The Marvel Rivals Season 1 Eternal Night Falls update is more star-studded than an all-star Avengers movie line-up, and we’ve got everything you need to know about the free-to-play shooter’s first major content injection.
Season 0 is coming to an end, sparking the beginning of a new chapter. Marvel Rivals has got off to a start so sharp even Blade would cower—joking, he would never do this. Rivals is the new kid on the block looking to stay and make its presence known until it matures into a wise Doctor Strange-esque figure. The first few weeks firmly established the hero shooter’s impressive player count, but Season 1 is the first real test.
Marvel Rivals Season 1 Eternal Night Falls isn’t make or break, but it could shape the F2P title’s future.
Marvel Rivals Season 1 Release Date
January 10 is the start date for Marvel Rivals Season 1 Eternal Night Falls, neatly coinciding with the end of Season 0.
The Marvel Rivals X social media channel posted a message on January 6 saying, “Season 1: Eternal Night Falls begins on Jan 10, 2025.”
If you’re familiar with any live-service shooter—Call of Duty, Fortnite, and Overwatch are common contemporaries—you’ll recognize the Battle Pass formula stays the same. Each pass has a counter showing you how many days are left. The final day allows the title to execute a seamless transition to the new season.
Some downtime or maintenance might happen, but otherwise, in this circumstance, we expect Marvel Rivals Season 0 to end with its timer on January 10, and Season 1 to get underway.
Marvel Rivals Season 1 Start Time
Season 1’s Eternal Night Falls commences at 1 AM PST / 3 AM CT / 4 AM ET / 9 AM GMT.
Again, the verification comes straight from the same X status cited above. Check out the start time specific to you, make sure everything is updated and ready to go, grab some chips, and be heroic.
New Heroes in Marvel Rivals Eternal Night Falls
The Fantastic Four featuring Mr Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch, and The Thing are the confirmed names making a spectacular entrance in Season 1. Also, Dracula has been outed as another potential character to use in the shooter.
We know this for definite as the Season 1: Eternal Night Falls Official Trailer showed off the fab foursome.
With Doctor Doom teased for weeks now, you feel it’s all coming to a head in Eternal Night Falls. The reveal also strongly insinuates Dracula as a villain: “The Fantastic Four join forces with iconic Marvel heroes, standing together in the epic battle to break the mystical darkness with science. Ignite the battle against Dracula with the Fantastic Four in Marvel Rivals!“
It remains to be seen if it’s just the Fantastic Four, or if Doctor Doom and Dracula are out for blood too.
Marvel Rivals Season 1 Leaks
Popular leaks suggest Ultron is another character set to join the fray, and a host of buffs & nerfs to key heroes are coming.
Ultron
A bunch of Marvel Rivals leaked character rumors are in the wild, but Ultron could be sooner rather than later. Renowned leaker Marvel Rivals – Leaks & Info thinks “Ultron releases Season 1 and he’s a Strategist.” Additionally, their leak also has a full look at Ultron’s abilities and difficulty rating of Two Stars.
Buffs & Leaks
The Marvel Rivals – Leaks & Info X page has also outed a ton of buffs and nerfs which could impact Rivals’s meta.
Here’s a quick look at the characters expected to be reworked in Season 1—for better or worse.
Buffs
- Captain America
- Cloak & Dagger
- Storm
- Venom
- Wolverine
Nerfs
- Hawkeye
- Hela
Everything in this section is considered a leak until we hear more, so take the information with a pinch of salt for now.
Marvel Rivals Season 1: Eternal Night Falls is wasting no time adding content. It already looks like a stacked assortment of incomings, so let us know if you think the season is shaping up nicely, and who or what you hope to see in future updates. Be sure to check out how to get free skins in Marvel Rivals, and our best crosshair settings.
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