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Marvel Tōkon Devs Apologize for Rough PC Launch, Promise Fixes

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Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls developers have apologized for significant performance issues plaguing the PC version at launch. The team is actively working on updates to address stuttering, frame drops, and input registration problems. Regaining player trust after the troubled release is acknowledged as a major challenge.

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Gaming Bolt

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Director Explains Upcoming Adjustments for Inputs, Assists

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls director Kazuto Sekine has apologized for the game's rough PC launch and outlined upcoming adjustments. Future updates will address input registration issues and rebalance assist and tag mechanics, which have proven more frequent than intended. The team is also looking into reducing combo downtime caused by extensive tag usage.

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IGN

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Director Apologizes for Rough PC Launch and Outlines Upcoming Balance Changes

The director of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has apologized for the game's problematic PC launch and detailed upcoming balance adjustments. The development team is working on changes based on their findings.

IGN

Marvel Tokon Devs Confess Regaining Trust After Fumbled PC Launch Will Be 'Extremely Challenging'

Arc System Works has apologized for the troubled PC launch of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls. The developer admitted that regaining player trust after the fumbled release will be an extremely challenging task.

Gaming Bolt

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Producer Apologizes to PC Players For Performance Issues at Launch

Arc System Works producer Takeshi Yamanaka has apologized to PC players of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls for performance issues experienced at launch. While the core gameplay has been praised, the PC version suffered from significant problems, leading to two urgent patches and a "Mixed" Steam rating. The company is working to regain player trust, acknowledging the difficulty of the task, and notes that the PlayStation 5 version has performed much better.

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Gaming Bolt

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Gets New PC Update to Fix Stuttering and Frame Drops

Arc System Works has released a new PC update for Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls to address performance issues like stuttering and frame drops. The update fixes unnecessary audio input checks and other CPU-straining problems that negatively impacted the game's launch. Despite these efforts, the PC version still receives mixed reviews, with the PlayStation 5 version currently being the preferred platform.

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Shack News

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls PC players claim latest update may have fixed performance issues

Arc System Works and Marvel Games have released a new update for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls that addresses PC performance issues. The patch reduces CPU load to improve responsiveness and fix lag, and also resolves a bug causing sudden performance drops. While players report improvements, some online play and matchmaking issues may still persist.

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Eurogamer

As developer Arc System Works promises a fix, Marvel Tōkon's suffering PC players are creating some bizarre home remedies for its dire performance woes

Players of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls on PC are experiencing significant performance issues, including stuttering and online matchmaking problems. While developers Arc System Works have promised a fix, the community has devised several unusual workarounds, such as using the 'set graphics automatically' option or manually capping the frame rate, with some even finding success by simply running the Epic Games Store in the background.

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IGN

Marvel Tokon PC Launch Is So Bad That Famed FGC Content Creator Maximilian Dood Uninstalled the Game on Stream

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls' PC launch has been plagued by numerous issues, leading to frustration among players. Even prominent Fighting Game Community content creator Maximilian Christiansen, known as Maximilian Dood, uninstalled the game on stream due to these problems.

Shack News

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls players are still experiencing PC issues post-launch

Developers Arc System Works and Marvel Games have acknowledged ongoing performance issues affecting PC players of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls shortly after its launch. The team is actively investigating player feedback and reports, though no timeline for fixes has been provided. While PC players are experiencing problems, the PlayStation 5 version appears to be largely unaffected.

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Retro Gamer

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is Mixed on Steam as players report poor PC performance, no Linux support, and countries…

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has launched on Steam with mixed reviews, primarily due to poor PC performance, lack of Linux support, and country restrictions stemming from its PlayStation Network requirement. Arc System Works has acknowledged the performance issues and is actively investigating.

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Gamespot

PSA: Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Has Day-One Issues On PC

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls has launched with significant performance issues on PC, including frame rate drops and stuttering, which were present during its open beta. Players are also reporting that the game does not launch on Steam Deck. Arc System Works has released a day-one patch addressing some PC performance optimizations and other fixes, with a roadmap for upcoming DLC also revealed.

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PC Gamer

Marvel Tōkon devs vow to fix performance issues for launch day next week: 'To our PC players, message…

Developer Arc System Works has vowed to address performance issues plaguing the PC version of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls ahead of its August 6 launch. Following a beta that revealed stuttering and high CPU usage, the team is implementing fixes for day-one release, including improvements to shader compilation and streaming compatibility.

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PC Gamer

Marvel Tōkon's developer has apologised to PC players for the beta's performance issues, with only a week…

Developer Arc System Works has apologized to PC players for the performance issues experienced during the Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls beta. The team is actively investigating and working on fixes for the stuttering and optimization problems that plagued the PC version. Despite these issues, the beta achieved a peak of over 33,000 concurrent players on Steam, surpassing the betas for Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8.

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Gaming Bolt

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Team is “Actively Investigating” PC Gameplay and Performance Issues

Developer Arc System Works is actively investigating gameplay and performance issues affecting the PC version of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls following its open beta. While the PlayStation version saw a strong response, PC players experienced problems like a lack of input buffering and general performance degradation. The company has acknowledged the issues and is working on a fix, with updates to follow.

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IGN

The Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls Beta Proves Fans Still Really Want That Blade Movie

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls concluded a successful open beta weekend, with two characters emerging as the most popular among players. The game's beta saw record-breaking participation.

Rock Paper Shotgun

Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls open beta beaten and bashed by PC performance issues, Arc System Works "apologise for the impact this has had on your experience"

The open beta for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls experienced significant performance issues on PC, leading Arc System Works to issue an apology and investigate fixes. The developers acknowledged the problems on social media and provided community-suggested troubleshooting steps while working on official solutions ahead of the game's August 6th release.

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Checkpoint Gaming

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls apologises for poor PC performance, promises fixes

Developer Arc System Works has acknowledged significant performance issues with the PC version of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, including poor optimization, long load times, and laggy online play. The company has promised to actively investigate and implement fixes before the game's August 7th, 2026 release on PlayStation 5 and PC.

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Eurogamer

Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls dev apologises for PC "gameplay and performance issues"

Developer Arc System Works has apologized for significant gameplay and performance issues affecting the PC version of Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls during its open beta. Players have reported problems with optimization, settings, and input buffering, prompting the studio to investigate and work on fixes. The game is scheduled for release on PC and PlayStation 5 on August 6, 2026, with a controversial PlayStation Network linking requirement.

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