The patch is timed to coincide with the game's anniversary and includes new events, the return of the battle pass, discounts, and a large list of fixes.
Marvel Rivals is opening season 5, but the developers have prepared a gift for the first birthday: "Annihilation" — an 18v18 format in the style of a domination match.
The anniversary patch adds four new events, returns the season 1 battle pass, lowers prices in the store (Black Friday), introduces cosmetics, and fixes a number of issues. The list of fixes addresses interaction errors in Times Square, sights on Gambit's healing cards, lost speed bonuses for Peni Parker, disappearing mines, bugs with Strange's flying cloak, and Jeff's wall-sliding model.