The latest Marvel Rivals update is causing problems on Linux - here's a quick workaround

Marvel Rivals has been updated with Season 2 by NetEase Games which brings in a new experimental shader compiler mode and other new content. However, it's causing problems for Desktop Linux players where nothing appears after hitting play.

Tested across Proton 9.0-4, Proton Experimental and GE-Proton 9-27 nothing appears. For now, you can work around it. What you need to do is tell the game you're running a Steam Deck. Go into the game Properties in Steam and put this in the launch options box:

SteamDeck=1 %command%

Ensure you spell it correctly with the capitals "SteamDeck". You won't get the launcher, as this skips it, but at least for now on Desktop Linux you'll still be able to play.

I've added my own Proton log file to the Valve Proton GitHub issue for it. Hopefully Valve will be able to track down the problem and fix it in Proton. There's a post on the Steam forum talking about the problem too.

Pictured - Marvel Rivals, the new Season 2 hero Emma Frost