NetEase Games just broke their player base, and the world of Marvel Rivals will never be the same again.
As reported by Video Games Chronicle, the studio has just banned a record 485 players and three devices in one go. In fact, NetEase went out of their way to make a list of said players, with identifiable information censored but to prove that these are real players.
NetEase also warned their players that rumors that they can bypass their anti-cheat is fake. In fact, all the supposed bypass does is hide the pop-up window. That’s a signal from NetEase that they knew who was cheating this whole time.
While this is hardly the first time a live service game has made a sweeping ban, it’s a landmark for NetEase and Marvel Rivals itself.
And of course, it was a necessary move, to keep the game viable for new players to keep coming in. With a Switch 2 port in the works, NetEase will want to get this taken care of well in advance.