NetEase Bans 488 Marvel Rivals Cheaters, 184 Were Bronze
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- NetEase permanently banned 488 Marvel Rivals accounts caught using and distributing cheats, then published a blog post publicly listing the banned players (with usernames mostly censored) along with their in-game ranks.
- Bronze was the most common rank on the ban list at 184 players, meaning these cheaters couldn't climb out of the game's lowest tier even while running unauthorized third-party software.
- Only three banned players reached the top rank 'One Above All,' while Grandmaster and Diamond each accounted for 65 players on the list.
- NetEase debunked rumors that Marvel Rivals' anti-cheat could be disabled via launch parameters, stating the parameter only hides a pop-up window and that anti-cheat 'launches concurrently with the game client and cannot be disabled independently.'
- NetEase warned that repeat offenders face IP and hardware bans on top of account bans, making the create-a-new-account workaround ineffective.
- Marvel Rivals joins Apex Legends and Marathon in adopting a zero-tolerance, permanent-ban stance against cheaters in competitive multiplayer shooters.
Why it matters: Of 488 banned cheaters, 184 were stuck in Bronze — the game's lowest rank — showing the cheats didn't even carry them up the ladder. NetEase pairs permanent account bans with IP and hardware bans for repeat offenders and publishes the ban list publicly, making both account-hopping and anonymity harder to maintain for anyone tempted to cheat.
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