-
Alliance Quest Map 7 Encounter Beta Test Delay and Extension
Greetings Summoners, Due to some recently discovered bugs and scheduling difficulties, we will unfortunately be pushing back our Alliance Quest Map 7 Encounter Beta Test. While a Beta Test is rarely completely indicative of the final product that will be released, we want to ensure it is as close to bug free as it can be.…
-
FEATURED 6-STAR CHAMPION CRYSTAL - December 4, 2018
Summoners! The availability of the current 6-Star Featured Hero Crystal is coming to an end! The next one will be available on December 4. Here are the Champions that it contains: Omega Red Emma Frost Magneto (OG) Storm Aegon Moon Knight Daredevil (Classic) Hawkeye Ant-Man Rhino Void Red Hulk Symbiote Supreme Hood Mordo…
-
Relocating Parry in the Mastery Tree - Respec Tonight after Scheduled Maintenance
Summoners! In our ongoing efforts to educate new players on the benefits of Masteries as they join the Contest, we’re going to be making an adjustment to the positioning of Parry in the “Proficiencies” mastery tree. Instead of being reliant on Unlocking Limber, we’re going to make Limber reliant on the unlocking of Parry.…
-
Beta Test: Map 7 Encounter Test
Greetings Summoners! As we mentioned recently, our team has started work on a new level of difficulty for Alliance Quests, Map 7! This map is still far from ready for release, but before we go any further, we want to take some time to test some of the fights you will encounter while traversing the map. Starting right now,…
-
Alliance Wars Season 6 - Global Buffs and Date [Updated for Clarity]
Summoners, As we near the end of Season 5 of Alliance Wars, we have taken some time to look back and reflect on the effects of the Bleed Immunity and Amped Up nodes that we implemented for the Season’s length. We’ve been using these Buffs as a starting point for what next season’s Buffs are going to be, and have been…
-
A Quick Note About Our YouTube Policy
Hey Summoners! We’ve seen some comments floating around regarding a recent take-down of a YouTuber’s video. We wanted to quickly confirm for the community that we did not submit a takedown request for this video. As a reminder, there are many community members that have made videos publicly criticizing our offers or even…
-
Dungeons Return November 19 - New Friendship Progression System
Summoners! Dungeons return on Monday, November 19th! This update is designed to make Dungeons more fun and co-operative, it includes revamped reward tiers, a new Friendship Progression System, new Matchmaking Rewards, a new way to get Catalyst Fragments, and we’ve even increased gold rewarded in room rewards! If you…
-
Dev Diary: Added Difficulty
We’re back with an inside look at what our Developers have been up to behind the scenes of The Contest! Today, we don’t just want to share with you some insights on a new feature that’s coming up, but the addition of new, high difficulty level content! This theme can most recently be seen in the Variant Difficulty of Back…
-
Introducing: Choose Your Own Profile Pic!
Summoners! We know that this is an announcement that many of you have been waiting for, and an ability that many of you have asked for many times in the past. Introducing, the ability to choose your own Profile Pics! That’s right Summoners! Starting next week with the release of our 21.0 Release, you’ll be able to choose…
-
Introducing: Contender, Proven, and Conqueror!
Greetings Summoners, We’re adding 3 new Progression titles! Contender, Proven, and Conqueror. Players will be able to earn these new titles as they progress from Act 2 through Act 4. These 3 new titles will help Summoners who haven’t reached Uncollected status receive some great materials, better suited to their…
-
Alliance War Season 5 Changes
Summoners! Season 5 of Alliance Wars is coming up on October 31st! With it, it’s bringing some changes to the mode, as well as some updates to our policies surrounding punishment for Alliances that play unfairly. Let’s dive in! Rotating Global Buffs Every Season, we will be choosing a new Buff, or set of Buffs, to apply to…
-
Dungeons Return Oct 22 - Nov 5th
Greetings Summoners, We’re just 1 week away from Dungeons returning one more time! This time, we’re splitting the current Milestones into smaller, more manageable goals! This version of Dungeons will run from Oct 22nd until November 5th, and will still feature 72 hour long events, but instead of 5 Milestones, will have 15!…
-
Featured 5-Star Champion Crystal - October 23rd 2018
Summoners! The availability of the current 5-Star Featured Hero Crystal is coming to an end! The next one will be available on October 23rd. Here are the Champions that it contains: Emma Frost Ghost Heimdall Korg Omega Red Red Skull Blade Captain America Carnage Cyclops (Blue Team) Daredevil Doctor Voodoo Dormammu Howard…
-
Developers Thoughts: Improving Alliance Wars
Alliance Wars have been a popular feature for our most competitive Alliances for quite some time now. It’s a mode that allows Summoners to not only challenge themselves, but to create challenges for their opponents as well. It has continued to change and grow over time and there are many improvements we would like to make.…
-
Alliance Wars Season 5: Schedule Shift
Summoners! We would like to inform you all that instead of the regular 2 week break between Alliance Wars Seasons, we're going to have an extended 3 week break this Season. This is to prepare for some new additions to Alliance Wars that we'll be announcing late this week. Alliance Wars Season 5 will now kick off on October…
-
What’s New in October
Hey Summoners! October is a very exciting month, we’ve got a lot of cool things coming to The Contest. There’s the My Little Symbiote event, the Blood and Venom: Symbiomancer Event Quest, the Occult Labs (more information on these coming soon!), our 20.1 update and our annual presence at New York Comic Con. We wanted to…
-
Re-Enabling Mastery Level Up Costs - September 21st 2018
Summoners! As some of you have noticed, the Mastery Level Up costs have remained free for an extra few days. While we're actually happy to have let Summoners have a little bit more time to play with their Mastery builds following our changes to Dexterity and Mystic Dispersion, we wanted to give you all a heads up that…
-
Regarding: Mystical Mastery Core Refund
Hey Summoners, Some of you have reported that you may not have received the correct refund for your previously purchased Mystical Master Cores. After doing some research, we have found some Summoners that did not receive the correct amount of Loyalty and Units that they should have. What we discovered is that, while most…
-
Dungeons Return Sept 17 - Oct 2
Greetings Summoners! In just under 1 week, Dungeons will return to the Contest once again! This time, with a change to the cadence of the events! Firstly, we want to point out we had originally planned and announced that Dungeons would return on September 16th, but due to the schedule of other events currently running and…
-
Alliance Quest Completion Event Error - September 10 2018
Greetings Summoners, We are currently experiencing issues with the Alliance Quest Completion Event. Currently, defeating Kingpin on any Map does not reward any points towards the event. To resolve this, we will be taking down the event for this series and manually awarding Alliances all of the rewards from the event. We…
-
Protect Yourself Against Piloting Bans
Summoners, We want to take this opportunity to remind you all that sharing your Account Information with other Summoners, including Alliance members, is against the rules, puts your account at risk, and can result in actions being taken on your Account, and your Alliance. We are continually improving the methods that we…
-
2-Star Class Crystal Contents
Greetings Summoners, We've seen a few requests from you all for information on what Champions are contained in the 2-Star Class Crystals that are currently available alongside the Danger Room Quests. Some of you Collectors will be happy to know that there are some special 2-Star Champions that are not available in the…
-
Upcoming Changes to Mystic Dispersion and Dexterity
Summoners! In June, we held a Beta Test for some potential changes to Mystic Dispersion and Dexterity. We received a lot of feedback from our Beta Testers, and are pleased to announce that we are now ready to move ahead with the changes as they had been presented to our Beta Testers! The Changes: - Mystic Dispersion now…
-
Beta Test: Potential Changes to Venom and Carnage
Summoners! As many of you may have heard, our team has been hard at work planning a potential refresh to 2 Cosmic Champions! We’re now ready to announce that those 2 Champions are Venom and Carnage! To test out these potential changes, we’re going to be launching our next invite-only Beta Test. Starting September 21st and…
-
Featured 6-Star Champion Crystal - September 11, 2018
Summoners! The availability of the current 6-Star Featured Hero Crystal is coming to an end! The next one will be available on September 11. Here are the Champions that it contains: Korg Masacre Wasp Heimdall Ghost Red Skull Psylocke Cyclops (Blue Team) Spider-Man (Miles Morales) Dormammu Mephisto Phoenix Cable Bishop…
-
Introducing: In-Game Name Change Feature
Summoners, With the release of 20.0, we have introduced a new feature that allows Summoners to change their own name in-game! We understand that your Summoner name can be a source of pride as you triumph in the many challenges of The Battlerealm. We also understand that the name you chose when you started may not reflect…
-
Alliance Quest Scoring - Please Read
Hey everyone! Thanks to a handful of reports, we’ve recently determined that there is an issue with how wins and losses are determined for the current Alliance Quest Series. This is affecting the way that some Alliance's Prestige changes from day-to-day, and thus has reduced their scores. This issue is caused by the old…
-
Extending Summoner Appreciation Crystal
Greetings Summoners, To thank our loyal Summoners who battle daily in The Contest, we are extending the availability of the Summoner Appreciation Crystal! The Summoner Appreciation Crystals will still be available every 7 hours for an additional week until September 7, 10:00 AM PDT. Thank you all for your continued…
-
Introducing: Champion Requirements
Something we’ve been asked more than once is if we have any plans for getting more usage out of 2 and 3-Star Champions as the game moves forward. To get the answer out of the way: Yes, we do! We’ve been working on a system for a while now and are excited to share it with you. In the coming days we’ll be rolling out a new…
-
Regarding Recent Reports of Cheating
Hey Summoners! We’ve recently received some reports about some highly visible alliances engaging in possibly concerning behavior, namely terms of service violations or cheating within a competitive mode of The Contest. We wanted to take this moment to reiterate a few key things: 1. No one is above the rules in The Contest.…
