Marvel Rivals Version 20260116 Patch Notes: Season 6 Begins!

HEY NERDS!

Deadpool here, hijacking the patch notes because, let's face it, nobody reads these unless you need to know if your main got nerfed. Then you whine that there are no balance updates here, and some random internet person tells you what you really want is the Balance Post, not the Patch Notes. I see you, internet people! Well, guess what? Season 6 is almost here! (They took this long to add me!? Who came before, oh Gambit & Rogue... together? #$%& that!) Anyways, I'm here, I'm playable, and I'm ready to make the Collector's Museum wilder than a taco truck at a biker rally.

BTW, I guess I should tell you that the game will be down for about 2 hours on January 16th, from 9:00 AM (UTC) while the tech wizards in the back room inject me into the mainframe (or whatever it is they do). Anyway, let's break the fourth wall and get to the goods!

 

New Stuff

The Best Hero Ever (It's Me!)

Deadpool is joining Marvel Rivals! Katanas, quips, healing factor, now available at a spawn point near you. I'm here to slice, dice, and steal the spotlight. And yes, I talk. A lot.

New Plot Twists & Tales

1. New Serial - Night at the Museum! It's like that other one, but with more explosions and 90% more Deadpool.
2. New Deadpool Lore - Hero In His Own Mind. Hey, I take offense to that!

Hero Proficiency, Now with Extra Bragging Rights

Lorded everyone? Not anymore! Season 6 brings more levels, more rewards, and more reasons to keep flexing your main. Unlock them all and make your lobbies jealous. 
(And the best part, all that sweet Proficiency that you've been stockpiling will not go to waste. It's getting automatically converted into shiny, new levels with the update. That means if you've been a total sweat and racked up a mountain of Proficiency, you'll INSTANTLY unlock new rewards. Boom! Achievement unlocked. No extra button-mashing required.)

New Systems

1. Times Square - Epic Photo Mode: New camera toys! Capture your most heroic, hilarious, or humiliating moments. Pick your fav filter and share with others. Insta, eat your heart out.
2. Controller Settings - Share the Genius: Save, share, and swap controller configs. Now you, too, can have Deadpool-level reflexes (results may vary, batteries not included).

New In Store

1. Deadpool - Captain Pool Bundle: It's me in a hat. Buy it.
2. Venom - Marvel Cosmic Invasion Bundle: Retro Symbiote shenanigans!
3. Spider-Man - Marvel Cosmic Invasion: Spidey's here to crash the party.
4. Deadpool - Emoji Bundle: Because my face is just that expressive.
5. Invisible Woman Prism Parade Costume Chroma: Vivid Vibe, Radiant Ray, and Ultimate Ability VFX. Now 200% more visible...
Available From: January 16th, 2026, at 09:00:00 (UTC). Buy now, thank me later!

1. Peni Parker - Snow-SP//dr Bundle
2. Star-Lord - Starcracker Bundle
3. Daredevil - Not Daredevil Bundle
Have been extended until January 23rd, 2026, at 02:00:00 (UTC). You're welcome!

S6 Battle Pass

All-new BP - Museum Ticket! Unlock 10 snazzy new costumes, starring:
Invisible Woman - Prism Parade (so shiny!)
Venom - Space Corsair (so gooey!)
Mantis - Galactic Gladiator (so galactic!)
And more. Gotta catch 'em all. Wait, wrong franchise?

Season Event: Whac-A-Jeff

Capture Jeffy-Boy in the new event and unlock the FREE (that's right) Jeff the Land Shark - 8-Bit Bash costume.

Gone Nutty For Gifts

Has been extended until January 29th, 2026, at 09:00:00 (UTC). Yay!

Jeff's Winter Splash Festival

The end date has been moved back to January 29th, 2026, at 09:00:00 (UTC). Now with 100% more Jeffy action!

Competitive

This season drops brand-new Nameplate Frames, Badges, and a treasure trove of rewards.
Gold-tier and up? You snag my costume, Deadpool - Workwear Woes, the one I'm forever whining about.

Mode Adjustments

Resource Rumble Gets Rumbled:
Attention, Quick Match fans (and everyone who ever rage-quit Resource Rumble)! The mode and its map have been yeeted out of Quick Match.

Tournaments

Alright, buckle up, champions (and future champions, and people who just like free stuff)! The Marvel Rivals Championship (MRC) Season 6 is bringing more changes than Spider-Man has costumes.
Platinum 3 Entry Requirement: Still the same. No, you can't bribe me or bribe the devs to sneak in at Bronze. Work for it, buttercup!

Rewards for EVERYONE!

Yup, not just the faction that flexes their way to the top. This season, rewards rain down from the champions all the way to those who valiantly (or hilariously) get knocked out in the open qualifiers. That means: All-new Nameplates, Sprays, Exclusive-Emblems, etc. Bling it up!
And, every single placement gets some Units. Even if your team's best move is a group dance at spawn. Want the nitty-gritty on all rewards? Go check the Marvel Rivals Championship rewards page. Go on, I'll wait.

IGNITE 2026 IS COMING IN HOT!

With the 2026 Ignite Series heating up, the PC events in each region during MRC Season 6 are your last public shot to grab a starting slot in Ignite. Each region will keep at least 25% of its preset slots for factions from MRC Season 6. That's math, baby. So even if you're only a quarter as good as you hoped, you've still got a shot!

Champion Points: The Gift That Keeps On Giving

Starting with Marvel Rivals Championship Season 7, you'll rack up Champion Points just by showing up and competing. Stack 'em high to fight for your chance at promotion, or dodge relegation, during both the mid-season finals and end-of-season pro league shuffle! Seasons 7 through 11: You can earn up "Champion Points 26." When Season 8 wraps, top factions from that season AND the cumulative "Champion Points 26" leaderboard (that's the "I never miss a season" crowd) can qualify for the Ignite Mid-Season Qualifiers, battling it out for a spot in the Ignite Series' second stage for 2026.
Now go make your mom proud!

Accessories

New bling for: Rogue, Deadpool (that's me again!), Doctor Strange, Squirrel Girl, Iron Man, Cap, Daredevil, Black Panther, Storm, and Blade.

Twitch Drops

A new season, a new round of Twitch Drops! Be sure to watch lots of me!
Watch enough to grab the Invisible Woman - Will of Galacta costume and bundle stuff.
Drops Period: January 16th, 2026, at 12:00:00 (UTC) to February 13th, 2026, at 09:00:00 (UTC) 

College Perks

You, kids, get all the fun! New rotation of College Perk costumes:
Thor - Majestic Raiment
Scarlet Witch - Immortal Sovereign
Jeff the Land - Shark Sunshine Land Shark
Wolverine - Weapon X
Mister Fantastic - The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Invisible Woman - The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Human Torch - The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The Thing - The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Spider-Man - Future Foundation
Squirrel Girl - Sunshine Squirrel

Fixes and Optimizations

All Platforms

1. Scoreboard Limbo: After spectating in a Custom Game - Tournament Room, players could get stuck on the results screen. Not anymore. You're welcome!

PC

1. Mouse Optimization: High polling rate mouse experimental optimization setting (Settings - Keyboard) for all you hardware snobs (8K polling rate mice). Activating it can resolve related lag issues. Now your moves are as fast as my comebacks.
2. Slimmer Files: PC install shrank by 15%. More room for cat memes!

Heroes

1. Thunderstruck and Wonder-Not-So-Full: Thor's Thorforce, due to network delays, could sometimes look like it was charged up, then vanished faster than Loki at a family reunion. Using that vanishing Thorforce to activate Awakening Rune would cause it to fizzle out prematurely. Talk about awkward... 
*Most cases of this have resolved; a few are still under investigation. Give them time, people.
2. Magneto's Magnetic Misstep: If Winter Soldier's Tainted Voltage lands the exact second Magneto pops his Ultimate, Magneto could get launched like a bad elevator ride. Now he stays grounded; unless he's being dramatic, which is always.  
3. Punisher's Patchy Ping: Bad network vibes? The Punisher's Vantage Connection could send him to unexpected places under poor network conditions. It's fixed now, so you won't look like you're internet-exploring the upside-down anymore. No more "where am I?" F.Y.I. - you're welcome.  
4. Piercing Projectiles' Pinball Physics: Some piercing projectiles, on extremely rare occasions, decided to deal extra damage, just because. This has been fixed, so now you'll only get wrecked by skill, not by RNGesus.  
5. Strange's Grounded Gateway: Flying heroes couldn't use Doctor Strange portals cast directly on the ground. Ground-level sorcery: approved. The floor is not lava, it's destiny.  

More madness, memes, and mayhem coming soon. Keep your eyes on the official Marvel Rivals channels or just follow me. I'm the most interesting part anyway. Patch note rating: 11/10. Would fourth wall break again. Deadpool out! See you in Season 6!