🦸 NetEase has shipped another Marvel Rivals update — June 4, 2026 at 09:00 UTC — and the headline is the good kind: no server downtime. In the devs’ own words it’s “patch and play”: the client updates on the fly, no queue, no maintenance window.
What dropped
This time the update is content-and-store focused rather than a balance pass:
- Mantis — “Mandy Celestine: The Greeter” — a new store bundle, available for a limited time: June 5 to July 3, 2026 (UTC).
- Iron Man — “Iron Samurai” — a separate bundle with a samurai-styled look.
- Iron Samurai Emoji Bundle — a matching emoji pack for in-match chatter.
The full list of fixes and tweaks is on the official Steam update page. If the notes include hero balance changes, they take effect right after install — nothing extra to download.
Worth jumping back in?
If you’ve been on a break, this is a decent moment: new cosmetic sets often run alongside quiet matchmaking and meta adjustments, and store drops usually pair with events. Time-limited looks (Mantis through July 3) are the classic reason to log in before the set rotates out.
What it means for players using software
Any client update is a heightened-risk moment, even a “cosmetic” one:
- Don’t queue in the first hours after a patch. A no-downtime update still means the client build changed — and with it, signatures and checks may have shifted. Give your provider time to ship a build-matched update.
- Run your HWID spoofer before the session if you play with private software — basic hygiene after any patch, not just a major one.
- Check cheat status in our list of working Marvel Rivals cheats — we flag which private builds are already adapted to the fresh client and which are paused.
Private Marvel Rivals software rides out patches far more calmly than public tools — it has support and quick build-matched updates. More on choosing one in the Marvel Rivals cheats guide.
Content and event timing per the official Steam announcement. Looks tagged “limited time” may leave the store earlier than the stated date.
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