It’s that time of year again, when ISO Hunters from around the world gather to celebrate another anniversary for MARVEL Puzzle Quest!
Many of you have been playing for all 13 years since we launched and have experienced the game’s evolution firsthand. This past year was another transformative one for MPQ with not only a new engine, but a new development team at Infinity Plus 2 spearheading the future of the game. They came onto the project with some tough challenges to tackle, but we’re starting to see the fruits of that labor take shape!
For this year, we’re ready to celebrate in style with another month packed with special events, rewards, new characters, and a few surprises including the debut of our biggest new feature to date. So without further ado, let’s take a look at what’s in store for MPQ’s 13th Anniversary!
Login Rewards
In addition to daily play tokens that are unlockable every day, players can also log in every other day throughout the month to claim Vault Tokens, valuable resources, covers for fan-favorite characters, and more. With new gifts and activities waiting around every corner, check in regularly so you don’t miss a thing!
Anniversary Vaults
Our Fan Favorites Vaults return with weekly refreshes, giving players another chance to pick up covers, resources, and some familiar faces from throughout MPQ’s history. And, as is tradition, it wouldn’t be a proper one without Devil Dinosaur stomping his way back into the festivities.
Events
October will also feature a full lineup of events with double ISO, special Boss Events, and a few seasonal surprises along the way.
13th Anniversary Season
Our 13th Anniversary Season will run with special rewards, and events designed to give players even more reasons to put their rosters to work.
Character Releases
Perhaps one of the most exciting parts of this past year has been seeing the incredible work from our new artists, who have embraced the distinctive MPQ style and continued pushing it in exciting new directions. That work has been especially fun to see across some of the characters we’ve introduced throughout the year, and there may have been a little more connecting some of those releases than first met the eye.
With War and Famine already causing their share of turmoil across the MPQ roster, their remaining siblings will soon join them to complete the First Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
And that story is still building. Throughout the year, we’ve been planting a few pieces that all lead toward October 29th, when a special new 6-Star character arrives to spearhead an important story arc that will shape some important narrative in MPQ moving forward.
Boss Events
Not to be overshadowed by his Horsemen, Apocalypse’s Boss Event returns in the opening week of our Anniversary celebration. Later in the month, Quandary makes another return to MPQ, bringing back her unique mix of puzzles, challenges, and unconventional encounters.
Halloween
As the Anniversary festivities carry right into Halloween, we’re excited to bring a familiar face back from the dead in a very literal way. Punisher (Beyond the Grave) joins MPQ as a new 3-Star character, marking the return of this rarity to our character release schedule after lying dormant for quite a while.
We’re excited to bring 3-Star releases back into the mix, with more planned for the future. For now, Punisher (Beyond the Grave) is a special one-off release, and we’ll share more about our plans for additional 3-Star characters at a later date.
Not to be out-done on Halloween, 5-Star Frankencastle (Amalgamation) is also getting even more into the spirit with his own Zombie costume!
Alliance vs Alliance
Our biggest feature to date, Alliance vs Alliance, will help cap off this year’s Anniversary as we pit Alliances against one another in an entirely new way to play MARVEL Puzzle Quest.
Starting on October 22nd, AvA marks a momentous milestone in the game’s history and we’re really excited to see how players come together, strategize together, and put their growing rosters to the test in this brand-new experience. Need a refresher on what to expect from AvA? Head over to our Alliance vs Alliance Overview Blog for a full rundown of the feature, including how Operations, Offensives, Fronts, and more will work.
Community Challenge
And to give everyone even more reasons to take part in this year’s Anniversary, we’ll also be bringing the community together for another community challenge centered around our first Alliance vs Alliance operation. More details will come as we get closer toward the start of the first AvA, but one of the exciting rewards is a highly sought after gem that we haven’t given out previously.
Whether you’re jumping into Anniversary events, chasing Fan Favorite Vault rewards, adding new characters to your roster, or preparing your Alliance for its first AvA battle, there will be plenty happening throughout October and beyond. We’re incredibly excited to celebrate another Anniversary with you, and even more excited for some of what you’ll get to experience during it.
Here’s to 13 years of MARVEL Puzzle Quest and everything still to come!