“Actually an awful decision”, players disappointed as Marvel Rivals Clone Rumble locked on weekdays

TOI Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Mar 18, 2025, 22:16 IST

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Marvel Rivals players are outraged after discovering the Clone Rumble game mode locked during weekdays. This popular limited-time event, essential for earning exclusive rewards, is only available on weekends. NetEase Games may have restricted it to manage server load and reduce queue times during the week when player activity dips.

“Actually an awful decision”, players disappointed as Marvel Rivals Clone Rumble locked on weekdays

Marvel Rivals Clone Rumble locked (Image via NetEase Games)

Players are furious to find Marvel Rivals Clone Rumble locked as they are looking to earn the exclusive rewards from this limited-time event. The game mode has become popular not only due to its unique gameplay but also the free rewards you can earn by playing this mode. However, NetEase Games has decided to lock the event for weekdays, to which a reddit user and Rivals player, CyborgGamer777 commented, “That’s actually an awful decision...”
Clone Rumble is linked to Galacta’s Cosmic Adventure event. You can complete challenges by playing this game mode that grants you Galacta’s Power Cosmic. This event-based currency is then used to progress on the Galacta’s Cosmic Adventure event board to earn free rewards.
Being a limited-time event and a ton of rewards to collect, players are looking to grind the Clone Rumble game mode in Marvel Rivals to earn all the exclusive rewards. But fans are furious to find Clone Rumble locked as they are unable to play.

Why is Marvel Rivals Clone Rumble locked?

Marvel Rivals Clone Rumble locked (Image via NetEase Games)

NetEase Games had earlier announced that the new Clone Rumble game mode in Marvel Rivals will be a limited-time event that will only be playable during set windows. This set window happens to be on the weekends. This is why players are finding Marvel Rivals Clone Rumble locked on the weekdays, from Monday through Friday.
Players can only access and play Marvel Rival Clone Rumble on the weekends, that is on Saturday and Sundays. The reason why NetEase decided to make Clone Rumble an weekend only game-mode is anyone’s guess, but players took to reddit and started speculating on it. Here are the possible reasons behind Marvel Rivals Clone Rumble being a weekend only event.
1. There is a significant drop in Marvel Rivals player count during the weekdays. Seeing this, NetEase Games might have decided to lock the new Clone Rumble game mode on these days to prevent increasing the queue time of the standard quick-time and competitive game modes.
2. NetEase games boasts over 3.2 million players world-wide. It might have been unrealistic to run the massive server required for a new game-mode throughout the week.

When can you play Marvel Rivals Clone Rumble?

Rewards from playing Marvel Rivals Clone Rumble (Image via NetEase Games)

Marvel Rivals Clone Rumble is a weekend-only event and will be accessible to play on Saturdays and Sundays. There’s a countdown timer on the game mode selection page above the Clone Rumble thumbnail, that says when the event will be playable next.

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