The author of free-to-play game Marvel Rivals is once again facing a wave of racism accusations thanks to Emma Frost’s new in-game spray. The community has taken notice of a controversial graffiti design that references the classic movie poster Cleopatra.
In the image, the heroine lies on a bed with the silhouettes of two men hanging above her. Users believe the shading resembles stereotypical images of dark-skinned men due to specific color palettes and muscle rendering, which overlaps with recent player dissatisfaction with the lack of content for characters like Storm, Blade, and Black Panther. Although the art directly references Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, critics consider the choice of visual solution to be extremely unfortunate in the context of previous complaints about the Egyptian seasons.