{"id":37929,"date":"2026-08-11T04:42:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:42:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37929"},"modified":"2026-08-11T04:42:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T23:42:21","slug":"marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-gets-new-pc-patch-as-game-launch-goes-badly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=37929","title":{"rendered":"Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls gets new PC patch as game launch goes badly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/SEI_305879146-8dd8.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29182527\" alt=\"Wolverine and Magneto in Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>A Marvel rumble (Sony Interactive Entertainment)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Developer Arc System Works is rolling out updates to fix the PC version of its Marvel tag team fighter, as it fails to make a splash in its opening weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sony-published games have a rough history when it comes to PC ports, between <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/02\/09\/helldivers-2-review-progress-starship-poopers-20250428\/\">Helldivers 2<\/a> and the whole kerfuffle around <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/05\/06\/sony-backtracks-helldivers-2-psn-requirements-pc-gamers-get-way-20781542\/\">PSN requirements<\/a>, and low quality versions of single-player games like <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/04\/04\/the-last-of-us-part-1-pc-review-the-worst-of-us-18556002\/\">The Last Of Us Part 1<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The company is <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/03\/04\/marvels-wolverine-ps5-games-not-coming-pc-claims-report-27226403\/\">apparently backtracking on PC ports<\/a> entirely for single-player games, due to low sales, but it\u2019s still planning to release PC versions of multiplayer titles like <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/03\/30\/marathon-final-review-thrill-exfil-27744038\/\">Marathon<\/a> and the recently launched Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls, to boost player counts.<\/p>\n<p>The Marvel tag team fighter faced issues on PC in the beta phase, and while you might think those would have been ironed out for the full launch, similar performance and lag issues were still present when the title dropped on Thursday, August 6.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The issues on PC sparked prominent fighting game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MarvelTokon\/comments\/1viwbx5\/maxdood_uninstalls_tokon_pc_after_2_days_of\/\">YouTuber Maximilian Dood<\/a> to abandon the PC version on stream, over the weekend, citing problems with stuttering. \u2018It\u2019s making me like the game significantly less,\u2019 he remarked. \u2018The game is unfun when we have to deal with all this.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Some people have found ways to work around the issues, like <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Lord__Venom\/status\/2085445863116038522\">selecting the \u2018set graphics automatically\u2019 option<\/a> in the settings. Others, meanwhile, have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/MarvelTokon\/comments\/1vit0sg\/marvel_tokon_pc_frame_pacing_fix\/\">resorted to more complex tinkering<\/a> in the Nvidia Control Panel to set a manual 60fps frame rate cap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tExpert, exclusive gaming analysis\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Sign up to the <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/game-central\/\"><strong>GameCentral newsletter<\/strong><\/a> for a unique take on the week in gaming, alongside the latest reviews and more. Delivered to your inbox every Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-reddit wp-block-embed-reddit\"\/>\n<p>On Monday, however, Arc System Works announced an update for the PC version. \u2018This update includes PC performance and stability improvements, including reduced lag and fixes for frame drops,\u2019 a post on the game\u2019s official X account reads.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This update has now been officially released, promising \u2018reduced CPU load to help improve overall responsiveness and red lag-related issues\u2019, and fixing a bug that \u2018could cause sudden performance drops during gameplay\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2699\ufe0f Servers are back online!<\/p>\n<p>We have rolled out a number of performance improvements including:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 Reduced CPU load to help improve overall responsiveness and reduce lag-related issues<br \/>\ud83d\udd25 Fixed a bug that could cause sudden performance drops during gameplay<br \/>\ud83d\udd25 Improved backend\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MARVEL T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls (@MARVELTokon) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MARVELTokon\/status\/2086830139434823865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 10, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>It remains to be seen if this patch will solve all the issues, but the PC version hasn\u2019t exactly set the world alight on Steam. At the time of writing, it sits with a \u2018Mostly Negative\u2019 rating on Steam based on over 2,500 reviews.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In terms of player counts, it hasn\u2019t taken off either. According to SteamDB, Marvel T\u014dkon: Fighting Souls has hit a concurrent all-time player peak of 24,498. This number is lower than the all-time peak for <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/06\/08\/guilty-gear-strive-review-the-best-looking-fighting-game-ever-made-14736873\/\">Guilty Gear Strive<\/a> (31,156), <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/street-fighter\/\">Street Fighter<\/a> 6 (72,977), and <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/01\/24\/tekken-8-review-heat-em-up-20162506\/\">Tekken 8<\/a> (49,977).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course, it\u2019s likely the game has fared much better on <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/playstation-5\/\">PlayStation 5<\/a>, where it runs fine, but Sony didn\u2019t send review copies of the game before launch, claiming it was because the game is a live service title.<\/p>\n<p>That always seemed an odd thing to say and do, and it means that neither format has received much in the way of positive word of mouth in the last few days, which is not a promising start for the fighter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_307919500-dbc4.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29345482\" alt=\"Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls player count on Steam\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>It\u2019s not stacking up against the fighting game competition (SteamDB)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><em>Email\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/08\/10\/marvel-tokon-fighting-souls-gets-new-pc-patch-game-launch-goes-badly-29345405\/mailto:gamecentral@metro.co.uk\">gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a>, leave a comment below,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GameCentral\">follow us on Twitter<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To submit 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