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Nearly 500 Marvel Rivals players have been named, shamed and banned in "a targeted purge" by NetEase following their exploits after a recent game update.

In a blog post highlighting NetEase's "zero tolerance on cheats" , the company partially shared the associated names, user IDs and Marvel Rivals ranks of the players involved, which is something I've never seen before. The ranks of the players involved stretch from Bronze right up to Celestial.

Said NetEase: "Recently, our telemetry detected that following the weekend update, a faction of rogue players began promoting and deploying unauthorized third-party enhancements. This blatant disruption of our fair battlefield has sparked widespread concern across the Chronoverse.…