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Marvel Rivals has finally launched globally for consoles and PCs, and it's because of its player base, the game welcomes 10 million heroes jumping into matches across the various game modes in the 72 hours following its release. While the superhero team-based PvP shooter certainly had quite a massive launch weekend, some players have run into a few gameplay and technical issues, which have been reported, and the game's developer, NetEase Games, has responded.
The developer confirmed the next patch update for Marvel Rivals, and the official patch notes have been made live for players to read through all the changes, adjustments, and optimizations that have been addressed. We've highlighted all these changes detailed in the patch notes, including a few additional tweaks, for Marvel Rivals.
Latest Marvel Rivals Update, Hotfix & Patch Notes News:
Developer NetEase Games announced on social media on 21st January 2025 the "no downtime maintenance" period for Marvel Rivals, whose patch notes are available to players on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
Developer NetEase Games announced on social media on 8th January 2025 that the downtime maintenance period for Marvel Rivals will begin on 9th January 2024 at 11 pm until 10th January 2025 at 1:10 am PT. Servers will be taken offline, meaning players won't be able to access the game, and servers will be brought online depending on progress.
As such, the patch notes are available to players on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
Marvel Rivals v20250122 Patch Notes: All New Content, Adjustments & Bug Fixes
Developer NetEase Games released their latest patch notes for their upcoming patch update v20250122, to be deployed for consoles and PCs on 22nd January 2025 at 1 am PT / 4 am ET / 9 am UTC. The developer continues their commitment to address a myriad of gameplay and technical issues players have experienced, which includes new gameplay content, adjustments, optimizations, and plenty of bug fixes for all platforms.
This latest patch update adds a host of hero and map changes, console optimizations, and general system adjustments. But the headline act of this update is the Lunar New Year Celebrations, in which The Spring Festival in-game event begins on 23rd January 2025 at 1 am PT / 4 am ET / 9 am UTC.
This limited-time in-game celebration features a "special event" that allows you to earn a themed Star-Lord cosmetic, a football arcade mode called Clash of Dancing Lions, and a Commemorative Gallery Card to complete. With that said, let's look at the new heroic changes, as detailed by the developer in the aforementioned post, that were made to the overall game for Marvel Rivals:
Bug Fixes:
All Platforms (General):
- Resolved an issue where the game would freeze after battles under certain conditions.
- Fixed an inconsistency with avatars when switching heroes while defeated in the Doom Match.
- Addressed an issue where if Winter Soldier's used his ultimate ability to defeat a shapeshifted Loki, it wouldn't count towards the ultimate ability consecutive KO achievement.
- Corrected a delay in synchronizing certain data on the Friends Leaderboard.
All Platforms (Maps And Gameplay):
- Implemented a series of fixes for various performance issues related to destructible environments.
- Resolved multiple instances where players could get stuck in unique terrain.
- Addressed several Reverse-Destruction performance issues after destruction repaired in Empire of Eternal Night maps.
All Platforms (Hero Bug Fixes):
- Hawkeye's Precision: Fixed an issue where Hawkeye's passive ability Focus progress would sometimes display incorrectly. It's now as accurate as he is.
- Wolverine's Unyielding Berserk Claw Strike: Frame rate no longer affects the number of attacks in the enhanced Savage Claw after using Feral Leap.
- Invisible Woman's Psionic Stranglehold: Mobility abilities for specific heroes are now fully operational within the range of Invisible Woman's Psionic Vortex - no more containment issues!
- Mister Fantastic Double Trouble: Addressed a bug where having two Mister Fantastic (like Loki in transformation) sometimes allowed one to reuse the second part of Distended Grip.
- Namor and Invisible Woman: Fixed an issue preventing Namor and Invisible Woman from unleashing their ultimate abilities at certain door locations—now they can break through any barrier!
- Storm's Doppelganger: Resolved a problem where under low frame rate conditions, activating Storm's ultimate ability as Loki after transforming into her would be canceled.
- Wolverine's Fury Corrected: Fixed an issue where Wolverine's ultimate ability occasionally wouldn't end properly after landing after being pulled back.
- Heroic Hint Harmony: Corrected abnormal ping prompts for some heroes.
- Magik's Misstep: Addressed a bug where Magik could not use Stepping Discs after activating her ultimate ability in certain situations.
- Peni Parker's Precision: Fixed an issue where Peni's Bionic Spider-Nest would be unintentionally lifted along with the Klyntar device when raised—now, her tech remains grounded and ready for action!
- Loki's Transformation Tweaked: Resolved a problem where Loki, after using his ultimate ability to shapeshift into the Punisher, if Warrior's Gaze was triggered when the transform was about to end its effects lingered too long. The Warrior's Gaze effect will now fade as soon as the ultimate concludes—no more lingering vision trickery!
- Web-Slinging Adjustments: Fixed an issue where, in certain situations in Convoy Mode, if Peni Parker fired a Cyber-Web below the vehicle, her web would move with the vehicle. Now, her webbing sticks like it should.
- Mister Fantastic's Resilience Restored: Resolved a bug where if Mister Fantastic was knocked offline while in his inflated state and then rejoined, Mister Fantastic might be unable to use some abilities after reconnecting. He's now back in action and ready to stretch into battle!
- Webbing Dynamics Corrected: Corrected an issue where Peni Parker's web being pulled back could be blocked by enemy heroes, leading to positional anomalies. Now, her webbing will behave as intended.
- Camera Alignment Fixed: Fixed a camera misalignment issue that could occur while KO'd and revived by Adam Warlock while spectating Hela just as she rises up to launch her Ultimate Ability.
Bug Fixes:
Console
- Fixed an issue where the crosshair movement would automatically stop at extremely low pushing angles on the Xbox controller.
- Resolved a problem where the camera would automatically move for Xbox controller users after being KO'd in certain situations.
System Adjustments
All Platforms (General):
- Optimized the alternate name feature in Streaming Mode, allowing players to define their own alternate names instead of relying on system-generated ones.
- Added a season dropdown menu to the Leaderboard for easy access to different season rankings.
- Enhanced the Career system by introducing a feature to view historical season rank information.
