Marvel Games and NetEase Games have unveiled full details for Season 9: The Mystery of Thebes, launching July 10 for Marvel Rivals. The award-winning and critically-acclaimed Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter lets players assemble an ever-evolving all-star squad of Super Heroes and Super Villains battling with unique powers across a dynamic lineup of destructible maps from across the Marvel Multiverse. The Marvel Rivals team is rolling out a truly massive Team-Up abilities update with a systemic, full-roster, ground-up rework that will bring an incredibly fresh and fun dynamic to combat. Black Widow will receive a major rework to usher in a new glorious era for the character. Fans can put on their shades as Jubilee will join Marvel Rivals for Season 9 as a Strategist and The Hood will join the game in the second half of the season. A brand-new Convoy map, Thebes, will officially go live following the July 23 update. A brand-new game mode, Path to Doomsday – Avengers: Age of Ultron, will also be available starting July 30. Finally, from July 29 to August 1, the Marvel Rivals Ignite Series Mid-Season Finals will be taking over Los Angeles.
Full details, development updates and features for Season 9 in Marvel Rivals are below and in the latest Dev Vision.
Jubilee (Strategist) – Jubilee is a Strategist, a lively manipulator of fireworks who can control vibrant energy plasmoids in combat to heal her teammates, while simultaneously damaging and blinding enemies. And for the grand finale, her Ultimate Ability unleashes a lethal, dazzling firework show across the battlefield!
Season 9 will introduce a truly massive new update as a systemic, full-roster, ground-up rework will bring an incredibly fresh and fun dynamic to combat in the game. This will include the epic evolution of the Team-Up System as every single hero will possess two completely independent Team-Up Ability loadouts and every Team-Up loadout will feature a ‘Base Effect’ and an ‘Enhanced Effect.’ Also, in Season 9, players will get to see the return of some classic Team-Ups, such as Metallic Chaos. Finally, Black Widow will also receive a major rework to her full combat loop for an all-new experience. Players can get all the latest information on the above in the Game Update featuring full Patch Notes and Hero Balance adjustments.
On July 30, the brand-new game mode, Path to Doomsday – Avengers: Age of Ultron, will take players straight into Avengers Tower and Ultron’s Data Space to battle Ultron and his mechanical army. At the same time, a series of events in the Times Square lobby will be launching.
The Marvel Rivals Ignite Series Mid-Season Finals will be taking over Los Angeles from July 29 to August 1! The top 10 teams from the four major global regions will battle it out on stage, competing for the very first World Championship title of the competitive year. More information, including the schedule and ticket sales, will be announced on the official website on July 7 at 12:30 PM PT.
