Give the hype surrounding the game, it seemed somewhat likely that Marvel Rivals would beat its launch concurrent playercount. It did, and then some.

Marvel Rivals debuts on a new service that lets players play it on almost any device and not just gaming consoles and powerful PCs.

Marvel Rivals season 1 will start soon after its scheduled server maintenance which begins at 11 pm PST on January 9. With that in mind, here are the release times for Marvel Rivals season 1:

The Marvel Rivals season 1 battle pass, formally referred to as the Darkhold in-game, offers 10 new skins and a variety of other cosmetic goodies for both free-to-play players and those who pick up the paid “luxury” battle pass (or its upgrade). But is the Marvel Rivals season 1 battle pass worth its $10 price tag?

Marvel Rivals’ Season 1 launch has beaten the game’s already massive player count record with no sign of slowing down.

We already knew that Marvel Rivals has proven incredibly popular since its launch last month - 10 million players joined online at launch - but now it's smashed another milestone, topping 600K concurrent players this weekend on Steam.

Marvel Rivals' Steam player count has surged to an all-time high of over 570,000 as of writing as fans flood the hero shooter for its Season 1 launch. "Eternal night has fallen over Manhattan and the entire Earth has been affected!