Marvel Rivals Team Apologizes For Trying To Prevent Negative Reviews

thegamer.com:

The Marvel Rivals team has issued a statement on the recent controversy surrounding its content creator program. This comes after the contract that creators were asked to sign to access the game leaked, revealing that it prevented them from providing "subjective negative reviews", and even from comparing Marvel Rivals to its competitors.

Now, the team is walking back on these requirements and apologises for any "unpleasant experiences or doubts" caused by what it describes as "miscommunication" on its part. It adds that it "actively encourage[s]" creators to share their thoughts, seemingly lifting the ban put in place in the contract.

"We actively encourage Creators to share their honest thoughts, suggestions, and criticisms as they play," reads a statement put out on the Marvel Rivals Twitter page. "All feedback, positive and negative, ultimately helps us craft the best experience for ourselves and the players."

"We sincerely apologize for the confusion, suspicion, and frustration caused by these excessively restrictive terms and thank you for sharing with us," it continues. "We are currently working with Creators who have expressed these concerns and are revising the current version to be less restrictive and more Creator-friendly."

Prior to this, the team had reached out to content creators privately, apologising for the wording in the contract. This came after at least one creator was removed from the program for appearing on a podcast in which criticism of the game was shared, even though he temporarily left the call while this was being discussed. The podcast's cohost was preemptively banned from the program too, apparently over the fact that the show hosted another creator who had previously leaked Marvel Rivals content. Both of these bans have since been reversed.

Despite this controversy, feedback on the game appears to be mostly positive so far. Even those who were banned had good things to say about the game, which is currently in closed alpha