Marvel Rivals mixes the hero shooter style with the world’s most well-known and notorious comedian ebook heroes and villains. Gamers can take management of the likes of Captain America, Spider-Man, Moon Knight, and extra to tackle a multiversal risk on this third-person Overwatch-like.
Right here’s when Marvel Rivals releases, together with a breakdown primarily based in your time zone, and what you’ll want to learn about it earlier than launch.
Marvel Rivals launch time on PC, PS5, and Xbox
Marvel Rivals will launch at 7 p.m. EST on Thursday, Dec. 5 based on a countdown clock on its web site. Right here’s when that’s in your time zone:
The launch will likely be world at midnight UTC on Dec. 6, and the sport will hit the Epic Video games Retailer, PlayStation 5, Steam, and Xbox Sequence X on the identical time.
What to anticipate from Marvel Rivals
Marvel Rivals is a third-person shooter and multiplayer recreation. You’ll matchmake right into a recreation with a staff of six, and every participant will then choose a hero from the Marvel Comics Universe. Just one individual can play as a person hero per staff, so you may’t play a recreation crammed with Spider-Mans (a minimum of not at launch).
Heroes match into one in all three roles:
When your staff and heroes load in, you’ll be tasked with one of some completely different goal modes, like capturing some extent throughout a couple of completely different maps or escorting a chariot. Within the fast match queue, every staff solely performs one facet, and the victor is set on if the offensive or defensive facet is victorious. However within the aggressive queue, matches include a number of rounds of an goal, and the winner is set primarily based on who wins essentially the most rounds.
When you’re accustomed to Blizzard’s Overwatch and different hero shooters, Marvel Rivals ought to really feel pretty comparable. However the acquainted Marvel heroes (all of which have fairly distinctive visible designs) and third individual perspective give the sport a contemporary really feel, so that you’re not assured to like or hate it primarily based in your emotions on different video games within the style.
Marvel Rivals can also be primarily based on a seasonal mannequin. At launch, season 0, “Doom’s Rise,” will final a few month. Season 1 begins in early January 2025, will run for 3 months, and can add new maps, heroes, and skills.
