Marvel Rivals Season 2 Enhances Stability, Introduces New Features

Marvel Rivals’ Season 2 brings an experimental feature to boost game stability and lower memory usage. Discover how it works, plus details on upcoming events and updates.

Marvel Rivals Season 2 Features and Events

Switch Shader Compilation Mode

NetEase is launching an experimental feature to enhance Marvel Rivals’ stability and reduce memory demands. Announced on X on April 30, the Switch Shader Compilation Mode aims to improve gameplay, particularly for players with lower RAM or FPS issues.

A blog post on the Marvel Rivals website outlines the feature’s benefits. It addresses player concerns about performance stutters and crashes caused by high memory usage during gameplay.

The blog states, “To tackle memory overload, Season 2 introduces the Switch Shader Compilation Mode, available via the PC launcher.” This feature is ideal for systems with 16GB of RAM or less.

Enabling the feature offers these improvements:

　●　Shader compilation runs only on first launch after a game or graphics driver update.
　●　Memory usage drops significantly, reducing FPS drops, freezes, and crashes due to memory shortages.

Developers noted potential issues, such as brief abnormal rendering of materials at match starts, which resolves quickly. Minor stutters may occur but stabilize during gameplay.

Marvel Rivals Season 2 Twitch Drops

Season 2 kicks off with a Twitch Drops campaign from April 11 at 12:00 UTC to April 30 at 23:59 UTC. Players can earn rewards by linking their Marvel Rivals and Twitch accounts and watching streams with Drops enabled.

Rewards depend on viewing time and include the following:

Marvel Rivals Season 2 Launches Soon

The latest Dev Vision previewed Season 2’s Hellfire Gala, announcing shorter seasons and one new hero monthly.

Maintenance for Season 2 begins April 11 at 9:00 UTC, lasting 2–3 hours.

The update introduces Emma Frost as a playable character with X-Revolution and Blue Sapphire skins, a new Domination map (Hellfire Gala: Krakoa), and a battle pass with 10 new heroic costume sets.

Marvel Rivals is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. Check our article for the latest updates!