Marvel Rivals Zombies release countdown: Start time for all regions

The highly anticipated Marvel Rivals Zombies is almost here, bringing the first-ever PvE mode to the game. It is arriving as part of the Halloween Midnight Mayhem event and lets players fight against an endless wave of zombies. Based on previous patterns, Marvel Rivals Zombies mode is expected to arrive on October 23, 2025, at 5 am Eastern Time.

Here’s the release date and time of Marvel Rivals Zombies in major regions, followed by a live countdown.

Marvel Rivals Zombies: Release date and times for all major regions

For those who don't know, this game mode was teased in the Season 4.5 roadmap as the "Mystery Mode" and is not related to the current multiplayer modes. For now, it only features the Empire of Eternal Night Midtown map from the Convoy mode.

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You can play in a lobby of up to 4 players, and the hero pool is significantly limited compared to the multiplayer mode featuring: Thor, Blade, Magik, Jeff the Land Shark, and The Punisher. Each of these heroes have new abilities that are designed especially for this mode. The game mode features Namor and Scarlet Witch as bosses.

Similar to previous major updates, the Zombies mode should be available to play on October 23, 2025, at 9 am UTC. Here's the converted date and time across major regions:

Time zone	Date and time
Pacific Daylight Time (PDT)	October 23, 2025, at 2 am
Mountain Daylight Time (MDT)	October 23, 2025, at 3 am
Central Daylight Time (CDT)	October 23, 2025, at 4 am
Eastern Daylight Time (EDT)	October 23, 2025, at 5 am
British Summer Time (BST)	October 23, 2025, at 10 am
Central European Summer Time (CEST)	October 23, 2025, at 11 am
Moscow Standard Time (MSK)	October 23, 2025, at 12 pm
Indian Standard Time (IST)	October 23, 2025, at 2:30 pm
China Standard Time (CST)	October 23, 2025, at 5 pm
Japan Standard Time (JST)	October 23, 2025, at 6 pm
Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT)	October 23, 2025, at 8 pm
New Zealand Daylight Time (NZDT)	October 23, 2025, at 10 pm

Please note that there could be a short downtime period for maintenance before the game mode becomes playable.

Marvel Rivals Zombies live release countdown

The game mode is expected to go live once the countdown below reaches zero:

That's everything you need to know about the new Zombies mode in Season 4.5.

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