Publisher NetEase has walked back a controversial"non-disparagement" requirement for streamers and video makers previewing its upcoming hero shooter Marvel Rivals. Just one day after prominent streamerMarvel Rivals is an upcoming 6v6 hero shooter reminiscent of Overwatch, but with all those superhero guys from the comics. Rivals is beginning its first closed alpha playtest, with a number of content creators previewing the game as part of the test.
Credit where it's due for NetEase: it's been taking days of popular backlash over game company missteps to see stuff like this reversed: see' days of rage over unpopular changes to those games. There's definitely a kernel of something reasonable to a clause like this: an understandable protective attitude toward a work-in-progress being shown to the public for the first time, and a need for players to manage expectations for an alpha release.