Marvel Rivals Season 1 is Now Live, Adds New Heroes, Convoy Map, Celestial Rank and More

The inaugural season of Marvel Rivals, titled “Eternal Night Falls,” has been launched across all platforms. This season introduces a fresh Convoy map called “Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown” along with two new characters hailing from the Fantastic Four – Mister Fantastic and The Invisible Woman. Additionally, players can unlock alternate costumes for The Maker and Malice.

In addition to the fresh material, you’ll find Doom Match taking place in Arcade Mode within Sanctum Sanctorum. This is essentially a deathmatch mode where the top 50% scorers are declared victors. Meanwhile, Convoy and Convergence gain a novel feature that automatically transports players to the next respawn room if attackers reach a specific checkpoint, which helps to prevent the game from becoming too drawn out.

Hold on! There are additional updates to share. The leaderboard ranks have been refreshed, and we’ve introduced a new tier above Grandmaster and below Eternity – the Celestial Rank. Moreover, you can now customize your gaming experience with various settings, such as disabling anti-aliasing, global illumination, reflection quality, and a Performance option for Model Detail. For further insights, have a look at the patch notes provided below, or explore more details here.

Additionally joining our series midway through Season 1 are two new characters, the Human Torch and the Thing. Keep an eye out for further announcements!

Marvel Rivals Version 20250110 Patch Notes

1. New Content

1.1 All Platforms

Heroes and Costumes

  • Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Woman join Marvel Rivals!
  • New Costumes: Mister Fantastic – The Maker; Invisible Woman – Malice!

Maps and Modes

  • Explore the new Convoy map – Empire of Eternal Night: Midtown.
  • Prepare for the thrilling arcade mode (Doom Match) and its map (Sanctum Sanctorum): 8-12 players will engage in battle, with the top 50% emerging victorious.
  • New feature: In Convoy and Convergence, both sides can transition to the next spawn room sometime after the attacking side completes the current target.
  • Enhanced feature: During the loading phase of a Quick Match, you can now view the Nameplates of both sides.

Season & Store

  • Unlock a dazzling shiny new Battle Pass featuring 10 brand new sets of heroic costumes!
  • Embark on the first thrilling half of the Midnight Features Season Event!
  • Dive into the latest Twitch Drops event, featuring rewards such as the Hela – Will of Galacta costume. (Stay tuned for official announcements for specific times)
  • We have revised the refresh times for various in-game content. Beginning with Season 1, the unlock time for daily missions, the availability of new items in the store, and the start time for most events have been adjusted from 7:00 (UTC+0) to 9:00 (UTC+0).
  • Additionally, we have optimized the mission types and removed some of the more challenging ones.

Ranked

  • Introducing the Celestial Rank, a tier above Grandmaster and below Eternity, consisting of 3 divisions.
  • Rank Reset: based on your final Season 0 rank, ranks will be demoted by 7 divisions. For example, if you ended Season 0 at Platinum I, your Season 1 journey begins at Silver II.

Tournaments

  • Newly added automatic follow function for tournament sign-ups: Faction members can opt to follow the captain on the sign-up page. When the captain/coach initiates or cancels the sign-up process, following members will automatically confirm. Please note, this feature, once activated, is effective for the current season only.
  • New faction reporting function: Report factions for perceived misconduct in the same tournament within the past 90 days.
  • New spectating channel: Chat in real-time with fellow rivals while spectating the same match.
  • When spectating, the target player’s hotkeys and crosshair settings will be prominently displayed.
  • New setting option: Block all active invitations and faction join requests.

General

  • Streaming Mode: In Settings – Social, new settings have been added under the social setting allowing streamers to conceal their name as needed (only effective locally; other players in the same match can still see it).

1.2 PC

Graphics and Settings

Enhanced and optimized graphics settings for improved performance:

  • New: Added a new “Off” option under “Anti-Aliasing”.
  • New: Included a “Performance” option for “Model Detail”.
  • New: Integrated a new “Off” option under “Global Illumination”.
  • New: Added a new “Off” option for “Reflection Quality”.
  • Optimization: Adjusted and optimized various parameters within the graphics settings.
  • Mouse Settings: Under Settings, the Keyboard – Combat category now includes new settings for mouse smoothing and mouse acceleration, enabling customization as required.
  • Support Intel XeSS 2: With Intel Xe Super Sampling 2 (XeSS 2), experience faster, smoother gameplay with higher image quality and a more connected playing experience with Intel Xe Frame Generation (XeFG), Intel Xe Low Latency (XeLL).

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2025-01-10 16:41