Marvel Rivals (PS5) News Articles
Wednesday12th Nov 2025
News New Heroes, Modes, and Maps Revealed for Marvel Rivals Season 5, Starts 14th November
Love is a Battlefield
Marvel Rivals continues to go from strength to strength as NetEase keeps up with its post-launch support. The free-to-play game is about to enter Season 5: Love is a Battlefield, which will introduce at least two new playable characters. The first of these will be Gambit, who will be available when Season 5 begins on 14th...
Wednesday5th Nov 2025
News Marvel Rivals Is Seemingly Teasing Two New Heroes Joining the Fight in Season 5
Thanks, patch notes
The next two playable characters coming to Marvel Rivals appear to have been teased in the game's latest patch notes. The popular free-to-play shooter is getting its new update tomorrow, 6th November 2025, and while the patch's contents will be of interest to dedicated players, it's the image accompanying the post that has...
Tuesday21st Oct 2025
News Marvel Rivals' First Ever PvE Mode Gets Gameplay as Zombies Invade the Free PS5 Title This Week
Where's Deadpool when you need him?
Ahead of its Halloween event dropping later this week, on the 23rd October, Marvel Rivals has handed us a zombie-filled gameplay trailer. This is the free-to-play title's first ever foray into co-op PvE, as teams of heroes are tasked with taking down waves of undead enemies while completing set objectives. As...
Friday17th Oct 2025
News Marvel Rivals Is Going PvE with Zombies Mode Just in Time for Halloween on PS5
Marvel Zombies invasion
NetEase has announced the first PvE mode for its popular free-to-play shooter, Marvel Rivals. Collaborating with the recently released miniseries Marvel Zombies, the aptly named Zombies mode is coming to the game on 23rd October, 2025: In the above announcement video, we see Marvel Studios' Brad Winderbaum and Marvel...
Wednesday3rd Sep 2025
News Free-to-Play Smash Hit Marvel Rivals Is Confirmed for PS4 in Season 4 Trailer
Daredevil and Angela duke it out
Popular free-to-play hero shooter Marvel Rivals is currently available on PS5, of course, but it'll soon be coming to Sony's last-gen console too. Yes, the game is bound for PS4, as confirmed at the end of this latest trailer: This Season 4 trailer, which gives players a glimpse at new characters Daredevil and...
Wednesday30th Jul 2025
News Marvel Rivals Reveals Its Version of Blade, Swoops into PS5 Shooter Next Week
Die by the Blade
Iconic vampire hunter Blade will arrive in Marvel Rivals as part of the game's Season 3.5 update on the 8th August, the game's latest character reveal trailer confirms. Plenty of praise has been heaped on the title's character designs up until this point, and this take on the sword-wielding Daywalker is especially slick. In keeping...
Wednesday23rd Jul 2025
News There's Concern Over Marvel Rivals' Player Count, Even Though It's Still Super Popular
Underwatch
Don't you just love this trend of overanalysing Steam-based player numbers? Marvel Rivals is the latest game to attract negativity, as its player count has suffered a substantial drop over the last few months. But as always, context is vitally important. After releasing in December of last year, the Overwatch-style, live service shooter...
Tuesday29th Apr 2025
News This Is One Way for PS5 Sensation Marvel Rivals to Print Money
Fun in the sun
If you’ve followed the fandom around PS5 hero shooter Marvel Rivals, you’ll know it can tend to get a bit… Well, y'know, horny. NetEase will be laughing all the way to the bank with the game’s upcoming swimsuit outfits, then, which have been teased as part of an upcoming comic book. The Marvel Swimsuit Special was an annual...
Thursday3rd Apr 2025
News Don't Be Late to the Hellfire Gala in Marvel Rivals on PS5
Emma Frost, Ultron arrive for Season 2
The second season of hit live service shooter Marvel Rivals is almost upon us, and that means there are two new characters and an avalanche of fresh outfits to look forward to. This teaser trailer gives us our first taste of newcomer Emma Frost and Ultron, as familiar faces descend upon Krakoa for the Hellfire...
Friday7th Mar 2025
News Marvel Rivals' March Update Has Arrived, Clone Rumble and Cosmic Adventure Now Live
Let's get ready to rumble
Marvel Rivals latest update is now live, introducing some needed adjustments to its pantheon of heroes, as well as adding the Clone Rumble mode and Galacta's Cosmic Adventure special event. Of course, there is a laundry list of bug fixes and optimizations to look forward to. Galacta's Cosmic Adventure will allow players to...
Tuesday25th Feb 2025
News Flying Heroes Are Menacing Their Landbound Marvel Rivals
Look! Up in the sky
It seems like those pre-update fears about Human Torch's devastating abilities may have been well founded; Marvel Rivals players, since the mid-season one update last week, have been scanning the skies nervously, fearing the inevitable aerial assault of the growing list of flying heroes. It's only natural that new characters...
Friday21st Feb 2025
News Marvel Rivals Passes 40 Million Players as NetEase Reports $2.9 Billion in Net Revenue
Superior numbers
It's hard to escape Marvel Rivals these days, and if it seems like everyone is playing NetEase's mega-popular game, it's probably because they are. More than 40 million players have fired up the free-to-play hit, and the developer reports it made a superhuman $2.9 billion in net revenue; not bad, considering it was only released on...
Thursday20th Feb 2025
News Human Torch Already Has Marvel Rivals Players Calling for a Nerf
Johnny Storm has yet to be added to the game
In a seemingly unprecedented situation, hyper-engaged Marvel Rivals players are already calling for a nerf to Human Torch's high-flying, flame-slinging abilities, despite the character not even being added to the game until tomorrow, 21st February, alongside Ben "The Thing" Grimm. Even if you are...
Wednesday19th Feb 2025
News Marvel Rivals Trailers Distract with Human Torch, The Thing Gameplay
“It's clobberin' time!”
Hot off the news that NetEase just laid off the US support team for the ridiculously successful Marvel Rivals, the marketing machine continues to roll forward relentlessly. Get a look at both Human Torch and The Thing in gameplay reveal trailers, as well as an overview of the upcoming Central Park map, set to arrive on...
News Marvel Rivals Maker Reassures Fans PS5 Hit Will Not Be Affected by Layoffs
NetEase investing more into game
Not even instantly becoming one of the most popular live-service games on the market is enough, apparently, as now a support studio that worked with NetEase on Marvel Rivals has been laid off. To be clear: this seems to be a USA-based team that's been supporting the main NetEase development studio, and not the game's...
Wednesday12th Feb 2025
News Marvel Rivals Immediately Walks Back Controversial Mid-Season Rank Reset
"Flame on!"
Marvel Rivals has done an immediate about-face, walking back the mid-season rank reset it announced yesterday in the face of fan furore. Developer NetEase had initially said that with the second half of season 1 arriving on 21st February, players' competitive ranking would be dropping some four divisions; that's no longer the case. Not...
Tuesday11th Feb 2025
News Human Torch, The Thing Will Join Marvel Rivals Next Week in Season 1 Update on PS5
Fantastic
Human Torch and The Thing will round out the playable Fantastic Four heroes in Marvel Rivals when they arrive in the game next week, on 21st February 2025. Mr. Fantastic and Invisible Woman launched alongside the beginning of Season 1 back in January, and now the other two members of the squad are turning up as part of a mid-season...
News Of Course Marvel Rivals Is Getting Its Own Comic Book
Already available digitally
Marvel Rivals is one of the biggest games on the planet right now, so it’s little surprise a comic book companion. Due out physically in April, you’ve actually been able to read this six-issue series digitally with Marvel Unlimited since December. But now it’ll be repurposed as a single volume in print and...
Tuesday28th Jan 2025
News Suspicion as Marvel Rivals Dev Accused of Planting Fake Hero Leaks
Land mines for data miners
Currently enjoying an enormous player base, the surprisingly sticky Marvel Rivals is presently sitting pretty, the envy of many in the industry. Fan hype is high, as is anticipation for future heroes. But in a fascinating situation, some in the community have become convinced that developer NetEase is responsible for the...
Wednesday22nd Jan 2025
News Marvel Rivals Turns Its Hand to Soccer in Spring Festival Event on PS5
Ballin'
Fresh from its time-limited Splatoon-inspired winter mode, Marvel Rivals is now turning its attention to soccer – or Lucio Ball, depending on your preference. A new mode for Spring Festival, available from 23rd January, will see you get your Rocket League on, as you try to score past your opponents using a variety of moves and tackles. It...
Thursday16th Jan 2025
News Spider-Man Will Soon Reunite with Insomniac's Iconic Advanced Suit in Marvel Rivals
White spider costume coming soon
Naturally, Spider-Man is among the large (and growing) cast of playable characters in Marvel Rivals. His default look in the hero shooter is quite traditional, but you'll soon be able to switch it up with a new outfit coming to the game soon. If you prefer the look of Spidey's suit in the Marvel's Spider-Man series,...
Wednesday15th Jan 2025
News The Invisible Woman's Marvel Rivals Super Power Exposes Quickplay Bots
Armor Wars
The Invisible Woman, AKA Dr Susan "Sue" Storm-Richards, has developed a new superpower beyond anything Stan Lee or Jack Kirby could ever have imagined: exposing the bots being secretly dropped into Marvel Rivals' Quickplay matches, bolstering struggling players by giving them an easy win. We covered the admittedly conspiratorial...
Tuesday14th Jan 2025
News Marvel Rivals Will Grow Rapidly with a New Hero Being Added Every Month and a Half
Assemble
Hero shooter smash hit Marvel Rivals already has dozens of playable characters to get to grips with, but the developer is far from finished adding to the roster. In a recently published interview with Metro, director Guangyun Chen has described the team's aim for post-launch support, and it sounds like new heroes will arrive with...
Friday10th Jan 2025
News Marvel Rivals' First-Month Revenue Shows Sony Should Continue to Pursue Live Service on PS5, PC
NetEase has a golden goose on its hands
Marvel Rivals has seemingly captured a large swathe of players in the live service space, and Chinese developer NetEase has revealed the staggering amount of cash brought in during the game's first month: $136 million, according to estimates, with $36 million of that coming from China alone.Outlet GameLook has...
News Marvel Rivals Fans Swooning Over Its New Season 1 Skins
Wolverine! Scarlet Witch! Loki!
Marvel Rivals is eating Overwatch 2's lunch right now, and it's seemingly about to double down on that domination with the launch of Season 1 this Friday. NetEase has uploaded a trailer documenting the season's Battle Pass content, and a lot of the skins you can unlock have players excited. See them in action in the...
Tuesday7th Jan 2025
News Mister Fantastic's First Marvel Rivals PS5 Gameplay Looks, Well, Fantastic
Strategist Susan Storm also showcased
Here’s our first look at Reed Richards, better known as Mister Fantastic, in Marvel Rivals. The Duellist character will debut as part of Season 1, which is scheduled to launch later this week, on 10th January. We now know that Mister Fantastic will be joined by The Invisible Woman initially. The pair will be...
Monday6th Jan 2025
News Marvel Rivals' First Proper PS5 Season Starts 10th January
And here's the first trailer
After a brief primer season, Marvel Rivals will get underway proper from 10th January on PS5. As previously teased, Eternal Night Falls will feature the Fantastic Four, although it’s still unclear how all four new characters will be rolled out. Some claim they’ll all be there from day one; others argue there’ll be...
News Marvel Rivals Dev Apologises After Mistakenly Banning Players for Cheating
Vows to make tackling proper cheaters a top priority
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has apologised after mistakenly banning players wrongly flagged for cheating. The action has since been reversed, and the studio says tackling legitimate cheaters remains a priority. On Discord, NetEase apologised for the affair (thanks, IGN), assuring players it...
Thursday2nd Jan 2025
News The Fantastic Four Are Coming to Marvel Rivals on PS5, And They Look Freakin' Fabulous
They're cooking
When you’re on top of the world like Marvel Rivals right now, you may as well just go for the freakin’ jugular. How about the Fantastic Four for Season 1 for starters? As is the case with almost all the characters in the NetEase game, the quad squad look incredible, with a full trailer due on 6th January at approximately 8AM...
Tuesday31st Dec 2024
News Conspiratorial Marvel Rivals Report Suggests Bots in Quickplay Always Part of the Plan
Add bots, ???, profit
Marvel Rivals is just about the hottest free-to-play game short of the eternal Fortnite right now, drawing over 20 million players in just two weeks, and developer NetEase must move quickly to retain them. According to a fairly conspiratorial report, bots are allegedly being added to Quickplay matches, on the down low, to make...
