With the Hellfire Gala coming to a close, the world of Marvel Rivals faces a new threat in the form of Knull. He claims to bring destruction on a cosmic scale, but new heroes are ready to take the fight to the symbiote god. Marvel Rivals Season 3 promises to bring numerous forms of new and exciting content to the game.

With there being a plethora of new skins, a new battlepass, and a domination map, the season will also bring forth a new competitive game mode to be revealed soon. Of course, it couldn't be a new season without new heroes to choose from, which come in the form of the mighty Phoenix and the highly anticipated vampire hunter Blade. Here are the official release dates of Season 3.

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Season 3 Release Times

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Marvel Rivals Season 3, titled "The Abyss Awakens," is scheduled to release on Friday, July 11, 2025, at 8AM UTC. This release time takes into account a scheduled maintenance period for the game that will start three hours prior to the official release. Since this game's updates use UTC time for their updates, the exact time players can expect to play this update will vary depending on where you are in the world. Listed below are several key time zones and their respective estimated release times:

  • Los Angeles: April 11 at 1 AM PST
  • Denver: April 11 at 2 AM MT
  • Chicago: April 11 at 3 AM CT
  • New York City: April 11 at 4 AM EST
  • London: April 11 at 9 AM BST
  • Berlin: April 11 at 10 AM CEST
  • Hong Kong: April 11 at 4 PM HKT
  • Tokyo: April 11 at 5 PM JST
  • New Zealand: April 11 at 8PM NZST

Season 3 Details

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Marvel Rivals Season 3 will be shaking up the mold of how seasons have been previously done for this game. While seasons one and two lasted around three months each, Season 3 promises to be a shorter two-month-long season with each half season lasting only a month. This means there will be one new character per month, and this will be the structure used in future seasons from here on out.

The new characters in question feature Phoenix launching with the release of Season 3 and Blade releasing at the halfway point. So far, Phoenix has had her full gameplay trailer revealed, and she is shaping up to become one of the strongest characters the game has seen so far. There will also be a new domination map, a new event featuring a free symbiote Storm skin for all players to earn, and a new competitive game mode that will be revealed later in the season.

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Third-Person Shooter
Action
Multiplayer
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Top Critic Avg: 78 /100 Critics Rec: 84%
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Released
December 6, 2024
ESRB
T For Teen // Violence
Developer(s)
NetEase Games
Publisher(s)
NetEase Games
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WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
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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
Genre(s)
Third-Person Shooter, Action, Multiplayer
OpenCritic Rating
Strong
How Long To Beat
7.5 hours
X|S Optimized
Yes
File Size Xbox Series
20 GB