# Marvel Rivals Marvel Rivals Version 20260515 Patch Notes - Season 8 Begins! - Product: Marvel Rivals (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/marvel-rivals) - Vendor: NetEase Games - Date: 2026-05-14 - Original notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2767030/view/668365445444665381 - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/marvel-rivals/releases/2026-05-14-marvel-rivals-version-20260515-patch-notes-season What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **added** — New hero Devil Dinosaur added to the roster - **added** — New Serial story Sins of Alchemax - **added** — New Devil Dinosaur Lore story The Devil in the Details - **added** — Season 8 Battle Pass Project: Heroic Age featuring 10 new heroic costume sets - **added** — Season Event Devil Dino Hide and Seek where players complete missions for Units, Chrono Tokens, and Gallery Cards - **added** — Fully integrated Esports hub with live streams, battle notifications, real-time VOD replays, advanced combat analytics, and team dossiers - **added** — Ability to copy custom crosshairs from pro players per-hero from their profiles - **added** — Match preview feature on the Livestreams page showing upcoming matches on schedule - **added** — Prediction Page feature for Group Stage matches allowing one team ranking prediction edit per match with up to 2 temporal revision charges earned through event tasks - **added** — Multiple new cosmetic bundles and costume variants including Hulk Infinity Hulk Bundle, Deadpool Monster King Bundle, and Devil Dinosaur cosmetics - **added** — New animation for Devil Dinosaur - **added** — Twitch Drops including Rogue Will of Galacta costume and tournament drops with Chrono Tokens and cosmetics - **added** — Gold Rank Reward exclusive Devil Dinosaur Corporate Cruncher costume for reaching Gold rank or above - **changed** — College Perk costumes updated to Loki Presidential Attire, Magneto Temporal Tyrant, Hulk Maestro, Peni Parker Wasteland Mech, Daredevil Devil 2099, Magik Phoenix Demon, Rocket Raccoon Sunshine Raccoon, Phoenix Chaos Phoenix, and Hawkeye Ronin - **changed** — Esports hub optimized with several improvements based on Season 7 feedback - **fixed** — Fixed Jeff the Land Shark bug where securing an elimination with bubbles failed to grant intended charge restoration - **fixed** — Fixed environmental stability issues during Blood Hunt where dimensional barriers caused heroes to clip out of bounds or wedge into map geometry Greetings, Rivals! Welcome to Season 8! Join us as we witness the heartfelt reunion of two best friends and the fiery return of true lovers across the Timestream Entanglement. The update begins on May 15th, 2026, at 09 : 00 : 00 (UTC), with estimated maintenance lasting 2 hours. ##### **All-New Content** ##### **New Hero** New Hero Devil Dinosaur is stomping his way into the Marvel Rivals roster! ##### **New Stories** 1. New Serial - Sins of Alchemax 2. New Devil Dinosaur Lore - The Devil in the Details ##### **New In Store** 1. Hulk - Infinity Hulk Bundle 2. Deadpool - Monster King Bundle 3. Devil Dinosaur - Chrono-Armor Bundle 4. Devil Dinosaur - Tropical Beast 5. Devil Dinosaur - Emoji Bundle 6. Rogue - Starlit Rebel Chroma Midnight Mirage/High Noon and Ultimate Ability VFX 7. Jeff the Land Shark - Devil Landshark Chroma Magma Menace/Rosy Ruin and Ultimate Ability VFX 8. Take a Seat...or Squat?: New animation for Devil Dinosaur 9. New Accessories for Devil Dinosaur, Black Widow, The Thing, Angela, Namor Hela, and The Punisher Available From: **May 15th, 2026, at 9 : 00 : 00 (UTC)** ##### **S8 Battle Pass** The Chronoverse trembles, and Alchemax's shadow looms large. But where darkness falls, heroes rise! Unlock the epic new Battle Pass, Project: Heroic Age, featuring 10 brand-new sets of heroic costumes! Highlighted costumes include: Rogue - Starlit Rebel, Jeff the Land Shark - Devil Landshark, and Gambit - Barrier Buster. ##### **Season Event: Devil Dino Hide and Seek** Lunella needs your help tracking down her colossal companion! Jump into the all-new "Devil Dino Hide and Seek" event and follow his massive footprints across timelines. Complete missions for Units, Chrono Tokens, Gallery Cards, and more! ##### **Twitch Drops** **Season Drops** As Season 8 kicks off, get ready for a new round of Twitch Drops. This round's drops include the Rogue - Will of Galacta costume along with related bundle content. Drops Period: **May 15th, 2026, at 12 : 00 : 00 (UTC) to June 12th, 2026, at 09 : 00 : 00 (UTC) ** **Tournament Drops** The battlelines are drawn across the chronal currents! Marvel Rivals Ignite: Stage 1 is officially underway. Tune in to designated broadcast channels to watch the world's most elite strike teams clash in mind-bending, superhuman competition. The Watcher isn't the only one keeping an eye on the action; Galacta herself is distributing cosmic bounties! Rack up enough watch time to appease our favorite cosmic entity and claim this latest wave of Drops: 100 Chrono Tokens, Mood - Galacta's Glare, Wolverine - Will of Galacta Nameplate, Portal Pool Oopsie Spray Drops Period: **May 22nd, 2026, at 16 : 00 : 00 (UTC) to June 19th, 2026, at 16 : 00 : 00 (UTC)** ##### **Rank Rewards** Gold Rank Rewards: Reach Gold or above for the exclusive Devil Dinosaur - Corporate Cruncher costume. ##### **Esports** IGNITE Stage 1 isn't just broadcasting on standard earthly channels; we've routed the feed directly into the game! Access our fully integrated "Esports" hub for a complete tactical uplink, featuring live streams, battle notifications, real-time VOD replays, advanced combat analytics, and deep-dive dossiers on your favorite teams and pros. Thanks to the operation and community feedback gathered during Season 7, the system has undergone several optimizations: 1. Tactical Reticle Replication: Want to aim like Hawkeye or the Punisher? You can now navigate to player profiles and directly copy the custom crosshairs used by pro players, configured per-hero! 2. Clairvoyant Match Previews: A new preview feature on the Livestreams page lets you glimpse exactly which colossal clashes are up next on the schedule. 3. Timeline Reconstructions (Predictions): Made a bad call? Alter the timeline! For "Match Ongoing" Group Stage matches, you can now revisit the Prediction Page to edit the ranking prediction for one team. You can earn up to 2 temporal revision charges (across all regions) by completing specific Grou _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/2767030/view/668365445444665381]_