Marvel Rivals Version 20260625 brings the Summer Festival’s Uplifting Welcome event, two new store bundles, a fresh round of Twitch Drops, and a short list of hero and map fixes. The download installs without taking servers offline, so you log in and keep playing.
Quick answer: The update releases on June 25th, 2026 at 09:00:00 (UTC). There is no maintenance window, so once the patch finishes downloading you can jump straight back into matches.
Release time: June 25th, 2026, 09:00 UTC
Uplifting Welcome event: how to claim 200 Units and the Summer Festival rewards
The first Summer Uplifting Welcome starts on June 28th at 00:00:00 (UTC). After that opening ceremony, a new 15-minute welcoming ritual begins at the top of every hour, with the final one starting on July 1st at 00:00:00 (UTC).
To collect the rewards, step onto Hellfire Bay Beach during any one of those 15-minute windows. Doing so grants 200 Units, the exclusive “Rivals Summer Festival 2026” title, and a universal “Uplifting Welcome” emote that every Hero can use.
Note: The event runs from June 28th, 2026, 00:00:00 to July 1st, 2026, 00:00:00 (UTC). You confirm the rewards landed when the Units total updates and the new title and emote appear in your profile and emote wheel.
New In Store: Daredevil and Black Widow bundles
Two headline cosmetic bundles arrive alongside the patch, with a limited window that closes a month later. Several smaller cosmetics and emotes go on sale on the same date.
| Item | Availability (UTC) |
|---|---|
| Daredevil – Sonar Savior Bundle | June 26, 02:00 to July 24, 02:00 |
| Black Widow – Aquatic Assassin Bundle | June 26, 02:00 to July 24, 02:00 |
| Daredevil – Sonar Savior Emoji Bundle | From June 26, 02:00 |
| Daredevil – Sonar Savior Customizable Parts | From June 26, 02:00 |
| Black Widow – Aquatic Assassin Chroma (Toxic Trace / Golden Gossamer) and Customizable Parts | From June 26, 02:00 |
| Blade – Bats Getting Louder Emote | From June 26, 02:00 |
| Cyclops – X-Press Juice Emote | From June 26, 02:00 |
Creator World Championship Twitch Drops
The Creator World Championship tournament begins this weekend, and an exclusive Twitch Drops event runs alongside it. Watching qualifying streams earns an exclusive spray and emoji.
The Drops period runs from June 26th, 2026, 12:00:00 to July 19th, 2026, 21:00:00 (UTC). Link your accounts ahead of time so viewing time counts toward the rewards.
Hero fixes: Cyclops and Magneto
Two hero bugs are corrected in this build, both tied to inconsistent ability behavior.
- Cyclops’ Optic Ascent no longer produces different horizontal displacement distances based on client frame rate, so the movement is now consistent regardless of performance.
- Magneto’s Metal Bulwark no longer vanishes the instant it is applied to teammates, restoring the shield’s reliability.
PC, console, and map changes
NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Frame Generation (Auto Mode) on PC
PC players gain support for NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Frame Generation in Auto mode. When set to Auto, the game adjusts frame generation targets to your monitor’s refresh rate, locking the frame rate to the screen as closely as possible for steadier, smoother visuals.
K’un-Lun: Shenloong Arena now playable on Xbox Series S
Optimization for the Xbox Series S is finished. After this week’s maintenance completes, the 18 vs. 18 Bounty Annihilation mode and its map are fully playable on the console.
Lower Manhattan collision fix
Some tricky collision geometry on Lower Manhattan has been removed. The spots where characters could get stuck or clip out of bounds are now smoothed out.
You will know the update applied when the launcher finishes patching and lets you queue without a downtime prompt, since this drop deploys live. From there, the Summer Festival’s beach activities and store rotation open on their listed dates, so plan your Hellfire Bay visits around the hourly welcoming windows between June 28th and July 1st.
