Marvel Rivals developer NetEase Games admits that a number of players have recently been hit with bans for cheating… even though they'd not been cheating at all.

NetEase has issued a public apology following a controversial ban that mistakenly flagged Marvel Rivals players as cheaters. The issue seemingly affected those using compatibility player programs and is a classic example of the anti-cheat system's mistaken identity.

Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has issued an apology to disgruntled players who it unfairly banned for cheating.

Marvel Rivals developer NetEase has apologized to rightfully pissed-off players who were unfairly banned for cheating. The problem is even though they were not using cheating software, this resulted in false bans. NetEase failed to say how many.

Following reports of false bans by some players, Marvel Rivals developer NetEase addresses the problem and issues a fix to those impacted.

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 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,