Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has apologised after mistakenly banning players wrongly flagged for cheating. The action has since been reversed, and the studio says tackling legitimate cheaters remains a priority.

Good artists copy, great artists steal. That may in part explain the massive success of Marvel Rivals, very much an Overwatch clone.

The exceptions are those with aggressive, Windows-based anti-cheating tools baked in, something that hit back hard against players eager to dive into a new superhero shooter. Marvel Rivals, an Overwatch -ish free-to-play hero shooter released in early December 2024,

Marvel Rivals community manager announced this morning that it has accidentally flagged a whole load of innocent players as cheaters and, as a result, banned their accounts all because of a mix-up in operating systems.

NetEase apologizes for accidentally banning Marvel Rivals players deemed as cheaters. Players were wrongly banned for using compatibility player programs, sparking backlash. Developers admit to the mistake,

Marvel Rivals is in a very comfortable spot right now. A hero shooter with literal heroes (and villains) and an almost endless source of new content. That, along with the fact that it has almost no competition,