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Marvel Rivals' Next Update Is Making Some Big Changes
- Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 launches on May 30 across all platforms, introducing Ultron as a new playable strategist and adding the Arakko map.
- This update follows the earlier addition of Emma Frost in Season 2 and includes significant changes to team-up abilities and game balance.
- Ultron commands healing drones and can deploy unique energy beams while controlling a mechanical version of Arakko, the new map from X-Men lore.
- Developers describe Ultron's shooting style as bringing “a whole new experience to the game,” and his Battle Matrix mode will launch June 6 as a tactical auto-battler.
- The update removes four and adds six team-up abilities, introduces buffs and nerfs to several heroes, and signals a shift to shorter two-month seasons starting Season 3.
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Ultron announced alongside new team-up attacks as part of Marvel Rivals Season 2.5
Ultron has stolen Cerebro from the mutants of Krakoa in Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 story, and has now become a playable character, introducing a new map and a slew of new Team-Up changes. “Ultron is a strategist who can provide consistent healing to his allies,” according to Creative Director Guangguang. He attacks with energy beams as his primary attacks and can fly, joining the sky alongside Iron Man, Storm, and the Human Torch. As such, the Tea…
Marvel Rivals' Next Update Is Making Some Big Changes
Marvel Rivals’ next big seasonal update is nearly here, and with it, some major balance changes are coming as well as a new map. And for fans of evil robots, the upcoming 2.5 season will add Ultron to the free-to-play shooter’s ever-growing roster. Read more...
Marvel Rivals Season 2.5 Might be the Game's Biggest Update We've Had Yet
Marvel Rivals keeps surprising us with every update. Contrary to other games of the genre, this hero shooter is one that keeps on giving. When we thought we had seen all heroes and villains for a while, new ones join the roster, making the Rivals family even larger with each patch, and Season 2.5 for Marvel Rivals isn’t the exception. When it launches, one of the most iconic nemesis of the Avengers will join the fray alongside many updates, bala…
Marvel Rivals Debuts Ultron Gameplay Ahead Of Season 2.5 Launch Next Week
Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has revealed gameplay for the next character joining the roster, Ultron, and showcased more of what's to come in Season 2.5 ahead of its launch next week on May 30, 2025. The studio also released the latest patch notes for the game's most recent update, which includes all the balance changes and fixes made. The Hellfire Gala Moments event has been extended for another week in the back-half of this season, and on t…
Marvel Rivals Reveals The Mechanical Menace, Ultron
Marvel Rivals is edging ever closer to their Season 2.5 update, dropping details for the next new character and intending to turn the meta on its head by doing so. The magnificent villain Ultron has been revealed – packing a ton of unique tools to dispatch, destroy and delay death. Divers beware, this b*tch bites back. Yeah, he is a strategist character. But you’d be forgiven for thinking he was a DPS character after taking one look at his plays…
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