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Marvel Rivals has finally launched globally for consoles and PCs, and it's because of its player base that 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 in detail in the patch notes, including a few additional tweaks for Marvel Rivals.
Latest Marvel Rivals Update, Hotfix & Patch Notes News:
8th May 2025: Marvel Rivals v.20250508 Patch Update Released
Developer NetEase Games announced on social media on 7th May 2025 that a "no server downtime" maintenance period for Marvel Rivals scheduled for 8th May 2025 at 1 am PT / 4 am ET / 9 am UTC, whose patch notes are available to players on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
Marvel Rivals v.20250508 Patch Notes: All New Content, Adjustments & Bug Fixes
Developer NetEase Games released the patch notes for their latest game update v.20250508, which will be deployed for consoles and PCs on 8th May 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 minor hero and map changes, bug fixes for various playable heroes, and other general system adjustments. There are a few key highlights for this update, including the launch of the Giant-Size Brain Blast event, new cosmetics and the relaunch of the Emote and Spray Wheel, which the developer has touted to be reimagined, where they are now two separate wheels to toggle for emotes and sprays with "dedicated hotkeys."
Additionally, the developer has added a tweak to the Heroes page where portraits in-game will now "reflect their currently equipped costumes." Lastly, there is a bug fix that resolved a bug where voicechat will still reveal players' names while in "anonymous mode," and 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:
NEW CONTENT:
In-Game Store:
- Rocket Raccoon - Sunshine Raccoon Bundle
- Squirrel Girl - Sunshine Squirrel Bundle
Gameplay Features:
- The emote and spray wheel has been reimagined!
- They are now split into two separate wheels with dedicated hotkeys for lightning-fast switching.
- In the Cosmetics - Sprays menu, you can now set your current spray wheel to be shared across all heroes.
- A new quick-equip feature has been added: Emotes can be automatically slotted into the corresponding hero's emote wheel upon acquisition, and when the spray wheel is set to "Apply to All," newly earned sprays can also be equipped instantly.
- Portraits in "Heroes" have been updated to reflect their currently equipped costumes.
BUG FIXES:
All Platforms – Maps and Modes:
- Vanquished a glitch that would sometimes occur under rare circumstances where players who didn't provide the most healing in a match were mistakenly awarded the Gifted Healer badge.
All Platforms – Heroes:
- Jeff's Missing Meal: We've wiped out a glitch where, in controller mode, when Jeff the Land Shark swallowed 6 enemies with his Ultimate Ability, only 5 avatar icons showed up on screen.
- Now, our fin-tastic friend will see his 6-piece meal every time!
- Bruce Banner's Space Out: We've smashed a bug that left all three forms of Bruce Banner unable to bind the jump action to the Spacebar.
- Now, Banner can leap into action as intended.
Other:
- We've remedied an oversight, where, in anonymous mode, using voice chat still revealed your original name.
