It's been a whole year since thousands of us jumped into Marvel Rivals for the first time via its beta test. If you played the beta enough, you were awarded a Cyan Venom skin to keep for the full release. Those who missed out on the exclusive Venom skin have been asking when it will return to the game, and the team behind it has bad news for you - it's never coming back.
This isn't a rumor or a leak. It's confirmation from the creative director of Marvel Rivals, Guangguang. Speaking with Rivals Assembled, Guangguang was asked about the rarity of certain skins and how the team decides which ones to bring back and when. That included a question asking whether the Cyan Venom skin from the beta test and the White Scarlet Witch skin from the alpha test will ever return.
Likely not wanting to give anyone still hoping they might come back one day false hope, Guangguang was very direct in his answer. "Regarding Cyan Venom and Scarlet Witch, these two are a commitment to the players from the closed alpha test and closed beta test. These are exclusive skins for those who participated in these tests....