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With the Hellfire Gala coming to a close, the world ofMarvel Rivalsfacesa 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 RivalsSeason 3 promises to bring numerous forms of new and exciting content to the game.
With there beinga 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.
Season 3 Release Times
Marvel Rivals Season 3,titled “The Abyss Awakens,“is scheduled to release on Friday, July 01, 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:
Season 3 Details
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 featurePhoenix launching with the release of Season 3and 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 bea 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.