Marvel Rivals Season 9 Release Date and Time: When Does the New Season Start

Marvel Rivals is perhaps getting its biggest update yet in the form of the Season 9 patch, and fans are understandably eager to find out when exactly the new season will go live.

For the uninitiated, the Marvel Rivals Season 9 update is all set to introduce a plethora of new changes to the hero shooter. Unlike other major seasonal updates, the Season 9 patch will completely revamp the way Team-Up abilities are handled, alongside bringing major changes to some of the existing game mechanics.

As the patch notes of the Marvel Rivals Season 9 update have already been revealed, this article focuses on the exact release date and time for the new season.

Marvel Rivals Season 9 Release Date and Time

NetEase has confirmed that the much-anticipated Marvel Rivals Season 9 patch is scheduled to go live on July 10, 2026, at around 9 am UTC.

Here’s when the Marvel Rivals Season 9 release time translates to across major regions:

• Pacific Time (PT): 2 am, July 10
• Eastern Time (ET): 5 am, July 10
• British Summer Time (BST): 10 am, July 10
• Central European Summer Time (CEST): 11 am, July 10
• India Standard Time (IST): 2:30 pm, July 10
• Philippine Time / China Standard Time (PHT/CST): 5 pm, July 10
• Japan Standard Time (JST) / Korea Standard Time (KST): 6 pm, July 10
• Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST): 7 pm, July 10

Note that the Marvel Rivals servers will undergo a brief period of downtime ahead of the Season 9 launch, so players may be unable to log in for a short window before the update officially goes live.

The downtime for Marvel Rivals Season 9 is expected to last for a couple of hours, so fans should be able to enjoy the new update starting around 11 am UTC.

That’s everything you need to know about the Marvel Rivals Season 9 release date and time ahead of its official launch.