{"id":6438,"date":"2026-07-25T12:24:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/marvel-rivals-age-of-ultron-pve-mode-july-30\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T12:24:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T04:24:01","slug":"marvel-rivals-age-of-ultron-pve-mode-july-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/marvel-rivals-age-of-ultron-pve-mode-july-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvel Rivals Gets a Free Age of Ultron PvE Mode on 30 July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NetEase Games unveiled the next chapter of Marvel Rivals&#8217; &#8220;Path to Doomsday&#8221; event at San Diego Comic-Con 2026 on Thursday &#8212; a free co-op PvE mode themed around <em>Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/em>, dropping in-game on <strong>30 July 2026<\/strong>. Singapore players can jump in without any paywall.<\/p>\n<h2>Avengers Tower Under Siege<\/h2>\n<p>The mode, officially titled <strong>&#8220;Path to Doomsday &#8211; Avengers: Age of Ultron,&#8221;<\/strong> sends teams of players against Ultron&#8217;s mechanical army across two locations: <em>Avengers Tower<\/em> and <em>Ultron&#8217;s Data Space<\/em>. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/beebom.com\/marvel-rivals-age-of-ultron-pve-mode-trailer\/\">Beebom&#8217;s coverage of the SDCC panel<\/a>, the in-game storyline opens with the Ultron Virus breaching Avengers Tower, corrupting F.R.I.D.A.Y. and unleashing a relentless swarm of sentries. The new Avengers Tower map is exclusive to this PvE event and will not appear in standard PvP playlists.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gt-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JbAyZZMbDGQ\" title=\"Marvel Rivals - Official Age of Ultron Mode Teaser Trailer | Comic Con 2026\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;\" allow=\"accelerometer;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>Marvel Rivals &#8211; Official Age of Ultron Mode Teaser Trailer | Comic Con 2026 &#8212; via IGN on YouTube<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/marvel-rivals-gameplay-2.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Marvel Rivals gameplay screenshot showing hero combat\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of NetEase Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>New MCU-Inspired Costumes<\/h2>\n<p>Three new costumes inspired by Marvel Studios films arrive with the update, <a href=\"https:\/\/bleedingcool.com\/games\/video-games-2\/marvel-rivals-drops-path-to-doomsday-info-at-san-diego-comic-con-2026\/\">as shown at the SDCC booth<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Scarlet Witch<\/strong> &#8212; <em>Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/em> outfit<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ultron<\/strong> &#8212; <em>Avengers: Age of Ultron<\/em> armour variant<\/li>\n<li><strong>Winter Soldier<\/strong> &#8212; <em>Captain America: The Winter Soldier<\/em> look<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A physical merchandise line was also revealed: Mattel&#8217;s Jeff the Land Shark 12&#8221; plush ships with an in-game costume code, while a Hot Toys Luna Snow 1\/6 scale figure includes a &#8220;Mirae 2026&#8221; in-game skin code. New Funko Pop figures for Jeff the Land Shark, Cloak, Dagger, and Deadpool variants were shown as well. Pricing for in-game cosmetics has not been disclosed; local Singapore retail availability for the physical merch is to be confirmed.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/marvel-rivals-gameplay-3.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Marvel Rivals heroes in action\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of NetEase Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>&#8220;Path to Doomsday&#8221; Continues in December<\/h2>\n<p>The Age of Ultron mode is Chapter 2 of Marvel Rivals&#8217; ongoing &#8220;Path to Doomsday&#8221; event. NetEase confirmed at SDCC that additional game modes and in-game events are planned for <strong>December 2026<\/strong> &#8212; timed to coincide with <em>Avengers: Doomsday<\/em>&#8217;s theatrical release on 18 December. More details are expected closer to the film&#8217;s launch window.<\/p>\n<p>Singapore fans who followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/marvel-rivals-season-9-jubilee-thebes-2026\/\">Marvel Rivals Season 9&#8217;s Jubilee arc<\/a> will see the Doomsday roadmap as the biggest in-game story event the game has run so far. Crucially, the free PvE structure means there&#8217;s no ranked pressure and no paywall &#8212; a format that typically pulls in lapsed players across the region and lowers the entry bar for newer fans joining before Doomsday drops in December.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/marvel-rivals-gameplay-4.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Marvel Rivals team battle scene\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of NetEase Games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For more upcoming <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/game-news\/\">game news<\/a>, keep watching as the Avengers: Doomsday content slate builds through the second half of 2026.<\/p>\n<p><!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Video games\" flags=\"cosmetic pricing to be confirmed; physical merch SG availability to be confirmed\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marvel Rivals gets a free Age of Ultron PvE mode on 30 July \u2014 battle Ultron&#8217;s sentries in Avengers Tower. Here&#8217;s what SDCC 2026 revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[11,30],"tags":[920,729,730,921,905],"class_list":["post-6438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-news","category-news","tag-avengers","tag-marvel-rivals","tag-netease-games","tag-pve","tag-sdcc-2026"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/marvel-rivals-gameplay-1.jpg?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-1FQ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5529,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/marvel-rivals-season-9-jubilee-thebes-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":6438,"position":0},"title":"Marvel Rivals Season 9: Jubilee and the Mystery of Thebes","date":"July 11, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Marvel Rivals Season 9 \u2014 The Mystery of Thebes \u2014 is live on PC, PS5 and Xbox. 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