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People are focused on major updates and new momentum around Marvel-branded games—especially Marvel Tōkon’s steeply improved PC performance after a patch and the notable sales surge for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 tied to Brand New Day. There’s also discussion of DRM/anti-cheat concerns, unusual community troubleshooting, and upcoming Marvel Wolverine hardware preorders and an Avengers series relaunch.

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Key Takeaway Marvel Tōkon’s PC performance reportedly improved dramatically after a new patch, even as players and outlets debate the underlying causes and anti-cheat/DRM impact.
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Marvel's Midnight Suns
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Marvel Rivals
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MARVEL Cosmic Invasion - Cyclops & The Thing
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MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales
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Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
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Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
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MARVEL SNAP
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WCCFTech · 13h ago
Marvel Tōkon’s Pirated Build Hits Flawless 60 FPS, as Denuvo-Style DRM/Anti-Cheat Reportedly Cripples the Paid Steam Version
IGN · 5h ago
How Marvel’s Relaunched Avengers Series Redefines Earth’s Mightiest Heroes
IGN · 8h ago
Marvel’s Wolverine Limited-Edition PS5, DualSense Controller, and Console Covers Are Up for Preorder

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  • How Marvel’s Relaunched Avengers Series Redefines Earth’s Mightiest Heroes IGN
  • Marvel’s Wolverine Limited-Edition PS5, DualSense Controller, and Console Covers Are Up for Preorder IGN
  • Marvel Tōkon’s Pirated Build Hits Flawless 60 FPS, as Denuvo-Style DRM/Anti-Cheat Reportedly Cripples the Paid Steam Version WCCFTech
  • Marvel Tōkon's dire PC performance improved massively by new patch, drastically reducing CPU use and stutters Eurogamer
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Marvel Tōkon's Pirated Build Hits Flawless 60 FPS, as Denuvo-Style DRM/Anti-Cheat Reportedly Cripples the Paid Steam Version

A cracked version of Marvel Tōkon reportedly runs at a flawless 60 FPS, as DRM and anti-cheat software are blamed for crippling performance.

13h ago Alessio Palumbo
kotaku.com

Pirated Marvel Tōkon Copies Reportedly Run Much Better On PC

The improvements in the cracked version of Marvel Tōkon are being attributed to the retail version's anti-cheat on Steam

1d ago Lewis Parker
thegamer.com

Marvel’s Wolverine Game Director On X-Men Origins Inspirations, Lengthier Development Time, And The Online Backlash

Mike Daly talks lessons learned from Spider-Man, the evolution of combat, the difficulty of implementing a healing factor, and much more.

7h ago George Foster

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Eurogamer 3 articles

Tracking: Marvel Tōkon's dire PC performance improved massively by new patch, drastically reducing CPU use and stutters / Marvel's Spider-Man 2 just had its biggest sales boost in years thanks to Brand New Day

Marvel Tōkon's dire PC performance improved massively by new patch, drastically reducing CPU use and stutters Marvel's Spider-Man 2 just had its biggest sales boost in years thanks to Brand New Day
+1 more As developer Arc System Works promises a fix, Marvel Tōkon's suffering PC players are creating some bizarre home remedies for its dire performance woes

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r/Games · u/akbarock · 

Marvel Rivals players are messing with their config files 'to cancel games with no consequence' before they get a loss

submitted by /u/akbarock to r/Games [link] [comments]
r/GamingLeaksAndRumours · u/Neoxon193 · 

The files of Marvel Tōkon indicate that Rocket Raccoon will be a DLC character at some point, Spider-Man/Green Goblin/Doctor Doom/Hulk will get Classic/Legacy costumes, & some details on the game's Battle Pass system

Not a huge surprise, but I'll be curious to see how ArcSys mixes things up compared to Capcom regarding Rocket (though I do find it funny how they straight-up say he's a DLC character in the notes of the files). Source s…
r/GamingLeaksAndRumours · u/uniquecartridge · 

Marvel's Wolverine almost had a crossbow, adaptive trigger claws, Nightcrawler and more. (Insomniac Leak Retrospective)

Source: The Rhysida hack, I watched 3 years worth of Zoom meetings (send help) located in the TeamUpdates folder in the leak, stretching from 2021 to 2023. (probably a good idea not to link it here) Note to mods: This is…
r/Games · u/willdearborn- · 

Marvel’s Wolverine - D23 Showcase Sizzle

submitted by /u/willdearborn- to r/Games [link] [comments]
r/Games · u/Magister_Xehanort · 

How Games Are Helping Shape Disney’s Next Chapter - Marvel's Strike Force and Kingdom Hearts are two of 9 Disney game series to gross over $1 billion at retail

submitted by /u/Magister_Xehanort to r/Games [link] [comments]

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