Marvel Rivals Season 1 Update Appears to Have Disabled Mods, Much to the Dismay of Fans of Custom Skins

The Marvel Rivals Season 1 replace seems to have completed greater than add the Fantastic Four — gamers say it is also cracked down on mods.

Ever since Marvel Rivals’ massively profitable December launch gamers have used mods to create customized skins regardless of concern over account bans. Popular mods embody turning Iron Man into Vegeta from Dragon Ball and Mantis right into a goth. There’s even a mod that turns Jeff the Land Shark into Pochita from Chainsaw Man.

Using mods violates Marvel Rivals’ phrases of use, and developer NetEase itself has warned gamers towards modifying recreation recordsdata. Despite the danger of getting banned, Marvel Rivals mods stay massively standard.

Until now. Players are reporting the Season 1 replace has added asset hash checking, which in flip has disabled mods. The official Marvel Rivals Discord is beginning to refill with questions from bemused gamers who’re asking why their mods aren’t working, and social media is now effervescent up the reason. IGN has requested NetEase for remark.

Some have recommended mod makers might be able to difficulty workarounds for his or her creations, however because it stands Marvel Rivals is a mod-free recreation. And the crackdown maybe comes as little shock. NetEase generates income from the free-to-play hero shooter via the sale of premium skins. If modding threatens that income in any method, NetEase can have taken a dim view.

We’ve seen an identical crackdown from different builders who promote premium skins for his or her video games. Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 developer Saber Interactive and writer Focus Entertainment at one level disabled mods for the sport, though later reversed its determination. Will NetEase for Marvel Rivals?

In the meantime, take a look at the Marvel Rivals Season 1 patch notes, and official stats that reveal Marvel Rivals’ choose and win charges in Quickplay and Competitive modes for Season 0. And regulate the most recent Marvel Rivals codes free of charge skins, and vote on the strongest Marvel Rivals characters in our neighborhood tier record.

Image credit score: Vegeta as Iron Man mod on Nexus Mods.

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