Surprise Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Update Accidentally Breaks Top-Tier Character

Surprise Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Update Accidentally Breaks Top-Tier Character

Capcom decided to drop an unannounced patch for Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 on Steam today, and inadvertently broke the top-tier character Phoenix in the process

Capcom patched Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and... accidentally removed Dark Phoenix from the game due to coding errors

It's hard to believe that it's been over 15 years since Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 was released on November 15, 2011. Though Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite would be released years later on September 19, 2017, it features entirely different design philosophies. Many players don't even consider Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite to be a true sequel to Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. Regardless, it's been years since Capcom has done anything with Ultimate Ma…

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 just received its first significant patch in nearly a decade on Steam, but it appears to have broken more than it fixed

Capcom is currently in full 'unexpected update' mode, it seems. After returning to the two-year-old Dragon's Dogma 2 last week to clean things up ahead of its Dark Arisen expansion, the PC port of 2011's Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has also just received its first new patch in years. Sadly, it appears to have broken more than it has fixed.

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Gets Surprise Steam Update, Breaks Dark Phoenix

Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is widely regarded as one of the best fighting games ever made, but it has largely been left behind in the modern era, lacking features like crossplay and rollback netcode, with no signs of ongoing support from CAPCOM. Today, CAPCOM pushed out a surprise update for the PC version of Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on Steam to improve Windows 11 compatibility and fix unspecified bugs. However, it appears to have introduc…