Marvel Rivals Teases Season 5 New Characters, Map, & More

A new look just met that high bar, as Marvel unleashes the Knullified Hulk. This is a version of Hulk who has inherited the mantle of the King in Black, aka the God of Symbiotes. Hulk sprouts black symbiote spikes all over his body, as well as needle teeth and Knull’s red scorpion logo. It’s a look that would fit perfectly into Marvel Rivals , making Hulk look imposing in all three fo

As the new Darkchild, Illyana has bright red skin, black clothing, tapering horns and cloven hooves. Borne aloft by her «demon knight» Juggernaut , Darkchild’s full backstory is a mystery, but fans learned in Age of Revelation #0 that Magik died in a tragic mission with the X-Men, only to rise again as the demonic Darkch

In Marvel Rivals , Magik’s Ultimate transforms her into the Darkchild. Alongside a physical transformation, Magik temporarily increases her speed, attack damage and cooldown rates. While the design is impressively demonic, it’s a long way from being comic-accurate, and Amazing X-Men ‘s redesign would allow fans to play the ‘Darkchild’ version of Magik with and without her Ultim

From an official X post __ made by Marvel Rivals ‘ team, the Fighting game News|https://Fightnewsplus.com/ seems to be taking a turn towards romance, offering players an invitation to wedding. This comes in the form of a playing card, which states that story news about Season 5 is set to be announced on November 11, 2025 . This news will either confirm or deny many Season 5 predictions , but some details already reveal what players have long suspec

Comic fans of the Hulk have been well-served by Marvel Rivals . Available cosmetics include takes on his gangster form as Joe Fixit, post-apocalyptic form as the Maestro, and alien warlord form as the Green Scar . However, there’s still room for a truly dark take on the Hulk. While the Knullified design above would be ideal, other options include the Titan form (from when Hulk was possessed by D’Spayre) and his Kluh form from the AXIS event. These are the truly evil versions of the Hulk, and would unlock his full potential for intimidat

The new Season 5 map could be the Collector’s Theme Park , a private sanctum of The Collector, an enigmatic villain who gathers oddities from across the Marvel universe. Many of The Collector’s treasures are victims, kidnapped from their homes and kept in the bombastic villain’s menagerie. The Collector could easily serve as the non-playable antagonist of Season 5, much like Knull did in Seaso

The Darkchild is an important part of Magik’s backstory and characterization — a demonic voice always whispering in her ear, but one she’s learned to harness, turning her trauma into power. Marvel Rivals nailed how impactful the transformation can be, but Magik fans deserve another way to celebrate her comic hist

Thanos returns to his ship a skeletal husk after the encounter with the comet scorched his body. «Master you are…injured?!» remarks Corvus. «Merely inconvenienced» Thanos replies as his flesh begins to regenerate in seconds. It is later discovered that the treasure is actually an astral regulator created by The Celestials, the creators of the universe itself. This astral regulator is so powerful that Above-All-Others, the Ruler of all Realities cannot even destroy it. Thanos’s healing factor is so advanced that he was able to withstand the ferocity of the comet and the power of the celestial object itself. He makes a full recovery from singed bones back to his normal form almost instantly after boarding his s

In Marvel Rivals , the Darkchild form is Magik’s Ultimate, with a leonine design unfamiliar from the comics. In cover art for Amazing X-Men #2 by Mahmud Asrar​​​​​​​, Stephanie Hans and Ejikure, Marvel showcases Magik’s new design — one which is crucially a lot more human than previous Darkchild. aka Darkchylde, looks (below), and far more possible to introduce as a Marvel Rivals cosmetic for her human f

Like Thanos, Wolverine also once had the flesh melted from his bones, leaving only his adamantium skeleton behind. He has been ripped apart by The Hulk. He has even suffered defeat at the hands of Thanos before. Defeat after agonizing defeat Wolverine’s healing factor usually whisks him away from the jaws of death. _Thanos _ ‘s healing ability is just as good as Wolverine’s, given that he grappled with a comet and wielded a celestial object without being incinerated. The Mad Titan’s relationship with death remains as complicated as e

The new look is part of a Knullified variant cover initiative starring various heroes, set to celebrate the return of Venom’s nemesis, who is getting his own series in January 2026. Coming from Al Ewing, Tom Waltz and Juanan Ramírez, the series follows Knull who — though resurrected — has had his powers and station stolen by the Asgardian goddess Hela . The Knullified Hulk design and cover are by Leinil Francis Yu and will appear on select copies of Infernal Hulk

Kidnapped as a child by the demonic Belasco, Magik studied dark magic and finally beat her captor. However, her time in Limbo corrupted her soul, creating an alternate self known as the Darkchylde — a crueler, more cunning version of Illyana obsessed with seizing mystic po