Marvel Rivals esports tournaments land in UK as Battle Pass details drop for Season 1, and UK player is runner-up in first Championship

Marvel Rivals esports tournaments are starting to crop up in the UK, at a grassroots level, following the game’s popular launch period.

UK gaming bars SideQuest and Meltdown have been running community tournaments in the hero shooter.

Meltdown has been running a 3v3 competition tonight (Saturday November 11th 2025) in London, and says it may move to a 6v6 format in the future.

The tournament is for players of all levels, who are welcome to bring their own equipment, and entry is free to the single elimination bracket.

SideQuest is also running Marvel Rivals esports tournaments in its Charing Cross, Elephant Park, Coventry and Canterbury venues on Sunday February 9th from 11am GMT.

It costs £15 to enter, and those entering without a team can be grouped into one via the SideQuest Discord, using the information and links in the tweet below.

MARVEL RIVALS TOURNAMENT!🔥 Meet other players, win prizes and test your skills!

📍SideQuest Charing Cross, Elephant Park, Coventry and Canterbury
📆 February 9th, Sunday
🕰 From 11am
🎫 £15

Don’t have a team? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered😌 Join our Discord! (link in… pic.twitter.com/6OGgD9ciww

— SideQuest Gamers Hub 🧋 (@SideQuest_Hub) January 10, 2025

GRAND FINAL OF OUR FIRST EVER MARVEL RIVALS TOURNEY🔥🔥🔥

Kasa Esports vs The Chairmen pic.twitter.com/AWtO9csUV5

— SideQuest Gamers Hub 🧋 (@SideQuest_Hub) February 9, 2025

Esports News UK has reached out to other tournament organisers in the UK to see if they will be running tournaments, including collegiate organisers NSE and NUEL. We’ll update this article if we hear back.

Update: Epic 44 will contain a Marvel Rivals 2v2 tournament.

Missed out on playing in the Staff vs Community match?

Marvel Rivals is coming to #EPIC44 with @IntelUK as a Fun Tournment (2v2)🤯

Thanks to @bequietofficial for sponsoring this FT🏆 pic.twitter.com/ZxXIzvlVf5

— EPIC.LAN UK Gaming & Esports Events (@EPICLAN) February 3, 2025

Update: NSE has added Marvel Rivals to its main British University Esports Championship (BUEC) as Spring 2025 sign-ups open.

This will run with a four-week swiss stage and two-week playoffs stage, and includes £600 in prizing for university students.

It’s a slightly shorter season than some of NSE’s other titles, like League of Legends and Valorant, but it’s a nod to Marvel Rivals’ growing success, nevertheless.

There’s more info on the Marvel Rivals NSE Spring 2025 tournament for university students in this link, and below.

🌻 We're happy to say the British University Esports Championship Spring sign-ups are NOW OPEN!

🥳 Returning with ten of your favourite weekly tournaments plus one extra surprise… #BUECSpring2025

👉 Check out the weekly schedule and sign up here: https://t.co/Jks3gRdDaw pic.twitter.com/QyytkHxGGa

— National Student Esports (@nse_gg) January 14, 2025

Update: Vulpine Esports have announced a Marvel Rivals tournament starting March 1st 2025.

NEW TOURNAMENT ALERT

Testing The Waters **Marvel Rivals**

Sign ups close 28th Feb @6pm

Tournament page: https://t.co/OAp7e9FIdM

Finals streamed live ▶️https://t.co/52EkFyAE0s pic.twitter.com/ta1be19IOY

— Vulpine Esports (@VulpineEsports) February 24, 2025

The news comes after a hugely successful launch period for Marvel Rivals, which launched in early December and has gone on to become a top ten game on Steam, with 10m playing around launch, and 600,000 concurrent players this weekend alone.

UK player finishes strongly in Marvel Rivals esports Championship Season 0

UK Marvel Rivals esports player iGoodlad finished runner-up with Yoinkanda, who reached the final of the European Marvel Rivals Championship Season 0: Dooms’ Rise tournament on PC, which ran from December 14th 2024 to January 5th 2025.

TeamCats won the final 4-0.

iGoodlad appears to be a former Paladins esports player, who previously played with EU team Yoinkers.

Other UK players in the $14,500 tournament included Abbs on Aww Yeah, Lightbringer on Schmungus, Ashh on Ex Oblivione, Dylon and Fate on Team1, ImTryinOk, Soldio and J7nx on WeAreGroot, plus Tommy on Peaq Check and LGCY on The Avengers, according to Liquipedia.

Marvel Rivals announces Battle Pass costume details for Season 1: Eternal Night Falls

Marvel Games and NetEase Games have announced new Battle Pass costume details for Season 1: Eternal Night Falls for Marvel Rivals.

The game’s first season began yesterday (January 10th) and introduces the Fantastic Four as playable heroes. Players will also discover a new Battle Pass, which features over double the content of the Season 0 pass.

The Eternal Night Fall Luxury Battle Pass has 10 costumes and their related content such as sprays and emotes. The price for the Season 1 Luxury Battle Pass is set at 990 Lattice and players will receive 600 Lattice and 600 Units back by completing it.

Season 1: Eternal Night Falls – Begins on Jan 10, 2025, 1 AM PST

The Fantastic Four Join Marvel Rivals!

Darkness engulfs New York as the Timestream Entanglement leaves Doctor Strange trapped in the Entangled Astral Plane, scattering the Darkhold pages. Dracula and Doctor Doom… pic.twitter.com/n0tFV8m1gm

— Marvel Rivals (@MarvelRivals) January 6, 2025

Additionally, the game has also launched on Nvidia GeForce Now, Nvidia’s cloud gaming service.

There’s the maps Sanctum Sanctorum and Midtown Map, plus a trailer for the Invisible Woman and Mister Fantastic on Marvel Rivals channels.

Fans who play Marvel Rivals for 15 minutes while having Discord open will also receive the limited-time Discord Jeff the Land Shark avatar decoration! This special event will run until January 16th at 4:59pm PST.

Season 1 will see several balance updates, including enhancements to Storm.

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