Marvel Rivals nostalgic ‘big head mode’ launches this week, and I’ll probably still struggle to hit headshots

Marvel Rivals just teased a surprise new game mode coming later this week, and it’s one filled with nostalgia and pure fun to take a break from the sweat of ranked matches.

The new Giant-Size Brain Blast mode in Marvel Rivals is reminiscent of old school games where you could enter cheat codes (button combinations that existed before microtransactions) to get cool features, like giving all of the characters in a game comically large heads.

And that’s exactly what’s going on in Giant-Size Brain Blast. The silly mode inflates the head sizes of the game’s characters for maximum headshot accuracy and massive hilarity. But it does have some free rewards to earn, too.

Player titles will be up for grabs for those who rank in the top 500, top 100, and top 10 for each hero after individual rounds of the event. Giant-Sized-Brain (hero name), Monster-Sized-Brain (hero name), and Planet-Sized-Brain (hero name) can be grabbed, respectively.

But there’s more for those who simply want to participate and get a kick out of the mode. Completing 10 matches will allow players to pick a Brain Blast emote for each hero in the game, which will allow their heads to balloon for a short period of time after the event comes to an end to commemorate the large skull memories.

Giant-Size Brain Blast is a variant of the Doom Match free-for-all mode, pitting players in a game of every hero for themselves, the way it used to be back in the split-screen multiplayer days. The multiplayer games have evolved, but the fun of seeing a character with a massive noggin still remains.

The limited time mode is available starting on April 25 in addition to the game’s existing modes, so those who wish to avoid the bigheadedness altogether can do so just fine, but they will be missing out on some good, silly fun in the meantime.