Marvel Rivals combines the hero shooter genre with the world’s most famous and infamous comic book heroes and villains. Players can take control of Captain America, Spider-Man, Moon Knight and more to take on a multiversal threat in this third-person Overwatch-like.
Here’s when Marvel Rivals releases, including a breakdown based on your time zone, and what you need to know about them before launch.
Marvel Rivals will be released on PC, PS5 and Xbox
Marvel Rivals releases Thursday, December 5 at 7pm EST according to a countdown clock on his website. This is when that is in your time zone:
The launch will take place worldwide on midnight UTC on December 6and the game will release simultaneously on the Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, Steam and Xbox Series
What to expect from Marvel Rivals
Marvel Rivals is a third-person shooter and multiplayer game. You matchmake a game with a team of six, and each player then selects a hero from the Marvel Comics universe. Only one person per team can play as an individual hero, so you can’t play a game filled with Spider-Mans (at least not at launch).
Heroes fit into one of three roles:
When your team and heroes arrive, you’ll be tasked with one of a few different objective modes, such as capturing a point on a few different maps or escorting a chariot. In the quick match queue, each team plays only one game, and the winner is determined based on the victory of the attacking or defending side. But in Competitive Queue, matches consist of multiple rounds of a goal, and the winner is determined based on who wins the most rounds.
If you’re familiar with Blizzard Overwatch and other hero shooters, Marvel Rivals should be quite comparable. But the familiar Marvel heroes (who all have quite unique visual designs) and the third-person perspective give the game a fresh feel, so it’s not guaranteed that you’ll love it or hate it based on of your feelings about other games in the genre.
Marvel Rivals is also based on a seasonal model. At launch, Season 0, “Doom’s Rise,” will last approximately one month. Season 1 starts in early January 2025, lasts three months and adds new maps, heroes and abilities.