Summary
- Marvel Rivals' Spring Festival offers a new game mode and cosmetics, including a Lion's Gaze skin for Iron Fist.
- Iron Fist's Lion's Gaze skin features custom sounds and music for attacking, using abilities, and unleashing his ultimate.
- The community praises the level of detail and effort NetEase puts into its cosmetics following the discovery.
Marvel Rivals launched a new Spring Festival event, featuring new rewards, content, and skins, which fans have discovered have some neat hidden details. Marvel Rivals has enjoyed immense success since it launched, setting impressive player milestones and managing to hold on to a passionate fan base thanks in large part to seasonal updates, new content, and limited time events.
Prior to the launch of Season 1, Marvel Rivals added a Winter Celebration event for a limited time. In it, players could play a Splatoon-inspired event called Jeff's Winter Splash Festival, a 4v4 mode where teams attempted to cover more of the map in their color. Alongside other winter-themed cosmetics, players could also earn a special skin for the fan-favorite shark character just by playing and earning currency. Ultimately, the limited-time event proved to be a big hit with fans, who didn't have to wait long for another one to arrive.
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Marvel Rivals kicked off the Spring Festival event, adding a new game mode called Clash of Dancing Lions, challenges, and limited time cosmetics. Similarly to the Winter Celebration event, players can earn a new currency called Danqing, a "magical dye" that is used to decorate a painting on the event page and unlock new rewards. For those who want a little more from the event, Marvel Rivals has premium cosmetics for sale, including the Lion's Gaze costume for Iron Fist.
Marvel Rival Players Discover Hidden Details with Iron Fist's Lion's Gaze Costume
For those who have purchased the Iron Fist skin, it was discovered that it comes with custom sounds and music which differentiates it from others. As highlighted by Frogger on social media, Iron Fist's Lion's Gaze skin has custom sound effects for wall running, attacking, using abilities, and new music playing when triggering his ultimate move. Reaction to the discovery has been extremely positive, as many praised the attention to detail and extra effort made to help the skin feel unique. Others indicated little details like this helped sell them the new Marvel Rivals event skin, while some immediately compared it to Overwatch, hoping that Blizzard would be taking notes.
Right or wrong, Marvel Rivals has been tied to Overwatch in the eyes of the community, largely due to the fact that both games exist within the same genre. With continued frustration surrounding Overwatch 2, many have taken the opportunity to jump to Marvel Rivals, and events like the Spring Festival has been used to compare it to events within Blizzard's shooter. In fact, many have even compared the Clash of Dancing Lions mode to Overwatch's Lucioball, both of which offer their unique takes on the sport of soccer.
Marvel Rivals
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OpenCritic Reviews
- Top Critic Avg: 78 /100 Critics Rec: 84%
- Released
- December 6, 2024
- ESRB
- T For Teen // Violence
- Developer(s)
- NetEase Games
- Publisher(s)
- NetEase Games
WHERE TO PLAY
Marvel Rivals is a Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter!
Assemble an all-star Marvel squad, devise countless strategies by combining powers to form unique Team-Up skills and fight in destructible, ever-changing battlefields across the continually evolving Marvel universe!
A Deep and Varied Marvel Roster
Choose from a vast array of fan-favorite and cult-classic Marvel Super Heroes and Super Villains from across the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-Men, and many more from across the Marvel Multiverse.
Fast and Fun 6v6 Action with Ever-Changing Game Dynamics
With intricate environments, fast-paced gameplay, and ever-changing battlefields, there's never a dull moment in Marvel Rivals! Battle as Super Heroes and Super Villains with incredible abilities and combine your powers to bring unexpected fun to the battlefield in a matter of seconds.
Dynamic Hero Synergy
Coordinate unique combinations between characters to ignite surprising Team-Up Skills! Unleash the synergy of combined superpowers and invent new tactics that can turn the tide of combat. Ride on Groot's back as Rocket Raccoon to take on your enemies as a dangerous duo, unleash Gamma energy as Hulk to charge Iron Man's armor for massive damage, and so much more!
Creative Environment Destruction
Tear your way through iconic Marvel worlds across destructible environments! From Asgard to the Tokyo of 2099, use superpowers to alter these environments, reshape the terrain, and craft a strategic advantage on the battlefield! Take cover to dodge attacks or use makeshift weapons to strike down enemies. Players will find countless ways to utilize the environment to claim victory!
Continually Evolving Universe and Robust Post-Launch Updates
The Marvel Multiverse brings infinite possibilities! Each seasonal drop will introduce new Super Heroes to the battlefield along with challenging and diverse maps! Unlock new content to implement across various gameplay strategies while experiencing thrilling action and endless possibilities in these adventurous team battles!
- Engine
- Unreal Engine 5
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
- Cross-Platform Play
- Limited - console crossplay, no PC crossplay
- Cross Save
- No
- Franchise
- Marvel
- Number of Players
- 1-6
- Steam Deck Compatibility
- Unknown
- PC Release Date
- December 6, 2024
- Xbox Series X|S Release Date
- December 6, 2024
- PS5 Release Date
- December 6, 2024
- Platform(s)
- PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, PC
- Genre(s)
- Third-Person Shooter, Action, Multiplayer
- How Long To Beat
- 7.5 hours
- X|S Optimized
- Yes
- File Size Xbox Series
- 20 GB
- OpenCritic Rating
- Strong
