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Marvel Rivals season 9: Release date and what to expect
Everything we know about the latest Marvel Rivals season including new maps, heroes and more.
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- Matthew Trask
Published: Wednesday, 8 July 2026 at 4:34 pm
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We're just days away from the next chapter in the Marvel Rivals story when the The Mystery of Thebes is revealed.
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Season 9 launches on July 10 and sees a new map, new heroes and more gameplay updates come to the beloved PVP shooter.
Rivals continues to be one of the biggest shooters in the world, with its ever expanding roster of heroes providing diverse and challenging gameplay. It's story is also evolving with the conclusion of Season 8: Sins of Alchemex bringing taking players inside the mysterious head quarters of the sinister organisation.
NetEase are keeping a lot of details about the new season under wraps (classic) but we do know a few things we can expect as the Path to Doomsday continues.
Read on for everything we currently know about Season 9 of Marvel Rivals.
When does Marvel Rivals Season 9 launch?
The Marvel Rivals Season 9 release date is Friday 10 July, the developers have confirmed.
That's right, folks. Marvel Rivals Season 9: The Mystery of Thebes will launch this Friday with a slew of new content.
But what exactly will it entail? Allow us to explain below.
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What's new in Marvel Rivals Season 9?
The new season introduces a whole new location in Thebes. The new Convoy map is similar to the Empire of Eternal Night and Tokyo 2099 maps, which sees players compete over a moving convoy in a vibrant Marvel location.
Alongside the new map, Season 9 brings 2 new heroes: The Hood and Jubilee.
Jubilee will be a Strategist with the "Mutant ability to generate bursts of pyrotechnic plasma," as per the official description.
The Hood is also set to join the roster later in the season, though they're keeping his abilities under wraps for now.
What updates are coming in Marvel Rivals Season 9?
Alongside the new map and heroes, Season 9 marks one of the biggest updates to the game yet.
We can expect a range of balance updates across the roster, including major changes to Black Widow. These updates mainly involve balancing the heroes abilities by removing the ADS sniper mode and improving her primary attack, so no need to worry if Black Widow is your main.
Team-up abilities are getting a major overhaul, giving every hero 2 independent Team-Up loadouts. This overhaul sees tweaks to existing abilities as well as some wholly new additions.
Season 9 is also bringing us a brand new game mode in Path to Doomsday: Age of Ultron. The new game mode takes heroes to Avengers tower where players will take on Ultron and his army. What Avengers: Doomsday secrets could this hold?
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