Marvel Rivals Version 20250508 Patch Notes

Marvel Rivals will welcome yet another new patch on May 8, 2025, at 09:00 (UTC)! This patch will go live in the game without the need for any maintenance, so you might even notice when it goes up, but you will certainly get to experience all of the new content that it will add. This new patch is expected to add a variation of the Giant-Size Brain Blast mode, while also adding some new skins to the game and implementing some fixes. Find out more information about all of the changes below!

Giant-Size Hive Mind

The Giant-Size Hive Mind is a variation of the Giant-Size Brain Blast that will go live on May 8, 2025. The mode will only be available for a set amount of time, so be sure to log into the game during those windows if you want to experience it. The time windows for the Giant-Size Hive Mind event can be found in the table below.

New Costumes

Two new costumes will be added to the in-game store for you to purchase. Those costumes are:

• Rocket Raccoon - Sunshine Raccoon Bundle
• Squirrel Girl - Sunshine Squirrel Bundle

New Content

In this patch, the developers have worked on implementing changes to the emote and spray wheel, and the portraits function in [Heroes]. You can find more in-depth information about both changes below.

Emote and Spray Wheel

• They are now split into two separate wheels with dedicated hotkeys for lightning-fast switching.
• In the Cosmetics - Sprays menu, you can now set your current spray wheel to be shared across all heroes.
• A new quick-equip feature has been added: Emotes can be automatically slotted into the corresponding hero's emote wheel upon acquisition, and when the spray wheel is set to "Apply to All", newly earned sprays can also be equipped instantly.

Portraits

• Portraits in "Heroes" have been updated to reflect their currently equipped costumes.

Fixes

Maps and Modes

• Vanquished a glitch that would sometimes occur under rare circumstances where players who didn't provide the most healing in a match were mistakenly awarded the Gifted Healer badge.

Heroes

• Jeff's Missing Meal: We've wiped out a glitch where, in controller mode, when Jeff the Land Shark swallowed 6 enemies with his Ultimate Ability, only 5 avatar icons showed up on screen. Now, our fin-tastic friend will see his 6-piece meal every time!  
• Bruce Banner's Space Out: We've smashed a bug that left all three forms of Bruce Banner unable to bind the jump action to the Spacebar. Now, Banner can leap into action as intended.  

Other

• We've remedied an oversight, where, in anonymous mode, using voice chat still revealed your original name. 

This covers all of the changes that will go live after the patch update on May 8, 2025!