This holiday season, remember to play the objective in Marvel Rivals’ Jeff Splatoon mode

Jeff’s Winter Splash Festival, Marvel Rivals’ first limited event, is here, but folks are forgetting the reason for the season(al mode). Winter Splash is a Splatoon-like mode, where teams of Jeff compete to spray colored Jeff juice over the arena, and whichever team covers the most space wins – not whichever team murders the most Jeffs. Read more: 7 of the best Marvel Rivals team comps for all skill levels I played a few rounds after the mode went live out of curiosity to see how well NetEase assembled Rivals’ first big event just weeks after the multiplayer game launched. Short match times keep things breezy. Jeff’s healing bubble is an explosive ice orb now, which is fun. And the mode uses the Yggdrasil map, which, with its nooks, crannies, and chokepoints, lends itself well to the objective.  When people remember to play the objective, that is. Out of the five matches I played, one featured both teams trying their darndest to spread Jeff-colored cheer across the ground. The give-and-take didn’t let up unt