NetEase has revealed that Marvel Rivals has hit another major player count milestone, just a couple of days after the company closed the Seattle studio responsible for developing the hero shooter.
In its latest financial report (which covers both the fourth quarter of 2024 and the fiscal year as a whole), NetEase confirms that Marvel Rivals has amassed "over 40 million players to date".
The game, which launched in early December, amassed 10 million players within its first 72 hours on release, going on to hit 20 million players in less than two weeks. It's worth stressing, however, that these aren't necessarily active players, just "registered users".
Still, a quick look at Marvel Rivals' Steam numbers (per SteamDB) shows that it's attracted 320,376 players over the last 24 hours, with 130,699 players enjoying the game at time of writing.
NetEase also says that the first season of Marvel Rivals resulted in a new surge of interest in the game, causing the hero shooter to catapult to the top of Steam's top sellers and most-played charts when it arrived.
All of this, as well as what is clearly NetEase's continued faith in Marvel Rivals, makes the decision to lay off everyone...
