Marvel Rivals Reveals Deadpool for Season 6 During The Game Awards

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Marvel Rivals Reveals Deadpool for Season 6 During The Game Awards

NetEase Games revealed during The Game Awards 2025 that Deadpool will headline Season 6 of Marvel Rivals, arriving on January 16 alongside a museum heist theme and a tease for Elsa Bloodstone.

NetEase Games is looking ahead while the current season is still in full swing. During The Game Awards 2025, the studio dropped a brand new trailer confirming that Deadpool will join the roster as the first playable hero for Season 6. While the reveal did not feature direct gameplay, it gave players a first look at the Merc with a Mouth with a fresh voice and character design. According to reporting by IGN, the upcoming update is officially titled Night at the Museum and is scheduled to launch on January 16, 2026. This marks the earliest NetEase has ever teased a new roster addition, giving the community plenty of time to build the hype.

The seasonal setup revolves around a heist gone wrong. The official narrative details how Gambit and Rogue attempt to escape the Collector's Museum after a botched artifact theft. In response, the Collector deploys Deadpool to handle the situation, which predictably goes sideways when the anti-hero opens every cage in the facility and turns the archive into total chaos. The trailer also teased a second addition for the mid-season update. Marvel sharpshooter Elsa Bloodstone made a brief appearance at the end of the footage, strongly pointing to her arrival as a playable character for Season 6.5.

For a live service hero shooter that relies heavily on seasonal pacing and creator content ecosystems, early transparency like this is a win for the player base. Teasing the roadmap well in advance gives teams time to dissect the meta implications and lets content creators build anticipation across Twitch and YouTube ahead of launch day. NetEase is keeping momentum high, and if Deadpool plays even half as chaotic as his cinematic iterations, January is going to shake up the competitive lobbies. You can read the original coverage over at IGN South Africa.

Tags: Marvel Rivals, Deadpool, The Game Awards 2025, NetEase Games, Hero Shooter

Original article: IGN South Africa