New Marvel Rivals event reveals free Black Widow skin for everyone

Since its initial launch, Marvel Rivals has surpassed 20 million players, combining chaotic 6v6 gameplay with a consistent stream of content that keeps the community on edge. From the Winter Celebration’s frigid Jeff the Land Shark takeover to the Season 1.5 update’s Fantastic Four update, each event has brought new heroes, skins, and free rewards for players to enjoy.

Furthermore, the recent Marvel Rivals Invitational 2025 EMEA regionals increased competitiveness, with top teams vying for bragging rights and cash, while Twitch Drops and crossover teases kept casual players interested. Now, as Season 1.5 progresses, the focus switches to a leaked mid-season event in March that points to major changes and a free Black Widow skin.

Marvel Rivals event release date and free Black Widow skin

The new Marvel Rivals event will kick off on March 7, 2025, and will run until April 11th, which is the speculated date for the upcoming Season 2. Based on past update times, we speculate that this one will go live on March 7 at 1 am PST / 4 pm EST / 9 am BST / 10 am CEST. The event has been officially announced by NetEase on X (formerly Twitter).

The reward in question is the free Black Widow skin based on the Marvel 1872 comic series where Natasha Romanoff is in a western themed timeline and married to Deputy Barnes. The skin will sport a cowboy hat, a six shooter pistol with holster and leather boots and gloves when it’s released.

At the moment, we don’t have details on how to unlock the free skin for Black Widow. However, it will most likely be a final event reward that will be unlockable after completing all the quests.

But that’s not all, what’s coming right before on March 6th is a patch that NetEase is bringing with several hero fixes and adjustments in the game, which will reduce the effectiveness of Human Torch’s abilities and will also fix some bugs that have been recurring for quite a while. The patch will also add a new Lord icon for the latest Fantastic Four member that players will earn through proficiency rewards.

Another exciting addition to the game is a new Clone Rumble mode where teams will be able to play as the same hero as their teammates and will battle it out in a 6v6 arena. Safe to say that the upcoming update is bringing tons of content that will once again shake up the meta and switch Marvel Rivals into high gear right before Season 2 knocks on the door.