Marvel Rivals is a free-to-play team-based hero shooter from NetEase Games and Marvel Games, released in December 2024, in which teams of Marvel heroes and villains battle across destructible maps. Clips from its matches spread quickly among players on streaming and short-form video platforms, where short bursts of its dramatic combat audio became shorthand for high-energy gameplay. The sound remains popular because it instantly signals a superhero showdown, making it useful for edits, reactions and highlight reels long after a match ends.