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New Marvel's Avengers patch may expose your IP address [UPDATED]

There's a bug in the latest Marvel's Avengers patch that's displaying users' IP addresses on-screen.

Donovan Erskine

June 23, 2021 11:55 AM

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Updated on June 23, 2021 at 11:55 p.m. PT/2:52 p.m. ET.

Crystal Dynamics has issued a hotfix to Marvel's Avengers, fixing the issue that was causing players' IP address to appear on-screen, as they shared in a new tweet. The rest of this article has be left as it was originally published.

Marvel’s Avengers has had quite a rough go at it since it launched in August of last year. Following a lukewarm critical response, the game also struggled to maintain a widespread fan base in the months following its release. That said, developer Crystal Dynamics has put a lot of effort into improving the state of the game and supplying players with more content. Now, more bad news has come to the superhero game, as a new patch in Marvel’s Avengers is displaying the IP address of users on-screen.

The instance of players’ IP addresses being displayed in-game was first spotted by Twitter user @Cyael. This report was then confirmed by Forbes writer Paul Tassi. After downloading the new patch, players will notice a bunch of text on-screen while playing Marvel’s Avengers. This includes their username, the date & time, and most concerningly, their IP address. Of course, an IP address is incredibly sensitive information, and having that on display in an environment where others can see it (like a livestream) can be incredibly harmful.

Please refrain from streaming for now if you're experiencing this issue. We will update when this issue has been resolved.

— Marvel's Avengers (@PlayAvengers) June 22, 2021

The bug popped up with the release of today’s content update, which added a new boss and in-game event. Developer Crystal Dynamics has acknowledged that it’s aware of the issue. However, their tweet on the matter simply refers to it as a “a floating string of text,” which is putting things lightly, to say the least. There is currently no fix for the issue, but with its severity, one would hope that a hotfix rolls out soon.

Until Crystal Dynamics issues a fix for the bug that causes IP addresses to be displayed on-screen in Marvel’s Avengers, we advise players to take extreme caution when playing the game. It’s currently unclear if the bug is impacting all or just a select group of players. For future updates to this story and more news on Marvel’s Avengers, Shacknews has you covered.

Donovan Erskine

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Donovan is a young journalist from Maryland, who likes to game. His oldest gaming memory is playing Pajama Sam on his mom's desktop during weekends. Pokémon Emerald, Halo 2, and the original Star Wars Battlefront 2 were some of the most influential titles in awakening his love for video games. After interning for Shacknews throughout college, Donovan graduated from Bowie State University in 2020 with a major in broadcast journalism and joined the team full-time. He is a huge Scream nerd and film fanatic that will talk with you about movies and games all day. You can follow him on twitter @Donimals_