Summary
- Marvel Rivals is getting its first seasonal event, with The Winter Celebration coming later this week.
- A new Splatoon-inspired game mode is being added for the event, as entire teams of Jeff will need to paint as much of the arena as possible in their team’s colored snow.
- A veriaty of skins will also be added for character such as Venom, Groot, and Magik, while Jeff gets a free skin too.
Marvel Rivals has been going from strength to strength ever since it launched earlier this month, with over ten million people downloading the title on its launch weekend. There have been a few hiccups along the road, such as the lack of role queues and the pain in the butt that is Iron Fist, but it’s generally regarded as a great game and a potential Overwatch competitor.
Of course, we’ve yet to see if the game has staying power, but it seems as though NetEase is doing its best to make Marvel Rivals a live service title worth keeping around. Despite only having launched a couple of weeks ago, Marvel Rivals is already getting its first seasonal event, as The Winter Celebration is bringing some festive additions to the game.
Marvel Rivals Is Getting A Splatoon Mode All About Jeff
We’ll start off with the big addition, and that’s a brand-new game mode called Jeff’s Winter Splash Festival, which is a mode that has teams of four all playing as Jeff the Land Shark. Obviously inspired by Splatoon, it’s your job to cover the arena in as much of your team’s color of snow as possible, all while taking out enemy Jeffs along the way.
If you do decide to check out this fun little mode, which kicks off on December 19 at 11pm PST, you’ll even be able to grab Jeff’s ski outfit for free. Other Christmas-themed outfits you will have to cough up cash or in-game currency for though, but at least they look great. Skins added in this event are a frosty, caked up Venom, a Santa Groot, and ski outfits for both Rocket Raccoon and Magik.
NetEase doesn’t appear to mention if these skins are available for a limited time, or when this Winter Celebration event will actually end, so it may be prudent to grab what you like as soon as you can. Then again, given that Battle Passes don’t expire, and the game’s shop has no timers, it’s possible they may be made permanently available. We really have been spoiled.
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