Patch 20250522 goes live in Marvel Rivals on May 22 at 9 AM UTC (or 2 AM for those late-night west coasters), with the biggest advantage being that the servers will not go down this time- so just client update and get back into the chaos. New bundles are going to be revived by the devs, some extra features, and bug fixes are going to be smashed like Hulk slamming a couple of puny robots. Full details are available on the site, but here’s what we’ve probably heard until now and what the community is screaming about in the comments.
The re-birth of limited-time bundles first gets the crowd going. A user named Emma Frost Darling (fitting name for a Marvel game, by the way) is begging for the Christmas and Galactic bundles back, and honestly, I am asking too. Nothing really screams holiday spirit louder than Spider-Man rocking a Santa hat and throwing snowball specials! But really, the real question is: WHEN IS ULTRON? Multiple answers are flooding the comment section. JustANormalGuy actually wants a full-blown trailer. The developers, can you hear this? The people want their murderous robot overlord.
And, obviously, no patch announcement would be complete without the usual balance complaints. Some complaining are directed towards some characters—Mantis is the focal of these complaints. Sokuda_Daio complains that “she needs help bad”, while other debates float in the air: is Black Panther boring or broken? Ace, coming from below, chooses neither. Meanwhile, ABottari82 considers buffs for both Storm’s speed and Thor’s ultimate for damage. Not gonna lie, I can’t really blame the guy; who wouldn’t want to feel like an actual God of Thunder?
Breaking news: matchmaking chatter with ShipLumityOW cryptically saying, “Fix the matchmaking,” while sefayilmaz14 is already fed up with bot lobbies in quick play. Like, no one queues up to fight AI unless they are farming for something. On top of that, menace_daAlpha started a whole console war rant, stating that PC gamers “all cheat.” TattedLady3 trolled back with, “Sounds like you’re just bad.” Ouch! This never ends.
Skins. Skins. Skins. Raúl SG is calling out for better outfits for The Thing than “underpants with different colors,” while Bumble_Bun24 is all about an Asian Jeff skin ASAP. Priorities.
To everyone’s delight, old-timey favorites with a couple of enhancements here and there are being tweaked. The community? Pure chaos. Love it. Whether you’re here for the meta shifts, the cosmetics, or just to yell into the void about Ultron, May 22 will be a good day for Marvel Rivals fans. Now, excuse me while I go and practice my Storm combos before the speed buffs hit. Maybe then I’ll finally get out of Diamond.
Or maybe not. Who knows.
