Marvel Rivals appears a bit unstoppable in the intervening time, even when mods do not work anymore, because it hit a brand new participant rely peak this weekend.
All of us already knew that Marvel Rivals is well-liked, however its actual take a look at was all the time going to be the way it fared when its first season dropped. That first season dropped a few days in the past, and lo and behold, the sport is well-liked – a lot so, that it hit an all-time concurrent participant rely peak of 644,269 individuals, making it one of the performed video games this weekend. It is also the sport with the 14th highest all-time peak ever on Steam, placing it above video games like Apex Legends and the additionally not too long ago launched and well-liked Path of Exile 2. These are some huge, sturdy numbers, and definitely cements that Marvel Rivals is right here to remain – maybe unsurprising contemplating the IP hooked up to it, however related given what number of dwell service video games die proper out of the gate.
The draw back? That season 1 replace has additionally now stopped gamers from utilizing mods, one thing that has fairly shortly gotten well-liked given the presence of classics like a Thomas the Tank Engine pores and skin for Jeff The Land Shark. Another mods embody issues like a Pochita from Chainsaw Man pores and skin for Jeff, Vegeta for Iron Man, and Goku for Spider-Man. There’s already fairly a number of mods generally for the sport over on Nexus Mods, most of that are visible tweaks, efficiency enhancements, and the like, however clearly the priority from NetEase Video games will probably be gamers utilizing mods to cheat.
Mods like skins have been banned from use proper from the get-go, so this replace is not shocking in any capability. In a remark to IGN, NetEase even mentioned that it’s “not really useful to switch any sport recordsdata, as doing so carries the chance of getting banned.” It is not like the sport wants any assist, however video games like Staff Fortress 2 are well-liked to today due to the sport’s prolific modding and customized content material scene. Not a lot to be carried out about it now, so I suppose you may simply have to understand common Jeff The Land Shark.