Marvel Rivals

Marvel Rivals is currently in Season 9.5, which began on August 7, 2026 with the release of Version 20260807. The update added The Hood as a new Vanguard hero, introduced a Pick Your Own bundle format for weekly store costumes, launched the Creed of Akabba season event, and rolled out a texture compression overhaul that reduces the game's installed footprint across every platform without lowering visual quality.

Each match pits two teams of six players against each other, with every hero assigned to one of three roles: Vanguard, Duelist, or Strategist. Matches rotate through three core objective types, Domination, Convoy, and Convergence, and take place on destructible maps where the environment itself can be reshaped mid-fight. The signature system is Team-Up, which grants specific hero pairings joint abilities that go beyond either character's normal kit. Beyond casual Quick Match, players can climb a separate ranked Competitive ladder once they reach the required account level. The setting follows the Timestream Entanglement, a conflict in which the tyrannical Doctor Doom and his future counterpart Doom 2099 have caused countless Marvel universes to collide, forcing heroes and villains from across the multiverse to fight alongside and against one another.