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It’s bin day for Marvbel Rivals, and NetEase has had a bit of a clearout, permanently banning 485 accounts and three devices after detecting a spike in cheating following its latest weekend update.

The bans were confirmed in a new “Zero Tolerance on Cheats” penalty announcement (shouldn’t be a new policy, but what do I know?), with NetEase saying its telemetry spotted players using “third-party enhancements” after the May 21 update. By May 25, the publisher had moved to what it called an “immediate, targeted purge” of accounts found to be breaking the rules.

According to NetEase, the banned players were found to have used cheats, illicit assist programs, or client tampering. The publisher also said the signatures for the newly detected cheats have now been added to its automated penalty system, meaning anyone caught using the same tools in future should be banned immediately.

The enforcement wave does not appear to have only hit low-level throwaway accounts either. NetEase published a list of the affected accounts with personal information removed, showing players across a range of in-game ranks. Three players were also hit with permanent device bans, including one listed at One Above All rank.

NetEase also took aim at claims circulating online that Marvel Rivals’ anti-cheat can be bypassed using launch parameters. The publisher said those rumours are false, explaining that the anti-cheat launches alongside the game client and cannot be switched off separately. The parameter being shared online only hides a pop-up window, it said, rather than disabling the software.

Players who believe they have been wrongly punished can appeal through official customer support, although NetEase’s wording makes it pretty clear that it believes this particular ban wave is based on confirmed violations so, yeah good luck kids.