portals to unveil unique strategies in this spellbinding battlefield
- Premium Battle Pass at 990 Gems for the Luxury version. The Battle Pass includes twice as much content as Season 0
- 10 costumes to collect in the Luxury version
- 600 Gems to collect in the Luxury version
- Upcoming mid-season adjustments:
- Reduced the prowess of fearsome ranged Dueslists like Hela and Hawkeye, so that all ranged heroes have a chance to shine.
- Improved mobile Vanguards, like Captain America and Venom, to allow them to charge into battle and protect their allies with renewed vigor.
- Strengthening the abilities of heroes who excel in specialized compositions, like Wolverine and Storm, so that they become the cornerstone of unique strategies
- Increased Cloak & Dagger’s potential, making them more formidable in various team setups
- Fine-tuned Jeff the Land Shark’s ultimate ability detection to better align with warning signals.
- Class
- Rank reset
- Added Celestial rank
- Added a graphics option for better performance
- Support for mouse acceleration settings
- Arrival of a Streamer mode during the first half of the Season
While we wait for all this content to roll out, you can dive into Marvel Rivals for free on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC.
To make you want to (re)immerse yourself in the game for the arrival of Season 1, NetEase Games has just shared a first gameplay video of Mister Fantastic.
