Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 Maintenance: Blade Release, Patch Notes & Downtime

Marvel Rivals Season 3.5 Maintenance

Marvel Rivals is undergoing a major scheduled maintenance for its Season 3.5 update today, August 8, 2025. If you can’t log in, don’t sweat it—it’s not a random outage or your internet going haywire. This is a planned downtime, all part of prepping for the big Season 3.5 update. The Marvel Rivals, have made it clear on their official X account and in patch notes that maintenance will begin at 9 AM UTC and is expected to last approximately 2–3 hours.

Players won’t be able to queue up matches or even launch the game during the window. Maintenance will also mean downloading an update, so expect a big patch on Steam or Epic before you’re good to go. Don’t bother refreshing endlessly; the entire playerbase is benched for a bit.

Why Is Marvel Rivals Going Down for Maintenance on August 8, 2025?

Marvel Rivals scheduled maintenance today is all about kicking off the new content for Season 3.5. The star of the launch is Blade—finally making his way into the lineup after much hype. Along with him, the update brings fresh storylines for some heavy hitters (Blade, Iron Man, and Rocket Raccoon) and loads of gameplay tweaks. You’re also getting tighter penalty systems for Ranked leavers, cleaner chat moderation, and a limited-time event with a few wild cosmetics. It’s not just bug-fixing, it’s about improving how the game feels and injecting some new excitement.

When Will the Marvel Rivals Maintenance Start and End?

• Maintenance kicks off at 9 AM UTC (that’s 2:30 PM IST, 5 AM EDT, or 10 AM BST).

• It’s expected to last 2–3 hours, but could go a little longer if there are unexpected issues.

• Servers should be back online by noon UTC or so.

What New Content Is Coming with the Season 3.5 Update?

Blade joins the roster as a full playable Duelist (finally!).

• Brand new stories/lore for Blade, Iron Man, and Rocket Raccoon.

• Resource Rumble mode will launch August 22, introducing a new map, Throne of Knull, first in quickplay.

• Limited-time Queen’s Codex event with free rewards like The Thing – Symbiote Thing skin, and premium rewards such as Hela’s “Queen in Black” costume.

• Heavy tweaks to Ranked matchmaking and bigger penalties for leavers.

• Improved moderation: smarter voice-chat filtering and custom muted words for text chat.

• Hero balance changes (including Mantis healing tweaks and more).

• Seasonal Twitch Drop campaign for the new “Will of Galacta” Mantis costume.

How Can Players Stay Updated on Server Status?

Here are the best ways to keep in the loop:

• Check the Marvel Rivals X account (@MarvelRivals) for official maintenance and server status updates.

• Join the Marvel Rivals Discord server for real-time info and community reports.

• Use websites like Down Detector to see if others are experiencing problems – a big spike usually indicates a widespread issue.

• Bookmark and visit status guides like marvelrivals.gg/server-status for schedule updates.

• If in doubt, ask in Discord chat – usually someone has an answer or an ETA.