To celebrate the release of Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 releasing in theaters this Friday, May 5th, we’ve prepared some cosmically-enhanced event bonuses and new Guardians of the Galaxy goods!

New Costumes - New Costumes for both Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon inspired by Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 are now available! Rocket Raccoon's new Enhanced Costume includes an updated Groot summon inspired by the new film!

Cosmic Chaos- The Cosmic Chaos event returns, starting Thursday, May 4th at 12:01 AM PST and running until Wednesday, May 10th at 11:59 PM PST!

Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon Bonus XP - For the duration of the Cosmic Chaos event, both Star-Lord and Rocket Raccoon will receive a 100% bonus XP! This bonus stacks with the 42% server-side XP bonus from the Cosmic Chaos event.

Login Reward - Log in any time between Thursday, May 4th and Wednesday, May 10th and receive 2 of the new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Fortune Cards!

New Fortune Card - A new Fortune Card inspired by Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is also now available, including a chance at brand new Team-Up Variants for Drax and Gamora both inspired by the new film!

Guardians of the Galaxy Sale! - Star-Lord, Rocket Raccoon, their costumes, and the original Drax and Gamora Team-Ups are all 50% OFF! *Sale excludes new content inspired by Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Black Bolt has joined Marvel Heroes 2016 as our 61st Super Hero![marvelheroes.com] Black Bolt was exposed to the Terrigen Mist before birth, granting him destructive powers. With a voice strong enough to break worlds with a mere whisper, Black Bolt went through rigorous training in isolation to control his abilities.

As King of the Inhumans, Black Bolt now justly serves the people of Attilan through the wise words of his council and trusted Queen Medusa, but uses his own words to protect Attilan from those who would put the Inhumans in danger. Add him to your roster today!

Oh my stars and garters, Beast has joined Marvel Heroes 2016[marvelheroes.com] as the 60th playable Super Hero! As an original member of the X-Men, Beast (aka Dr. Henry McCoy) has made a name for himself as the team’s wittiest mutant and a man of many talents. Beast comes equipped with abilities that showcase a unique fighting style befitting his primal agility and applied science in the form of his own inventions, including the X-Jet.

Alongside Beast, Jubilee also joins the fight[marvelheroes.com] today as the newest Team-Up character. Add them both to your roster today! For more details on both, head over to http://www.marvelheroes.com.

The Lunar New Year Event has come with tons of great bonuses for you acquire! This event officially begins Sunday, January 22nd and ends on Sunday, January 29th!

Enemies will have a chance of dropping a Lucky Red Envelope which can hold items from Catalysts, Elements, Uniques, and much more. You even have a chance to grab some rare boxes in the Envelopes!

You can also find Lunar Dragons and Lunar Lanterns by defeating enemies anywhere in the game which can be sold for additional credits!

Daily Log-in Gifts:

• 8 Cube Shards
  
• Two Hour Credit Find Boost potions (+20 credits per potion)
  
• A stack of 50 Festive Fireworks
  
  

The BIGGEST UPDATE EVER has finally arrived to Marvel Heroes 2016. We've overhauled almost every Super Hero and many of our core systems, and we're really excited for you to try them out! Check out our previous dev blogs detailing some of the major changes we're making: Hero Power Updates[marvelheroes.com], Item Update[marvelheroes.com], Omega System Update: The Infinity System[marvelheroes.com], and the Personal Difficulty Slider[marvelheroes.com].

For absolutely everything on this Biggest Update Ever, read our full Marvel Heroes 2016 2.0 Patch Notes[forums.marvelheroes.com]. Items detailed include:

• Lunar New Year Event[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Difficulty Slider[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Story Mode Changes[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Infinity System[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Talents & Traits[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Team-Up Changes[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Gamepad Changes[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Movement Powers Changes[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Hero Stat Changes[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Character Panel Changes[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Items Changes[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• New Mission Tracker[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Achievements Changes[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Hero Changes (Angela - Captain Marvel)[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Hero Changes (Colossus - Gambit)[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Hero Changes (Ghost Rider - Iron Fist)[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Hero Changes (Iron Man - Magneto)[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Hero Changes (Moon Knight - Rogue)[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Hero Changes (Scarlet Witch - Storm)[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Hero Changes (Taskmaster - Vision)[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Hero Changes (War Machine - X-23)[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Miscellaneous Changes & Bug Fixes[forums.marvelheroes.com]
• Known Issues[forums.marvelheroes.com]

Let us know what you think! Head over to our Forums[forums.marvelheroes.com] to discuss the Biggest Update Ever!

Celebrate the start of the Holiday Season in Marvel Heroes this year with a cornucopia of events all week long! Starting Tuesday, November 22nd and running until Tuesday, November 29th at Midnight all the following events and bonuses will be active:

• Cosmic Chaos - Faster Cosmic Prestige leveling and double loot from Cosmic Terminals and Patrols!
• A.R.M.O.R. Incursion - Undertake A.R.M.O.R. Bounty Targets that will send you out to defeat specific bosses for exclusive rewards!
• Operation Omega -Help S.H.I.E.L.D defend against Omega Level threats!
• 50% faster Omega leveling to help you hit 10,000 before the Infinity System release
• Daily mission from Agent Coulson
• Double Omega xp from your first shared quest completion each day
• Earn Omega files from shared quest completion each day
• Mystic Mayhem - Help stop the demonic invasion!
• Limbo - Available in the challenges section of your waypoint menu, this is a game mode only available during Mystic Mayhem that sends players into Limbo to defeat the Demon Lord N’astirh!
• Legendary Mystic Scrolls and Double Legendary Mystic Scrolls - Items that can drop anywhere giving you some of the best loot in the game!
• Strike on Limbo - Speak to Magik in the X-Mansion for a mission that grants you 3 power points and +63 permanent health bonus!

• FREE Black Cat Hero Unlock on Black Friday - Login Friday November 25th (Pacific TIme) for a free Black Cat Hero Unlock.
• Special Big 10 Loot Box - A new combined loot box that can grant players all of the different event currencies, loads of Uniques and other goodies, including 2 exclusive new Asgard themed costume visual artifacts!
• Big Ten Daily Gift - Login each day for a special daily gift box that contains the following:
  
  • 50 A.R.M.O.R. Drives
  • 30 Cosmic Worldstones
  • 30 Omega Files
  • 10 Odin Marks
  • 10 Eternity Splinters
  • 10 Cube Shards

• Bonus Experience - 150% bonus server side Experience Boost!
• Bonus RIF - 100% bonus server side Rare Item Find!

Since we were feeling generous, all sales below count as the last item in our Holiday Big Ten.

• Super Hero & Costume BOGO - Buy any individual Super Hero or Costume and get a random one for FREE.
• Team-Ups & Pets Sale - 50% OFF all individual Team-Ups and Pets!
• S.T.A.S.H. Sale - 25% OFF General and Hero Specific S.T.A.S.H. Tabs. *Please note, there is an issue with S.T.A.S.H. 26 and/or 39 which causes the price to not discount. If so, please contact support and we will refund the difference.
• Fortune Favors You - 50% OFF Boxes of 36 Fortune Cards & More.
• Chase Costumes Return - Rare chase costumes return for a limited time.

In celebration of Marvel's Doctor Strange, now available in Marvel Heroes 2016 is a new Doctor Strange Costume and Mordo Team-Up, both inspired by the movie. Take on Kaecilius in Phase 2 of our Dark Dimensions Event featuring brand new terminal "Dimensions Collide". Also as a special gift, log in Saturday November 5th to unlock playable Doctor Strange for FREE!


Check out our newest Costume and Team-Up inspired by Marvel’s Doctor Strange!


The Invaders of the Dark Dimension event continues[marvelheroes.com]! After the events of last week’s Midtown Manhattan invasion by Mindless Ones, Doctor Strange and Mordo have discovered that the villain Kaecilius is behind the invasion and that his plan is much bigger. The villainous sorcerer seeks to merge dimensions and end human existence in the process!

Kaecilius has been located in Times Square and is creating a massive portal that will perform the merging utilizing the Cauldron of the Cosmos, a mystical item that is acting as a catalyst. It is up to the players to battle their way to the portal, obtain the Cauldron of the Cosmos and stop Kaecilius from carrying out his plan!

During this phase of the Invaders from the Dark Dimension event, the following bonuses and items will be available:

• 100% experience boost for all heroes!
• 50% Rare item find boost to help those looking to get uniques and complete unique achievements before we introduce Omega Items later this year!
• 50% Bonus Experience for Doctor Strange!
• 25% Omega experience boost to help players hit 10,000 points before the change to the Infinity System later this year
• Sorcerer Supreme Mystery Box[marvelheroes.com] available during the Invaders from the Dark Dimension event that contains some great new items!

Continue the mission to discover the source of the incursion of the Mindless Ones and put a stop to the portals to the Dark Dimension being opened in our world!

This event mission continues on where it left off in phase 1: after reading your remote notification upon logging in, speak with Mordo in Avenger's Tower to start this event mission.
Upon completion of the event mission, you will unlock waypoints for both normal and cosmic difficulties for repeat play. This terminal will only be around for the duration of the event!

The first time you complete the normal difficulty version of this instance each day, there is a guaranteed Mysterious Blue Omega Box. Kaecilius in Cosmic difficulty has a separate chance to drop a Mysterious Blue Omega Box from each defeat in order to help players looking to fill out their roster with some of our rarest unique items in the game!

As the cosmic difficulty is some of the most challenging content we have released, the rewards match the risk! You might find that taking some friends as backup will help you take down Kaecilius!


Click here for full patch notes[forums.marvelheroes.com].

To celebrate the release of Marvel’s Luke Cage, a Netflix Original Series, now available in Marvel Heroes 2016 is a brand new Luke Cage Costume inspired by the show, as well as a new Jessica Jones Team-Up, inspired by Marvel's Jessica Jones. Also as a special gift, log in Saturday October 1st to unlock playable Luke Cage for FREE!

Lastly, to further celebrate Luke’s long history in Marvel Comics, a new event[marvelheroes.com] is live until 11:59 PM Pacific on Thursday, October 6th. The event centers around Luke Cage and his Heroes for Hire coming together to clean up the streets! There is also a new Fortune Card available for purchase that has some great classic Heroes for Hire costumes and more!

Marvel's Luke Cage is rated TV-MA. All 13 episodes available now, exclusively on Netflix.



Background - ​The Hellbane Gang is bringing together various crime factions in order to expand its’ territory and have been seen robbing banks, looting shops and mugging citizens! Luke Cage and his band of Heroes for Hire refuse to watch their city be overrun by these thugs, and have gathered to dispense some justice, clean up the streets, and keep the people safe.

Bonus Experience - ​All Heroes will earn 50% bonus XP during the event as well as faster Cosmic Prestige leveling.

The following Heroes will also gain an additional 50% bonus XP!

• Luke Cage
• Iron Fist
• She-Hulk
• Human Torch
• Black Cat

Daily Login Gift - ​Log in each day for a box with the following items:

• 10 Gang Member Dog Tags
• 5 Random Currency (Either Eternity Splinters, Cube Shards, Hero Commendations or Protector.
  Commendations)

Brand New Achievement Chain - ​Play as the Heroes for Hire to unlock an exclusive title!

Gang Member Dog Tags - Defeat the following enemies anywhere in the world to gather this new currency which is spendable at the Special Event Vendor in Avengers Tower for new Heroes for Hire themed rewards.

• Gang Members
• Maggia
• Mercenaries

Tournament (4 hour reset, duration 1 week) - The Heroes For Hire are back in action and ready to beat down any punks and gangsters causing trouble.

Earn points by performing any of the following actions in the game world while playing as Luke Cage, Iron Fist, She-Hulk, Human Torch or Black Cat:

• 1 point per Gang Member defeat
• 1 point per Maggia Member defeat
• 1 point per Mercenary defeat
• 1 point per Civilian Rescued in Midtown, Industry City or Hightown Patrols
• 3 points per Legendary Mission completed
• 5 points per Gang Member Dog Tag looted
• 15 points per Daily Shared Quest completed

Jessica Jones joins the Team-Up Roster of Marvel Heroes 2016!

While returning home with her family, their car crashed into a military convoy transporting radioactive chemicals. Both her parents and brother died during the incident, but Jessica survived the crash only to awaken from a coma several months later with newfound powers such as super strength, enhanced durability, and flight.

Jessica’s superheroine spotlight lasted only briefly after some heavy traumatic experiences caused her to leave the world of superheroes behind. She has since used her powers as a private investigator and journalist.

[store.marvelheroes.com]The Age of Ultron has arrived. Our 58th playable Hero, Ultron, has joined Marvel Heroes 2016!


It was a cold day in December when Ultron became self-aware. Hank Pym had no idea exactly what consequences the machine’s sentience would unleash on the world. But before the brilliant Avenger could act, Ultron rebelled. Not just against its creator, but against all organic life. Over time, Ultron has upgraded and rebuilt itself continually while pushing the evolutionary boundaries of synthetic life. Each step brings Ultron closer to perfection. But Earth’s mightiest heroes, the Avengers, have always pulled the plug Ultron’s campaigns. Now Ultron’s prime directive has been updated, taking this machine’s unlimited functionality to unstoppable levels.

Drop by the Ultron Forums[forums.marvelheroes.com] for in-depth discussions on his powers, future costumes, and more.