Marvel Rivals developer NetEase seems to have clamped down on the usage of pores and skin mods throughout the sport in its newest replace, successfully banning customers from altering characters’ skins with mods outright.

Per an IGN report, the newest season of the sport has added a course of known as “asset hash checking” to Marvel Rivals, which is actually a means for the sport to examine whether or not belongings are legit or not.

Naturally, which means any unauthorized consumer mods, such because the one which turns Iron Man into Dragon Ball‘s Vegeta or the one that offers Guardian of the Galaxy Mantis a decidedly goth bent, are not legitimate so far as Marvel Rivals is worried.

As IGN factors out, modding has all the time been towards Marvel Rivals‘ phrases of service, and NetEase itself has warned gamers towards utilizing mods to vary their skins or do the rest unauthorized throughout the sport.

In a press release to IGN, NetEase says it would not suggest modifying sport information, as a result of doing so “carries the chance of getting banned”. It would not appear to offer any official affirmation that asset hash checking has been added.

It’s, after all, solely potential that enterprising modders (and is there another type?) will discover a means round this newest setback. In the intervening time, nonetheless, you may need to shelve your Marvel Rivals mods if you happen to do not need to get banned.

Should you’re questioning precisely what Marvel Rivals is, it is a multiplayer hero shooter developed by Chinese language studio NetEase and closely impressed by the likes of Overwatch.

Revealed in March final 12 months, the free-to-play sport was launched in December, occurring to hit 10 million gamers inside a 72-hour interval. In fact, it is free-to-play, so lots of these gamers might not be repeat prospects, however it’s nonetheless a formidable quantity.

You may take a look at Marvel Rivals proper now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Sequence X|S. Need to know whether or not the sport is for you or not? Try our pre-release impressions proper right here.