Marvel Rivals Spring Festival event adds Superhero Football, free costumes, and more to the game

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A new Marvel Rivals event is coming to the game extremely soon, bringing a host of new content to the popular superhero multiplayer game. Following the release of Season 1, a much bigger season than usual, the Marvel Rivals Spring Festival event celebrates the Chinese New Year with an awesome new limited-time game mode, free skins and more.

Marvel Rivals Spring Festival announced

Revealed in a post on Twitter, the new Spring Festival event officially commences on January 23rd, 2025 at 1 AM PST on all platforms. Celebrating the Chinese New Year, the new event comes with the new limited-time game mode “Clash of Dancing Lions”.

As shown off in a video, the new game mode is essentially a game of Superhero Football featuring Iron Fist, Black Widow and Star-Lord. Dressed in Chinese New Year themed skins, two teams of the three heroes will compete to get the most goals in the game.

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Alongside the new game mode, players will be able to get access to new unique rewards only available during this period. This includes a free unlock for Star Lord’s Clash of Dancing Lions costume, a new nameplate and more.

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“May the golden lion’s mane guide your fortune and bring you strength this season. Join the celebration now and let the magic of the Spring Festival unfold,” reads the event’s official synopsis.


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After the already massive Season 1 update and the promise of a new hero every month-and-a-half, Marvel Rivals is spoiling players with even more free content. Following the awesome Jeff the Land Shark Christmas event—which was essentially a shark-themed Splatoon—this new event is just as strong as the last.

For more Marvel Rivals coverage, read about the game’s new Ghost Rider character coming to the game in a future update, or the leaked version of Ultron. Additionally, check out our tier list of the game’s best characters.

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