It’s not every day that a publisher publishes a list of the accounts it just banned, but NetEase did exactly that for Marvel Rivals. Following the most recent update, the studio detected what it described as a “faction of rogue players” promoting and deploying new third-party cheats, and the response was a permanent ban wave that NetEase has now made public. The names and UIDs in the list are partially censored, but the ranks are not. They run all the way from Bronze up through Grandmaster, Celestial, and even One Above All.
Two One Above All accounts, the very top rank in Marvel Rivals, are on the list, alongside a heavy contingent of Grandmaster and Celestial players. Bronze players make up the biggest chunk of the list overall, but the high-rank presence is the part that’ll get the most attention.
NetEase says the signatures for the newly detected cheats have been logged and integrated into the automated penalty system, and severe cases involving organized distribution or penalty evasion will now face device bans and IP bans on top of account bans. The studio also pushed back specifically on a rumor that’s been circulating online, claiming the anti-cheat can be bypassed via launch parameters. According to NetEase, that parameter only hides a pop-up window and doesn’t disable the anti-cheat in any capacity.
The phrasing across the announcement is, frankly, very NetEase. There are references to “the Chronoverse,” “our fair battlefield,” and ensuring “true skill, not forbidden tech, reigns supreme.” Marvel Rivals is free-to-play on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC, and if you suspect someone in your match, the report function remains the recommended first step.
