Marvel Rivals (Chinese: 漫威争锋; pinyin: Mànwēi Zhēngfēng) is a 2024 third-person hero shooter video game developed and published by NetEase Games in collaboration with Marvel Games. The game was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on December 6, 2024. The game is free-to-play with a current lineup of 35 characters from Marvel Comics, and features cross-play across all supported platforms.
Gameplay
Marvel Rivals is a 6v6 player-versus-player, third-person hero shooter title. With the right combination of two or three characters, players can make use of “Dynamic Hero Synergy” which further maximize their playable character’s combat efficiency. The game also features destructible environments, allowing players to alter the battlefield (overseen by Galacta) to their advantage. Twelve maps have been confirmed for the game.
Modes
The game has five modes:
- Convoy – Teams are randomly assigned offense or defense. As offense, the objective is to escort a cart or moving object through the map by capturing it, while defender must stop the objective by eliminating the offensive and recapturing it. If the offensive team escorts the convoy to the end of the map within a time limit, they win. When the attackers capture the object, it starts to move forward without the need of the respective team to stand near it, in case of which it travels at a faster speed. After the defender recaptures the vehicle, it starts to move backwards unless any of the attackers stand near its designated area.
- Domination – Both teams attack a single point on one of a handful of small maps. Whoever captures the point must hold it until it reaches 100%. Whoever captures the point will take the lead. The mode will then jump to another small map and repeat the objective. The first team to reach two captured points wins.
- Convergence – Teams will randomly be assigned offense or defense. As offense, the objective is to attack the first checkpoint on the map and secure it by standing inside. As defense, the objective is to reach the point first and eliminate any offensive players trying to get in. If the offense successfully captures a checkpoint in time, they will move along the map to the next checkpoint. If the offensive team can capture three checkpoints in time, they win.
- Conquest – Players are divided into two teams. Eliminating any hero will drop points on the ground that the opponent team can pick up. The game ends when one team gets 50 points before the other or when the timer runs out. The team with the most points before it reaches zero is the winner. When the game ends in a tie, the teams are given another chance to score one more point.
- Doom Match – A free-for-all deathmatch. A maximum of 12 players will spawn across the map with only one goal in mind, to have the most kills before the match ends. The first six players to reach 16 kills win the match. If time runs out before the victors are decided, the top 50% of players in the leaderboard after the match ends are considered the winners.
Quick match games are non-ranked games where players can play three modes, Domination, Convoy and Convergence. Domination is the only non-competitive mode that features multiple rounds.
