It's an abbreviation for something, but there's a bit more to it than that.]]>Online video games are full of all sorts of weird terminologies and abbreviations, so much so that it seems like playing a game feels like you need your own glossary of dictionary to understand.
This is especially true when it comes to team communication (comms) in hero shooters like Marvel Rivals where talking or pinging is key to victory. You really need to know, on the fly, what’s being said as it’s being said so you can quickly react and adjust.
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Season one is seeing some changes to plenty of characters. ]]>Marvel Rivals is tweaking things in season one, with the addition of new characters and maps coming alongside adjustments to existing characters—some of which have provided boosts, while others have reduced a character’s strength.
With the staggering roster of characters now increasing to 35, with two more to come later in the season, fine-tuning and balancing in Marvel Rivals will play an important role. The start of season one, however, is the first time such adjustments have been introduced to the playerbase.
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Here's who's playing what in Marvel Rivals.]]>Like all hero shooters, Marvel Rivals play rates depends on that specific patch, where some heroes are overtuned and others aren’t worth playing just yet.
With each passing update, Marvel Rivals tunes heroes with nerfs and buffs to help bring them in line with others in their class in an effort to make the game as balanced as possible while also retaining its fun factor.
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It's been a dark start to 2025 for Black Ops 6 and Warzone with cheaters on the rise.]]>While one new multiplayer games in Marvel Rivals flourishes with gamers everywhere, 2024’s largest series is struggling in the eyes of its community in the early days of 2025.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone both have a serious hacking issue, and it feels worse than previous years, with cheaters able to crash lobbies and Ranked Play on console being decimated with hackers thanks to crossplay being a requirement. One of the best CoD esports pros and top personalities of all time, OpTic Scump, voiced his concerns recently as he has pivoted away from streaming the game like many other top content creators.
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Plenty of new content and tweaks are on the way for the game's first full-length season.]]>A new season dawns in Marvel Rivals, with season one bringing new environments to compete on, additional characters to the roster, and balance changes to fine-tune the meta that has emerged since launch.
Marvel Rivals‘ first full season will kick off on Jan. 10, introducing two new characters immediately alongside new maps, game modes, a fresh Battle Pass, and more. Later down the line, a mid-season update will expand things further.
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Here's when you can expect to see new characters, maps, skins, and more in Season One of Marvel Rivals. ]]>Marvel Rivals already has plenty of characters, maps, and quests sure to keep you busy, but there’s already a new season on the way to deliver even more fun. Season One is nearly here, and if you’re eager to start playing, you need to know when it’s launching.
Season Zero was a short and special introductory one, so Season One is our first real look at what a season includes and it’s sure to have lots of content to explore. Here’s when Season One, Eternal Night Falls, will begin in Marvel Rivals.
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Marvel's New York is full of many amazing landmarks.]]>Season one of Marvel Rivals, Eternal Night Falls, has the privilege of being set within Marvel’s New York, opening the door to several incredible locations and landmarks from the comic company’s history.
Marvel has taken New York and infused it with numerous memorable locales and landmarks, such as the Daily Bugle, the Baxter Building, Avengers Tower, and Doctor Strange’s Sanctum Sanctorum, which is home to one of the new maps coming to the game at season one’s launch.
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Blood will flow.]]>Marvel Rivals highly-anticipated season one, Eternal Night Falls, kicks off in less than two days with the Fantastic Four set to join the roster. But new information may have already revealed who to expect in season two.
A gallery card that’s obtainable as part of the season one event “Midnight Features” shows some impressive artwork of season one’s big bad Dracula lording over none other than the Daywalker and vampire-slayer, Blade, while he stands on the lifeless body of the Asgardian creature Ratatoskr. The image has been revealed as part of content creators gaining early access to the season this week.
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The voiceover talent is unrivaled.]]>Marvel Rivals features a star-studded line-up of all-time comic and movie heroes, and you know that NetEase is keen to have A-List voice actors bring the action game to life.
NetEase played its cards close to its chest for much of the run-up to the game’s full release but finally confirmed some of the voice cast for Marvel Rivals at San Diego Comic-Con 2024. With season one now beginning, additional voice actors have been confirmed for the new characters introduced.
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She's all about stealth and shields.]]>Marvel Rivals‘ first season has arrived and with it, the first two heroes from the Fantastic Four have joined the roster. One of them is Susan Storm, also known as Invisible Woman, a Strategist who can become invisible, heal, deal damage, and use a force bust to push enemies.
As a Strategist, she plays the support role, meaning her primary objective is to heal and protect her allies, but she can also use her abilities to get out of dangerous situations such as being cornered or chased. Her character’s powers in the comics are all based on invisibility and creating force fields and in Marvel Rivals, it isn’t much different.
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