Here is the exact release time of ‘Marvel Rivals’ Season 1

Marvel Rivals is about to launch its first official season, which will bring the entire Fantastic Four into the game, two now, two later.

NetEase has been previewing this content all week and now we’re nearing its release date, Friday, January 10. And the exact time? Rivals has shared it and that’s it 1 AM PST or 4 AM EST. In other words, in America, when you wake up on Friday morning, you’ll be able to jump in and start playing, barring potential server issues. But Marvel Rivals had no significant server issues at launch, something of a miracle, and that may indeed be the case here.

Marvel Rivals Season 1 is about to explode, mark my words. This game has so much momentum it’s unreal. It nearly topped its launch numbers with 445,000 concurrent players on Steam earlier today, and Season 1 is poised to blow past those numbers, as this happens before the season even launches.

Here’s the official synopsis for the limited story aspect of the season, which involves the Fantastic Four battling…Dracula. Yes, Dracula is a literal Marvel character, in case you didn’t know.

“Darkness engulfs New York as Timestream Entanglement leaves Doctor Strange trapped in the entangled Astral Plane and scatters the Darkhold pages. Dracula and Doctor Doom disrupt the moon’s orbit, plunging the city into eternal night and unleashing an army of vampiric creatures. With the world on edge , the Fantastic Four join forces with iconic Marvel heroes in the epic battle to break the mysterious darkness with science the fantastic four of Marvel Rivals!”

Mr. Fantastic and Sue Storm are released at launch here, and The Human Torch and The Thing arrive a month and a half from now, midway through the season. The season launches with three new maps, a $10 battle pass with 10 full skins in it, and a bunch of balance changes to shake up the meta, nerf overpowered heroes, and buff understrength. However, NetEase has warned that Season 1 will be bigger than future ones.

I understand we’re still in the honeymoon period for Marvel Rivals, the alleged Overwatch killer, but in an era where so many hero shooters flop right out of the gate, this one has done the exact opposite and continues to field wild characters, and new records are being broken for the game at launch tomorrow.

Remember, Season 1 launches Friday, January 10 at 1 PST, 4 AM EST. I will be there and I expect you to be too.

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