NEW CHAMPIONS Spider-Slayer (J. Jonah Jameson) J. Jonah Jameson, an editor-in-chief who has been leaping into the headlines himself via a Spider-Slayer mech suit! Doctor Strange (Rework) Doctor Stephen Vincent Strange is a Master of the Mystic Arts dedicated to defending the Earth against the darkest mystical adversaries! Star-Lord (Stellar-Forged) When Peter Quill made the decision to take on the power offered to him by the ancient Founders, he expected his Spartax heritage to grow in strength. Instead, his human half was enhanced, granting Star-Lord lightning reflexes and better control over his Element Gun. CHAMPION UPDATES Toad, Vision (Deathless), Falcon (Joaquin Torres) and Spider-Woman are being updated, check out the website for more information. NEW FEATURES Solo Coliseum Following the release of Alliance Coliseum in the previous build, we are now releasing Solo Coliseum! Enter the Coliseum alone and take on challenging opponents to earn lucrative rewards. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Saga - Tooth and Claw The strange spaces and wild wilderness of The Contest are unleashing all manner of fanged and furious foes! Get bonus buffs, special Events and be sure to complete Daily Super Event objectives throughout the duration of the Saga in order to collect Slime Tokens which can be traded in for up to a 7-Star Toad! Event Quest - No Job, Freelance STOP THE PRESSES! J. Jonah Jameson has missed the Big Apple and gotten lost in The Savage Lands. He’ll need to call in a mystic debt and find a way back home before he starts making some unfortunate headlines! Side Quest - Fractured Safari Welcome to the Savage Lands, we’ve got fractures and pain. After a run-in with Isophyne and the Eidol empowerment ceremony, the Savage Lands have been bombarded with raw ISO energy. As part of this unintended ISO-boost, Saga-Tagged Champions have a Fractured Power Bar! This level of power control is a temporary and unpredictable bonus for the challenges that wait ahead! Dimensional Arcade - Concert of Champions Get your groove on, rock out, and beat up bad guys in this brand new, rhythm-fighting mode. Featuring music-inspired stages, original tracks and some of our more musically-inclined Champions, play this brand new experience before it’s too late! Glitch Incursions Ultron has many problems, and now a glitch is amongst them. Problems started when Spider-Ham spotted Peter Parker beefing with a grumpy geezer in a mech-suit. Ham wanted a robot fight too, so he dropped into Ultron’s incursions and made a mess of it! This has resulted in GLITCH INCURSIONS that will allow Summoners to select from massive lists of NEARLY EVERY BUFF to create absurd combinations of power as they face down Ultron and other foes. Photogenic Foes Event J. Jonah wants photos, PHOTOS OF CHAMPIONS! Keep an eye out for special Objectives and rewards that you can earn while participating in other special Events this month such as the Fractured Safari and Glitch Incursions! Keep up with a special Realm Event to earn progression-tuned rewards such as a FIRST APPEARANCE 7-STAR RHINO! Double Track Event - Kitty Pryde Everyone’s favorite Mutant with a dragon-like friend is the newest Champion to be featured in a double track event! Acquire the Platinum Pass and complete daily challenges in the event in order to acquire up to a 7-Star Kitty Pryde! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

THE CONTEST TURNS 11! Join us this month as we celebrate our charming Champions and sensational Summoners! NEW CHAMPION Imperiosa Not only the pinnacle of Eidol creation, but also the combined genius of every Founder who ever lived, Imperiosa is a vessel that contains the Founders' brilliance, cruelty, and will to dominate. Inhabiting a body composed of billions of tiny, synthetic ISO-based organisms, Imperiosa is able to rearrange these ""Synthects"" into a myriad of useful forms and functions depending on the situation. Additionally, Synthects can disassemble matter around them, providing raw materials to replicate themselves without limit. Though a hive mind, Imperiosa manifests as one voice speaking with absolute authority; an icon of the vile past, volatile present, and violent future of The Founders. CHAMPION UPDATES Punisher Punisher can handle some punishment before dishing it out. Indestructible and Physical Resistance are prominent once again. Critical Hits and Bleeding out his Opponent make their return. Villain's will fear his Impact, shredding their block with a Special 2 Attack. Wolverine (X-23) Laura is back and she's ready to take down the competition with a Frenzy fueled rework. Her aggressive playstyle focuses around striking her opponent to build up Frenzy, and eviscerating them with a flurry of attacks. Laura's powerful Bleed Passives take things a step further when she taps into her instincts. Watch out! NEW FEATURES Alliance Coliseum Is your Alliance ready for a new kind of challenge? Enter The Coliseum and see how many health bars you can deplete from your opponent, then compare scores with your Alliance mates to work out which attackers are best suited for the fight. Match your Champion with the correct daily bonus tags and level up your Podiums in order to score as high as possible and take your Alliance to the top! NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Banquet Event - Asgardian Gala No matter which of the nine-realms you call home, it is time for merry-making and feasting! So warriors such as Jane Foster and Valkyrie invite one and all to make the most out of this celebration as they prepare for battle against the invading Eidols. FEAST on resources, CELEBRATE with Summoners, and make merry... while you can. Featuring our annual anniversary celebrations, Accolades Event, New Years ‘Ring it in’ Arenas and Glorious Guardians, this Banquet Event is not one to be missed! Get your first opportunity to acquire newly 7-Star Champions such as Absorbing Man, Valkyrie, Scorpion, Kingpin, Punisher, and Super-Skrull during this Event! Event Quest - Lost And Found The final Eidol, IMPERIOSA has arrived and with them comes no shortage of destruction and danger. Power is draining from ISO-8, foes are assembling, but possible friends are also revealing themselves. Will all the Eidols fall in line once the secrets of the Founders are revealed? Or will Imperiosa’s downfall be a result of Eidol handywork? Side Quest - Taken Eidol invaders are taking over The Contest, and it has inspired The Collector into action. The Collector has a particular set of Skills (as well as Mutants, Sciences, and Techs). He had been attempting to take control over some Champions but 11 years of ISO-radiation and an ever-changing roster has perhaps left his skills of super-powered manipulation a little rusty. So now it’s up to The Summoner to break some violent brainwashing of a dozen Champions who have TAKEN a leave of their senses! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Lizard: Dr. Curtis Connors is a renowned scientist and field surgeon who tragically lost an arm during his service. After returning to civilian life, he devoted himself to finding a way to regenerate lost limbs by developing a serum based on reptilian DNA. He used himself as the first test subject, and while the serum worked, it also mutated his DNA and he turned himself into a human-reptile hybrid known as the Lizard. Spider-Man (Pavitr Prabhakar): Pavitr Prabhakar was born and raised in the vibrant but gridlocked city of Mumbattan. Granted magical spider powers by a shaman and guided by the moral lessons of his Aunt Maya and late uncle Bhim, he has assumed the heroic mantle of Spider-Man. These model heroics led to his induction into the Spider-Society. When the Spot invades his city and causes a disaster, Pavitr gets a painful look at the darker sides of his new life, and now searches for a better way forward for the multiverse. CHAMPION UPDATES Thor (Jane Foster): Jane returns with a brand new look! Stacking Shocks on herself to strengthen her abilities throughout a fight. Jane’s high amount of Buff and Power Control allows her to control the Tempo of many fights against Cosmic Champions. NEW FEATURES Battlegrounds Unranked Queue Starting with Season 34, Battlegrounds will now have a permanent unranked queue type. This queue will be open to Proven and higher Summoners and will cost energy to enter. Matchups will be based on an individual Summoner’s roster strength. Ranked matches will now exclusively cost Elders Marks to enter, which can be exchanged for energy in the newly-tuned Battlegrounds Store. Ranked matches will also now be accessible to Thronebreaker and higher Summoners. The Cosmic Egg Relic Some cosmic force is drawing Unusual Eggs into The Battlerealm. And none are more unusual than the Cosmic Egg Relic. Its origins and abilities are currently a mystery. Become the envy of the coop and embark on an egg hunt like no other! NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - So Much More Pavitr Prabhakar is investigating strange multiversal tech and trespassers and looks to The Summoner to lend a hand. Meanwhile The Lizard has stumbled into The Battlerealm after years of trying to avoid this multiversal fate. It would seem that a Sinister Six (and then some) of villains is behind both arrivals but how will these Spider-friends and foes fend when the web is revealed. Side Quest - Top Of The Charts Lumatrix is fascinated by the mortals, gods, mutants, and monsters which have infected The Battlerealm. Before The Founders arrive and wipe away existence, they are eager to see what kind of a spectacle they can put on! It seems that the pure thunder and blazes of battle are like music to Lumatrix’s ears. So they are demanding an epic “concert” to play out as Summoners challenge their teams to greater and greater heights! Side Quest - Deadpool’s Mini-Tour Maze Deadpool wants to invite each and every Summoner to take part in his new and fantastical Mini-Tour Maze filled with wonders and treasures beyond your belief. Each time you enter the Mini-Tour Maze will be a new exciting experience as you explore its winding paths. Tread lightly however as not even Deadpool knows what dangers may be lurking around each and every corner. You may even encounter the marvelous Deadpool himself wandering the labyrinth (definitely not because he’s lost). Alliance War Showcase: Fantastic Force The Alliance War Showcase returns, featuring some familiar defenders and Alliance War tactics from the Fantastic Force Saga. The Class Quests also introduce a new fight component--Effect Areas--as the central mechanic for the ramping node! Incursions Saga Sector Another Saga staple is returning, with the Founders’ War Saga Sector! Take your #Saga tagged Champions and fight through the zones to earn lucrative rewards. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Dracula (Mystic) Cut down in a battle that should have meant his end, Vlad Tepes Dracula was infected with vampirism and rose again with darker powers. Growing in power over the centuries, Dracula now rules as the Voivode of the Vampire Nation. Though he plays the role of a refined leader, his thirst for blood and violence will never truly be sated. Franken-Castle (Skill) The Punisher met a grisly end and was finally allowed to rest in peace. Unfortunately his rest is cut short as he roars to life on Doctor Michael Morbius' operating table. Frank was re-assembled to help The Legion of Monsters protect Monster Metropolis and its denizens from would-be monster hunters. Franken-Castle now continues his crusade for vengeance deep into his undeath. CHAMPION UPDATES Super-Skrull has seen a recent update! Check our blog and socials for more info! NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Saga - Founders’ War An eternal midnight has fallen as the first sign of the approaching dangers. Soon Imperiosa shall arrive and the fate of the Founders, Eidols, and Battlerealm itself shall be revealed. During this Saga, collect and open new Minion Crystals for a chance to acquire a 7-Star Spider-Man (Stealth Suit)! Event Quest - Children Of The Night As a strange dusk falls over The Contest, monsters who go bump in the night are crawling from their shadows. One of those monsters, Count Dracula, is hoping to assist other creatures in crisis. Sinister science, chilling creations and hairy situations await. Will The Summoner find they’ve bitten off more than they can chew? Side Quest - Summoned Symbiote’s Adventure Time Incursions Event Everyone’s favorite Summoned Symbiote is returning! Gather a synergistic symbiote team with the Summoned Symbiote at the helm, and venture into Incursions for a new 30 Zone experience tailored around your lovable pal. Side Quest - Hunger and Cure Realm Events An insatiable Hunger has afflicted The Battlerealm. You have the means to fight back and expunge all traces of the Hunger. But will you? It’s time to pick a side! Take part in competing Realm Events to earn Peak Milestone rewards and determine a future reward for all participants. Limited Edition: First Appearance Champions New cosmetics! Limited Edition Champions are rare collectibles that will alter Champion portraits with updated visual effects. The first of these Champions are called “First Appearance”, and will be available exclusively for 7-Star Featured Champions in their Pre-Release Bundles and first Featured Crystal runs for a limited time. Good luck! Battlegrounds Anniversary Season Battlegrounds is 3 years old! Join in the celebrations and take part in a new and limited Solo Event. Spider-Man’s Amazing Realm Tour Alliance Super Season & Daily Bugle Bounty Missions A great way to keep your neighborhood friendly is to join an ALLIANCE! To get all the rewards Spider-Man has planned ensure you’ve joined an Alliance then take part in Solo Objectives, a Realm Event, a Log-in Calendar and brand new Daily Bugle Bounty Missions to bag yourself and your Alliance-mates some amazing rewards! Story Act 6 Rework Story Act 6 has received a rework in order to make it a more surmountable and lucrative challenge. Featuring a reduction in Signature Levels, Buff Node simplification, tuning adjustments for The Champion and The Grandmaster, and better rewards, there has never been a better time to test your might in Act 6! Imperiosa Eidol Chase The final Eidol chase is upon us! Throughout the Founders’ War Saga, collect Invade Essence in order to acquire Imperiosa. Relics 24x new Statcast Relics arrive in Rhe Battlerealm! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Mr. Knight (Summoners Choice Winner) There is a time for a clenched fist and time for a helping hand. When Moon Knight wants to add nuance to his crime-fighting he takes on the persona of Mr. Knight. This gentleman detective can talk his way out of trouble, but is no stranger to rolling up his sleeves for more intensive interrogations. Silver Samurai Kenuichio Harada is the mutant son of former Japanese crimelord Shingen Yashida, the head of the influential Clan Yashida in Japan. Harada has mastered the disciplines of the Samurai, with his mutant powers granting him the ability to generate energy from within himself, and transfer said energy through inanimate objects. He uses this gift to empower his sacred Katana, allowing it to cut through nearly anything. Now, like his father, he seeks to run his own criminal underworld. CHAMPION UPDATES Rhino The same Rhino, with a bunch of new power. Dash around the stage to build furies and deal a ton of Damage. The first Champion with the new "Breach" type. He can now go even more consistently unblockable. Dash a lot, it's really what he wants to do. Take control of the stage and blast. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Act 9 Chapter 3 - Vengeance Lotan, the cursed hammer of Jane Foster, has fallen silent but the threats to The Contest are far from over. Those who appeared as friends reveal their villainous intent. Those who are meant to protect are finding their shields a bit too heavy to carry. Nobody trusts anybody now, and they’re all very tired. But not all hope is lost, there are still those who are willing to fight for the sake of The Battlerealm. The only question is, will they trust The Summoner to fight alongside them as they face down their biggest challenge to date? Event Quest - In This Corner Try out this new Event Quest featuring ADAPTIVE DIFFICULTY which will tune the battle to best challenge and reward your roster! If you’re feeling up to the challenge and want the best possible rewards, toggle on Elder Difficulty which will increase difficulty and allow you to climb further in the milestone reward track! Maestro seeks to ensure The Battlerealm is defended, but his methods may not be for everyone. The often contested territory of New Manhattan seeks a protector, and The Summoner is called in to help with a fight tournament. Leading their own teams of fighters are SILVER SAMURAI and Summoner’s Choice Champion MR. KNIGHT! Will this fight reveal New Manhattan’s latest hero, or will it break out as a city-wide rumble? Side-Quest - Boss Rush: Big Blue (Starting September 10) The Blue Area of the Moon has served as a space of relative peace within the constant conflict of the Battlerealm. However, rumors of an abandoned Watcher’s citadel have led multiple miscreants to invade the city in search of advanced alien technology. The Fantastic Four are quick to react and send the Summoner out to impede this archeological plundering. Each week you’ll be able to earn up to 4x chances to face down 5x challenging Bosses of a single Class. Fantastic Fun Fall Fair Event (Starting September 17) The Fair is coming to the Battlerealm! Take on Fantastic Four-themed Solo Objectives and Arenas to win Prize Vouchers which can be exchanged for prize bundles that include Crystals, Crystal shards, Gold and more! Mini Side-Quest - Food For Thought (Starting September 24) Mister Fantastic wants to ensure that you get one last chance to research strange and exciting new scientific discoveries. This Quest may seem simple, but participation is recommended as we head into a new Saga of adventures and discoveries. BUG FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS: Daily Quest Updates - Progression tuned improvements are coming to Daily Quests along with new Supply Runs and Supply Strikes! Play daily to maximize your rewards and resources! Check your in-game mail for more information. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Solvarch The result of this nightmarish design, an Eidol whose thirst for destruction is matched only by his hunger for power. With the ability to freeze their opponent with a mere touch, they hunger to absorb all the power in The Battlerealm, before releasing this overwhelming power on any who would dare stand in their way. Cassandra Nova A manifestation of negative potential that is a dark reflection of all the psionic power and potential of Charles Xavier. This sister was thought to be destroyed but somehow she rebuilt herself cell by cell for decades. Now, wielding power and hate in equal measure, she seeks to destroy all that her brother has built. CHAMPION UPDATES M.O.D.O.K. and Yondu have been fully reworked, and Patriot has been rebalanced. Check out our Blog for more specifics on these exciting updates. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Broken Dreams Solvarch, Wolf of the Stars, is a formidable foe capable of draining energy at the atomic level from those who dare oppose them. This danger is made all the worse by a second villainous arrival: Cassandra Nova. This mentally manipulative monster seeks to torture The Summoner while allowing Eidol threats to grow. Will The Contest be able to recover from this double dose of danger? The Crucible Available starting August 13. Old foes have returned and are more dangerous than before. Enter the all new Crucible Quest Chapter: Act 8 - The Rebirth and fight your way through a gauntlet of Act 8 bosses. Be wary and stay vigilant, as your arsenal of Champions will need to be vast to overcome this plethora of unrelenting challenges. A fruitful reward will be at the ready for any Summoner courageous enough to battle their way through and conquer these combatants once and for all. This Quest will be available permanently, even after the Rebirth Event has passed! Try Normal Difficulty to pace yourself, or dare to enter into the Legendary Difficulty to defeat all Bosses in a single path! Both difficulties will require a deep collection of Champions as you face Elimination Choice Nodes which will force you to choose your solo challenger carefully. Rebirth Event Compete to earn Rebirth Tokens and acquire exciting 7-Star Champions Night Thrasher, Anti-Venom, Doctor Voodoo, Cull Obsidian, Viv Vision, and Sabretooth! Side-Quest - Act 8 Mini-Crucible Challenge corrupted Champions with a twist! This month those who have become Proven or higher will face down challenges that have been tuned to allow your 2 and 3-Star Champions a chance to take on the frightful Ouroboros Bosses. Solo Raids Introducing Solo Raids! This new Quest type will allow Summoners to experiment with various Champion, Role and Boost combinations to find those which work best for taking on the real thing. For a limited time, this daily quest will feature a Solo Objective that will award Raid Tickets, Refined XP and Daily Super Event Points! Alliance Weekly Super Event Similar to the existing Daily Super Event, this will coincide with the deprecation of the Summoner Advancement and Summoner Engagement Events. The Alliance Weekly Super Event will take the rewards from these Events and more, and fold them into a more meaningful and intentional experience. Fintech Solo Quest Are you as good as a Battlerealm Brawl Champion? Take on this solo quest that revisits the match-ups and metas from Fintech’s winning run in Battlerealm Brawl 2023! BUG FIXES AND IMPROVEMENTS: Statcasts New Relics arrive to the Contest in the form of Statcasts! These Relics focus on improving your Champions’ Stats, have their Rune effects active on Defense, and still have the same Strikers you know and love. Kabam ID Improvements We’ve improved the new account creation flow by adding an email verification code step. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS High Evolutionary: Herbert Wyndham began experimenting with genetic manipulation in an attempt to “evolve” rats. He was later approached by a disguised Inhuman who would hand him the blueprints to unlock genetic code. This advanced his experiments to evolving animals into humanoids he called “New Men”. Obsessed in his pursuit of creating the perfect being, Wyndham renamed himself “the High Evolutionary". The Maker: A dark descent caused an alternate universe Reed Richards to head towards villainy. Calamities followed, then rejection, murder and finally a confrontation with Sue which resulted in an outraged Johnny scarring Reed’s face. Donning a helmet, Reed became The Maker, founding the Children of Tomorrow and evolving alongside them for thousands of years before returning to remake the world. CHAMPION UPDATES Collectable 2-Star Doombots will be available soon! Stay tuned to see how to add these mighty minions to your team! NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Squad Builder A brand new type of Quest unlike anything we have made before! Your goal is to form the highest-scoring Squad possible. Each Squad formation has a score based on ‘Factions’ and ‘Grades’. Build towards the best Squad formation with up to three rounds of swaps. When you are happy with your Squad, or when the swap rounds are done, take on the Boss Fight and lock in your Squad score! The first Squad Builder, the Fantastic Force Recruitment Event, is coming later this month. Fantastic Force Recruitment Event Starting mid-month, you'll be receiving 52 FREE 2-STAR CHAMPIONS to form the best possible Squad! Score Squads and reach milestones in the associated weekly event to unlock the month-long ranked event. Those partaking in the ranked event will compete to win a 7-STAR HIGH EVOLUTIONARY! Event Quest - Nobody’s Perfect THE MAKER has arrived alongside the villainous HIGH EVOLUTIONARY. The duo claims they are here to reduce the threats of The Battlerealm and perfect those who remain. Will the Fantastic Four be able to match wits with The Maker? Or will they be the first flaws cut from his plans? Fantastic Four Supply Drop Make sure your team is as FANTASTIC as they deserve to be by checking in later this month for 7 days of Progression tuned give-aways which will ensure that Mister Fantastic, Invisible Woman, The Human Torch, and Thing are joining your roster! Raid Month Instead of the regular rotation of Raid weeks, Raids are here for four straight weeks! Including big bosses, big rewards and avenues to earn enough tickets to compete each week, it’s the perfect time to get your Raid team together and dive in and deal massive damage. Incursions Saga Sector The Saga Sector returns to Incursions this month. Grab your strongest Fantastic 4 Saga Champions and fight through the Saga Sector for big rewards, including Research Grants. Battlegrounds & Battlerealm Brawl The qualification for Battlerealm Brawl 2025 has begun! Compete in the Gladiators’ Circuit in Seasons 30 and 31 of Battlegrounds for a chance of being a competitor in Battlerealm Brawl 2025 at Summoners Fest! Summoners Fest Realm Event With the qualification stage for Battlerealm Brawl 2025 underway, we are launching a Realm Event to run alongside Seasons 30 and 31. Take part all across The Battlerealm to contribute points and collect big rewards. Alliance War Showcase The Alliance War Showcase returns featuring popular defenders from the Dark Phoenix Saga Champion pool! Fight through these tough challenges to collect Research Grants. Future Foundation Event Assist the Fantastic Four with their Future Foundation endeavour by exploring The Battlerealm and completing events and objectives. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Nico Minoru Nico Minoru was a relatively normal goth teenager until she and several of her childhood friends accidentally witnessed their parents performing a human sacrifice. With the help of the Staff of One, stolen from her own mother, Nico and the other Runaways managed to defeat their parents. They were then forced to quickly mature into full superheroes by the resulting power vacuum in Los Angeles. Karolina Dean After leading a somewhat normal teenage life, Karolina Dean and her classmates discovered their parents were part of an evil organization that sacrificed teenagers to gods to create a utopia. After shutting down the organization, the group forged their own bizarre family, doing their best to move forward into the future, even if their past manages to keep up with them wherever they go. Despite the hiccups and constant teen drama, Karolina uses her Majesdanian powers to make the world a better place. CHAMPION UPDATES Captain Britain Rework A Fresh defensive threat in The Contest, with Neuroshock at the forefront of her kit. Tankier than ever, with Safeguard now in her kit, she’s going to need a lot more from the attackers to take her down. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Fantastic FORCE Saga The Fantastic Four have decided to expand their ranks into The Fantastic FORCE. Each member of the Four is now a team captain recruiting Champions to assist them in defending The Battlerealm. Collect Research Grants throughout The Contest to trade in for up to a 7-Star Mister Fantastic! Event Quest - At Any Price Members of the super-team The Runaways, Karolina Dean and Nico Minoru, have found themselves in The Contest. Far from home and low on options they have teamed up with both The Summoner and a dark bargain from Dormammu. Will this deal be a fair trade of power and promises? Or will the daring duo find themselves with more than they bargained for? Side Quest - Vaults Of Variance Reed Richards is researching his own ways to possibly escape The Contest. While his findings were not conclusive, he did manage to open limited access to nearby pocket-dimensions which all contain vicious variants of the Fantastic Four themselves. Luckily The Summoner is on the scene to gather research and defeat foes. To further protect his important science assistance, Reed Richards has activated some Fantastic Force Saga power for select Champions. This month many Champions may find themselves empowered with special abilities from the ever-lovin’ blue eyed Thing! Wheel of Fate Within the twisting confines of The Battlerealm, another Quest has surfaced. The defenders will be familiar, but your options will become more limited between the different difficulties of the Quest. Wheel of Fate is a new challenge Quest that utilizes an upgrade to our swap nodes. Test your roster depth and knowledge in Wheel of Fate! Captain Britain Double Track Event Captain Britain has been reworked and is available for a limited time from the Platinum Track of a new Double Track Event! Complete challenges daily to unlock rewards and claim up to a 7-Star Reworked Captain Britain. Solvarch Eidol Chase A new Eidol has entered The Contest! Keep an eye out around The Battlerealm for Shatter Essence and collect it during the Fantastic FORCE Saga to trade in for the brand new Eidol, Solvarch! Pride Event Nico and Karolina of The Runaways have arrived! With their powerful looks and stunning style they are already Runway Ready, are you? Get fighting fit and fashion forward during our Pride Month Event! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Yelena Belova: Few can survive the brutal training and conditioning offered by The Red Room Academy. Yelena Belova not only survived, but was their best student. Now she finds herself in The Contest, utilizing her unmatched skills and ruthless efficiency to find and eliminate her targets one by one with cold, calculated attacks. Dark Phoenix: After the “death” of her beloved Scott Summers, Jean Grey’s will had been utterly broken, leaving her psyche little chance to control the ever growing Phoenix inside her. Upon allowing human emotions to cloud its judgment, the Phoenix became the Dark Phoenix, allowing evil intent to influence decisions. It’s in this state that Phoenix is at her strongest, but unable to control the unquenchable thirst for power and destruction. CHAMPION UPDATES Cyclops (Blue Team) Summoners Choice Rework: Scott Summers was recruited into the first generation of X-Men by Professor Xavier. He is a formidable defender of mutantkind who works hard to protect mankind both from itself and from the Mutants who have joined the human-hating Brotherhood led by Magneto. Phoenix: When Jean was brought to The Battlerealm and exposed to ISO-8, the highly mutagenic properties of ISO-8 reopened Jean’s latent connection to the universal force of life, and the Phoenix was reborn again! NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Steal My Thunder Yelena, Red Guardian, and Winter Soldier have been hired for a tough job, but a gig is a gig and times are tough. They’re going to have to fight some friends, find some foes, and figure out if they even want to finish the job. Will this team of Thunderbolts save the day? Or will they fight amongst themselves as troubles mount? Find out in STEAL MY THUNDER! Side Quest - Summoner: Declassified The Summoner’s files of Champion intel has been leaked and there are several unsavory evildoers who are looking to summon some victories of their own! Each week you’ll face off against well informed foes who have taken efforts to defend themselves against weaknesses they have foolishly revealed in the past. You can charge straight at the Boss of each Map, or truly test your team by taking devilish detours to increase the challenge (and rewards) your Champions will face! Saga Chase Quest: Phoenix Rising The Dark Phoenix Saga chase Quest is here! Take your hard-earned Dark Plumes to the Phoenix Rising Quest and take on Dark Phoenix to win 7-Star Phoenix! Valiant Gauntlet In addition to the monthly Paragon Gauntlet, we are introducing the Valiant Gauntlet! The Valiant Gauntlet will be open to Valiant players and will not require exploration of the Event Quest on Thronebreaker difficulty. In addition to this, the Paragon Gauntlet will also not require Thronebreaker difficulty exploration to unlock. Redemption Arc (Thunderbolts) - Battlegrounds Event For the duration of Battlegrounds Pre-Season 29, we will be running Thunderbolts-themed solo events and objectives that will reward Battlegrounds consumables as well as crystals and cosmetic items! Heart of Fire Crystals Take the chance to unleash the power of new 7-Star Champions including a chance for the exclusive 7-Star DARK PHOENIX. You’ll also earn points towards exclusive Solo Events! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Spider-Woman: As a young child Jessica Drew became ill from long-term exposure to Uranium that was abundant near her home. Her father, a brilliant geneticist, in a desperate attempt to cure this illness, injected her with an experimental (and untested) serum made of several species of spiders. After many years of treatment, Jessica was cured but also her genetic make up was altered so much that she gained spider-like super powers, and eventually she would use these powers to become the super hero known as Spider-Woman. Lumatrix: At first glance Lumatrix appears to be a charming entertainer who dazzles others with an array of impressive light manipulation powers, but underneath their smile lurks a menace that hungers for violence. Lumatrix's role is not that of an entertainer, but an assassin designed by The Founders to infiltrate, sabotage, and eliminate their targets. It may have been more pragmatic to craft an Eidol with a less flashy aesthetic, but The Founders sought to keep one of their deadliest weapons in plain sight. Balancing shining brilliance with dark intent, brings forth one of the most dangerous Eidols to ever walk The Battlerealm. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Story Quest - Act 9 Chapter 2 - INQUISITION The epic story of The Contest continues! Carina has been tragically wounded following an encounter with the Ouroborus forces. It now falls to an unlikely pairing of The Fantastic Four and Doctor Doom to search The Battlerealm for answers, assistance, and allies. As Chronoserpent corruption is found in every corner of The Contest, it seems even the most mighty and worthy have fallen to temptation. Not even the Gods of this multiverse are spared as the new villain LOTAN looks to show their foes that now is the time strike. Event Quest - Spy Games Black Widow has been researching the arrival of the Eidols and needs a trusted friend to continue this spy-craft. Luckily Jessica Drew, AKA Spider-Woman, is ready to swing into action! Will these super spies be able to see through the sinister light-show of the newest Eidol arrival? Or will they be actors in a twisted play? Side Quest - Dark Bounties With ruin burning in her wake, Dark Phoenix has placed a bounty on a number of unfortunate Champions. Unlock Dark Bounties and hunt them down then seize your rewards. Be warned, some have slipped away in the chaos, evading your grasp while others stand to face you. Take care of those who dare to challenge you now and hunt the remaining ones down later. Sift through the ashes and claim the bounty rewards. Incursions: Dark Phoenix Saga Sector The Incursions Saga Sector Returns with Dark Phoenix! Gather your strongest Saga champions and fight to earn Dark Plumes ,Light Essence, Tier 7 Basic Fragments, 7-Star Class Signature Stones and more! Additionally, the Top Zone Reward cadence will be changed from 5 days to 7 days, giving you more time to push further in your Incursions runs. Alliance War Showcase - Deathless The Alliance War Showcase returns this month and will feature a Showcase of the Deathless Saga meta, including the player-voted Sugar Pill/Decay tactics! Thunderbolts-Themed Daily Super Event Coming later this month for a limited time, the Daily Super Event is being taken over by the Thunderbolts! Complete milestones during this time and collect Poolshields to trade in for rewards in our upcoming Spring Sale. Additionally, the Daily Super Event is being opened up to permanently include Proven and Conqueror Summoners! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Jean Grey: The last member of Professor Charles Xavier's first class of X-Men, and former host to the cosmic entity known as the Phoenix Force, Jean Grey is one of the most powerful mutants the world has ever known. A blessing for us all, then, that her many experiences with death and renewed life have shaped her into a hero who is concerned not with the self but with the collective on a grand scale. Bastion: Forged as the ultimate mutant eliminating Sentinel, Sebastion "Bastion" Gilberti is a Sentinel born human, destined to bring the future to the present day. With his prime Sentinels at his side, Bastion will do everything in his power to bring humanity to the next stage of evolution, even if it means trampling over the pathetic state of humanity as it exists today. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS The Dark Phoenix Saga Arriving to the unique multiversal Nexus of The Battlerealm, Dark Phoenix is fascinated by the existence of several other variants of herself. Dark, light, Jean, all here and all powerful. They see The Battlerealm as a perfect place to burn down and build anew with this abundance of power and possibility. Event Quest - Grey Matter Krakoa calls for aid as a mysterious ISO-infused infection is causing mutant mayhem! Nightcrawler and The Summoner try to help, but every step they take leads to more trouble. Jean Grey is thankfully able to put her mind on the task, but darkness is brewing in labs below the base. Will they be able to think of a way out? Find out in GREY MATTER! Side Quest - Phoenix Force Five The multiversal mayhem has shared Dark Phoenix’s power with other mighty Champions, and now it falls to the Summoner to redirect this fiery force! Be careful about what fights you pick, as each week the battles you choose will seal your fate! Everest Quest - Grandmasters Gauntlet Behold The Ordeal! This new Quest is a variation on the original Grandmaster’s Gauntlet, with the key difference being that all defenders will be 7-Star, Rank 4 and max Level versions of the Champions from the original Quest. Summoners will also be limited to bringing only 7-Star Champions into the Quest. Do you have what it takes to conquer this challenge? Nightmare Raids Alliances that crave a tougher challenge can test their teams against Nightmare Raids! This version of Raids operates the same as the existing map, but features different and much more punishing bosses. Plan ahead to give your Alliance the best chance of defeating the bosses and claiming lucrative rewards. International Women’s Day We have teamed up with 7 of our wonderful female Developers and Content Creator partners to let the Battlerealm decide on a Champion to be reworked this year. Each Developer or Content Creator will represent a different Champion, and Summoners will complete Solo Objectives and take part in Realm Events in order to determine which fearsome Champion will reign supreme! Cyclops (Blue Team) Double Track Event Take part in this new Double Track Event to collect Cyclops (Blue Team) themed cosmetics and up to a 7-Star Cyclops (Blue Team)! Eidol Essences Introducing Eidol Essences! These new items will be available for collection throughout the Contest and will be used to trade for upcoming Eidol Champions. The first Eidol Essence to collect is Light Essence, which can be gathered throughout the Contest to earn the newest Eidol Champion, Lumatrix! Loki Charms Loki is bringing Saint Patrick’s Day to the contest this year! Take part in Solo Objectives to earn plenty of Gold, Units and a rainbow of ISO-8, as well as a new User Title! Offers will also be available to collect certain green Champions! OTHER NEW FEATURES Level 66-70 Rewards Continue collecting Refined XP in order to climb up and reach level 70, earning cosmetics, capacity limit increases, Champions and mastery points along the way! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Arnim Zola A brilliant Swiss scientist and the world’s foremost authority in biochemistry and genetic engineering, Zola strove to create an army of super-soldiers and helped with the founding of Hydra. When his own body failed, Zola discovered a way to digitize his consciousness, transferring his mind into a robotic body. In this immortal mechanical form, Zola has worked to ensure the dominance of both Hydra and his own genius throughout the decades. Falcon (Joaquin Torres) - OUR 300th CHAMPION! Joaquín Torres came to the United States with his family at a young age, always with the aspiration to do good by them, and by his heritage. While on a supply run to assist his local community, he was kidnapped by the Sons of the Serpent, and sent for experimentation. Eventually he was rescued by Sam Wilson, but it was too late and Joaquín was already made into a falcon/human hybrid. With this irreversible mutation, Joaquín accepted his powers and took the mantle of the new Falcon. He now fights alongside Sam as one of America’s newest Heroes. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Screen Time Avenger’s tower has gone silent and Eli Bradly and Joaquin Torres (AKA Patriot and Falcon) will need to investigate. However they will be facing off against friends and foes alike as Arnim Zola breaks the calm with reveals of his villainous plots. Will the team be able to take in the whole picture? Or will they be blinded by the sinister science of Zola? Find out in SCREEN TIME! Side Quest - ‘Til Deathless Do Us Part Captain America and the new Falcon, are on a diplomatic mission to see if The Avengers can broker peace with the new Deathless faction that has sprung up in The Battlerealm. Surprisingly, the Deathless are amenable to an alliance, but some villains are also vying for the Deathless' support. The heroic duo will have to compete for the top spot as the Deathless' new BFF. Everest Quest - Epoch of Pain After testing you for 4 seasons, Ares has prepared your final exam. Do you have what it takes to conquer the latest permanent Everest quest, the Epoch of Pain? Incursions Deathless Saga Sector Take your Deathless Champions into the latest Incursions Saga Sector and fight for Deathless Signature Stones and a generic Rank-Up Gem! True Bromance Battlegrounds Event Take part in Pre-Season 26 of Battlegrounds to complete Solo Objectives and a special Solo Event that award Crystals, Profile Pics, Emotes and more! OTHER NEW FEATURES Instant Rank-Up Offers For Conqueror+ players, Instant Rank-Up Offers are available for 1-5 Star Champions for all ranks. For Thronebreaker+ players, Instant Rank-Up Offers are now available for 6-Star Champions rank 1 to 2. Daily Super Event 2.0 We are introducing a change to the visual presentation of the Daily Super Event. There is now a widget that lives permanently on the home screen, and will be accessible whenever the navigation bar is expanded on every other screen. This change is intended to make the event, as well as progress in the event, more visible and easily accessible. Quick access navigation buttons on the home screen, such as flash offers, stash, calendars and daily cards are also being moved to live in this new navigation area. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS GENTLE Nezhno Abidemi is a Wakanda-born mutant that suffered persecution and rejection for most of his early life. At the behest of his wife Ororo Munroe, King T'Challa eventually sent Nezhno to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters where he earned the nickname Gentle for his calm and non-violent nature. OKOYE An experienced warrior and member of the Dora Milaje, Okoye fights alongside and protects the King of Wakanda, the Black Panther. With unrivaled close-combat expertise, and a matching degree of wisdom, there are few who can survive an encounter against Okoye. NEW EVENTS AND QUESTS Deathless Saga The Deathless have been testing The Summoner to see if they are worthy of joining their ruthless ranks. Though they have defeated four of the Deathless so far, Deathless Thanos still needs further proof of their brutality in battle and wisdom in war. So as the Deathless continue to spread destruction and mayhem, The Summoner will be tasked with constant tests of strength. Event Quest - Precious Metal Nezhno Abidemi, AKA GENTLE, has recruited The Summoner to assist with a stealth mission on behalf of Wakanda. It seems that the recently regrown land of Wakanda has been plagued with troubles as a result of a strangely spreading Vibranium corrosion. Everyone from Shuri to OKOYE is trying to solve the mystery of why this core component of technology, armor, and weapons is crumbling to dust. But is this metal destruction a natural disaster, or manufactured mayhem? Side-Quest - Vaults of the Deathless Okoye is facing off against forces she has never seen before. So she’ll need someone familiar with the Deathless by her side! These dark doppelgangers have stolen powerful Wakandan artifacts to charge a dark ritual that must be stopped! To retrieve these artifacts (and earn rewards) you’ll need to track them by earning KIMOYO BEADS in the DEATH DRIVE EVENT which will allow you to maneuver through THE DEATHLESS RITUALS and earn Mysterium and DEATHLESS SIGILS. Then face down The Deathless directly when you use these Deathless Sigils to open up Paths in VAULT OF STRENGTH, VAULT OF VIOLENCE, VAULT OF CONVICTION AND VAULT OF RAGE SIDE QUESTS! Topple these paths to earn even more rewards! Deathless Mausoleum The Deathless have been testing our strongest warriors for some time. Some have even deemed these challengers to be mighty enough to join their dark forces. The leader of this frightful order DEATHLESS THANOS has a final test for those daring, courageous, or perhaps foolish enough to deem themselves worthy of his attention. To finally acquire Deathless Thanos you will need to complete this unforgiving challenge! Golden Circle Rework: For ages, or at least a good long while, the GOLDEN CIRCLE QUEST allowed players to fight against Goldpool to earn much needed Gold. However the Deadpool Pals have decided that all these rewards shouldn’t JUST be coming out of Goldpool’s deep pockets, so they’ve literally and thematically pooled their resources to form the GOLDPOOL DAILY QUEST to replace the Golden Circle. This Daily Quest will allow Summoners (even those without their Sigil activated) to find a new source of Gold! This Quest is tuned to all Title Progressions and available to all Summoners DAILY. OTHER NEW FEATURES Summoners Sigil: The Summoner’s Sigil will be relaunching as a monthly subscription service with revamped perks and improved rewards! Summoners Choice 2025: The Summoner's Choice returns! Cast your votes and have your say in who will become this year's Summoner's Choice Champion! CHAMPION REWORKS Northstar, Silver Sable & Arcade have been updated! Check out their Champion Spotlights for more information. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS GENTLE Nezhno Abidemi is a Wakanda-born mutant that suffered persecution and rejection for most of his early life. At the behest of his wife Ororo Munroe, King T'Challa eventually sent Nezhno to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters where he earned the nickname Gentle for his calm and non-violent nature. OKOYE An experienced warrior and member of the Dora Milaje, Okoye fights alongside and protects the King of Wakanda, the Black Panther. With unrivaled close-combat expertise, and a matching degree of wisdom, there are few who can survive an encounter against Okoye. NEW EVENTS AND QUESTS Deathless Saga The Deathless have been testing The Summoner to see if they are worthy of joining their ruthless ranks. Though they have defeated four of the Deathless so far, Deathless Thanos still needs further proof of their brutality in battle and wisdom in war. So as the Deathless continue to spread destruction and mayhem, The Summoner will be tasked with constant tests of strength. Event Quest - Precious Metal Nezhno Abidemi, AKA GENTLE, has recruited The Summoner to assist with a stealth mission on behalf of Wakanda. It seems that the recently regrown land of Wakanda has been plagued with troubles as a result of a strangely spreading Vibranium corrosion. Everyone from Shuri to OKOYE is trying to solve the mystery of why this core component of technology, armor, and weapons is crumbling to dust. But is this metal destruction a natural disaster, or manufactured mayhem? Side-Quest - Vaults of the Deathless Okoye is facing off against forces she has never seen before. So she’ll need someone familiar with the Deathless by her side! These dark doppelgangers have stolen powerful Wakandan artifacts to charge a dark ritual that must be stopped! To retrieve these artifacts (and earn rewards) you’ll need to track them by earning KIMOYO BEADS in the DEATH DRIVE EVENT which will allow you to maneuver through THE DEATHLESS RITUALS and earn Mysterium and DEATHLESS SIGILS. Then face down The Deathless directly when you use these Deathless Sigils to open up Paths in VAULT OF STRENGTH, VAULT OF VIOLENCE, VAULT OF CONVICTION AND VAULT OF RAGE SIDE QUESTS! Topple these paths to earn even more rewards! Deathless Mausoleum The Deathless have been testing our strongest warriors for some time. Some have even deemed these challengers to be mighty enough to join their dark forces. The leader of this frightful order DEATHLESS THANOS has a final test for those daring, courageous, or perhaps foolish enough to deem themselves worthy of his attention. To finally acquire Deathless Thanos you will need to complete this unforgiving challenge! Golden Circle Rework: For ages, or at least a good long while, the GOLDEN CIRCLE QUEST allowed players to fight against Goldpool to earn much needed Gold. However the Deadpool Pals have decided that all these rewards shouldn’t JUST be coming out of Goldpool’s deep pockets, so they’ve literally and thematically pooled their resources to form the GOLDPOOL DAILY QUEST to replace the Golden Circle. This Daily Quest will allow Summoners (even those without their Sigil activated) to find a new source of Gold! This Quest is tuned to all Title Progressions and available to all Summoners DAILY. OTHER NEW FEATURES Summoners Sigil: The Summoner’s Sigil will be relaunching as a monthly subscription service with revamped perks and improved rewards! Summoners Choice 2025: The Summoner's Choice returns! Cast your votes and have your say in who will become this year's Summoner's Choice Champion! CHAMPION REWORKS Northstar, Silver Sable & Arcade have been updated! Check out their Champion Spotlights for more information. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS ISOPHYNE: Isophyne, the living ISO-Sphere, was constructed by The Founders millennia ago to protect the Battlerealm and exterminate all who trespass upon its perfection. After a devastating explosion damaged their core, Isophyne entered a state of regeneration, absorbing ISO-8 across the Battlerealm for untold years to slowly reconstruct their body. Now awakened and furious with the clear abundance of inferior lifeforms in the Battlerealm, Isophyne will not hesitate to purge every last Champion to restore The Battlerealm to its former state of flawless superiority. 10TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS AND FEATURE UPDATES Banquet Event & 10 Year Anniversary Join us in our 10 year anniversary celebration and the return of the Banquet Event! These celebrations will feature special Calendars, Quests, Double Track and Realm Events; as well as holiday gifts, Banquet Crystals and Accolade voting. Grand 10x10 Supply Drop From December 10 to December 19, be sure to check in to The Contest every day to be rewarded with a free Champion in the Grand 10x10 Supply Drop. All Summoners who check in for the full drop will get a free Isophyne. Paragon or higher Summoners will be receiving 10x 7-Star Champions! 60 Frames Per Second After 10 years, The Contest is looking better than ever with this latest update that includes 60 FPS! Flip the toggle in the Settings menu to have The Contest Sparkle and Shine with flawless movement and enhanced visuals on every fight waiting for you in The Battlerealm! Anniversary Carina’s Challenges Keep an eye out for Special Anniversary Carina’s Challenges featuring unique and Deathless rewards. Summoner Level Cap Increase: We are raising the cap on Summoner Levels! You will now be able to reach new heights by climbing to level 70. With this cap increase, we are also introducing a new way to view level rewards. On your Summoner profile, you will now notice a button where the text for your Summoner Level used to be. This will open up the level reward track where you can see what rewards await you! You will need to hunt down a new resource, called Refined XP, so keep an eye out around The Battlerealm for this lucrative reward. Finally, alongside rewards such as item capacity increases and new cosmetic items, a number of levels between 61 and 70 will contain long-awaited additional mastery points, so start hunting down Refined XP and take your account to the next level! NEW EVENTS AND QUESTS Event Quest - Violent Delights ISO-8 is what balances The Contest. It is what allows mere mortals to fight intergalactic gods. However, an abundance of this rare and powerful element has been detected. Its presence is not natural, but rather a symptom of a focused attack! The radiation from the element is turning friend against friend and truly putting the BATTLE in The Battlerealm. Will The Summoner find the source of this attack, or will The Contest fall to these VIOLENT DELIGHTS? Side-Quest - Chrono-versary Part 2 H.E.R.B.I.E. and The Summoner’s chrono-cataloging of the Champions of The Contest continues! As a reminder, The Summoner may only conduct this census using Champions who appeared in The Contest in the same year as those being investigated. So dust off that roster and Rank Up those classic Champions, because the 10th Anniversary of The Contest of Champions is going to be a battle for (and through) the ages! OTHER NEW FEATURES Menu Background Visual Overhaul: Home screen and crystal vault are updated with new visuals and improved lighting and modeling. GLORIOUS GUARDIAN REWORKS Sentry, Sentinel & Deadpool (X-Force) have been updated! Check out their Champion Spotlights for more information. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS ISOPHYNE: Isophyne, the living ISO-Sphere, was constructed by The Founders millennia ago to protect the Battlerealm and exterminate all who trespass upon its perfection. After a devastating explosion damaged their core, Isophyne entered a state of regeneration, absorbing ISO-8 across the Battlerealm for untold years to slowly reconstruct their body. Now awakened and furious with the clear abundance of inferior lifeforms in the Battlerealm, Isophyne will not hesitate to purge every last Champion to restore The Battlerealm to its former state of flawless superiority. 10TH ANNIVERSARY EVENTS AND FEATURE UPDATES Banquet Event & 10 Year Anniversary Join us in our 10 year anniversary celebration and the return of the Banquet Event! These celebrations will feature special Calendars, Quests, Double Track and Realm Events; as well as holiday gifts, Banquet Crystals and Accolade voting. Grand 10x10 Supply Drop From December 10 to December 19, be sure to check in to The Contest every day to be rewarded with a free Champion in the Grand 10x10 Supply Drop. All Summoners who check in for the full drop will get a free Isophyne. Paragon or higher Summoners will be receiving 10x 7-Star Champions! 60 Frames Per Second After 10 years, The Contest is looking better than ever with this latest update that includes 60 FPS! Flip the toggle in the Settings menu to have The Contest Sparkle and Shine with flawless movement and enhanced visuals on every fight waiting for you in The Battlerealm! Anniversary Carina’s Challenges Keep an eye out for Special Anniversary Carina’s Challenges featuring unique and Deathless rewards. Summoner Level Cap Increase: We are raising the cap on Summoner Levels! You will now be able to reach new heights by climbing to level 70. With this cap increase, we are also introducing a new way to view level rewards. On your Summoner profile, you will now notice a button where the text for your Summoner Level used to be. This will open up the level reward track where you can see what rewards await you! You will need to hunt down a new resource, called Refined XP, so keep an eye out around The Battlerealm for this lucrative reward. Finally, alongside rewards such as item capacity increases and new cosmetic items, a number of levels between 61 and 70 will contain long-awaited additional mastery points, so start hunting down Refined XP and take your account to the next level! NEW EVENTS AND QUESTS Event Quest - Violent Delights ISO-8 is what balances The Contest. It is what allows mere mortals to fight intergalactic gods. However, an abundance of this rare and powerful element has been detected. Its presence is not natural, but rather a symptom of a focused attack! The radiation from the element is turning friend against friend and truly putting the BATTLE in The Battlerealm. Will The Summoner find the source of this attack, or will The Contest fall to these VIOLENT DELIGHTS? Side-Quest - Chrono-versary Part 2 H.E.R.B.I.E. and The Summoner’s chrono-cataloging of the Champions of The Contest continues! As a reminder, The Summoner may only conduct this census using Champions who appeared in The Contest in the same year as those being investigated. So dust off that roster and Rank Up those classic Champions, because the 10th Anniversary of The Contest of Champions is going to be a battle for (and through) the ages! OTHER NEW FEATURES Menu Background Visual Overhaul: Home screen and crystal vault are updated with new visuals and improved lighting and modeling. GLORIOUS GUARDIAN REWORKS Sentry, Sentinel & Deadpool (X-Force) have been updated! Check out their Champion Spotlights for more information. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Spiral Spiral is a six-armed sorceress and swordswoman originating from Mojoworld. Once a talented stuntwoman named Rita Wayword, she was cybernetically transformed by the loathsome Mojo, whom she was forced to serve. Initially an adversary to Longshot and the X-Men, she eventually made amends, and has fought beside them on many occasions. Her magic is powered by dance-like progressions of Wushu forms, which she further enhances with her many arms and armaments. Dazzler Alison Blaire, better known by her stage name Dazzler, is a famous singer and powerful Mutant with the ability to convert sound into stunning displays of light. While she tries to focus on her music career, Alison constantly seems to get roped into saving the world. Whether she winds up fighting alongside the X-Men, thrown into deep space, or even pulled into alternate dimensions, Dazzler always maintains her rhythm. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Sparkle and Shine Ever since The World Tree started regrowing Manhattan, the city has been home to vicious villainy. Bullseye made it a hunting ground, Arcade made it a wicked amusement park, and now finally Mojo has claimed the city as the final arena for a winner-takes-all tournament! Will the surprising final round pick DAZZLER be a show stopper? Or will the masterful and menacing multitasking of SPIRAL cut Dazzler’s performance short? Find out in SPARKLE AND SHINE! Side-Quest - Chrono-versary Part 1 After 10 years of multidimensional events and quantum entanglements, The Fantastic Four have tasked H.E.R.B.I.E. and The Summoner with chrono-cataloging the Champions of The Contest. To prevent potential chronological disturbance, The Summoner may only conduct this census using Champions who appeared in The Contest in the same year as those being investigated. So dust off that roster and Rank Up those classic Champions, because the 10th Anniversary of The Contest of Champions is going to be a battle for (and through) the ages! This special anniversary Side-Quest will be running all the way to the end of the year with PART 2 arriving in December! So take your time (but not too much time) as you face down these epic eras of The Contest! Events Screen Updates We have updated the Events screen to include visual and quality of life improvements. These include; scaling UI based on device width, increased ‘Claim’ button size, the addition of an ‘Expiring Soon’ state, and improvements to notification badging, visual transitions and filtering. Daily Super Event Returns! The Daily Super Event that we launched earlier in the year is making its permanent return! Keep an eye out later in November for the much anticipated event reactivation. Glorious Games - Incursions Saga Sector The Incursions Saga Sector returns for Glorious Games! Grab your best roster of Saga Champions and dive into this challenge sector to earn rewards such as Banquet Tickets, 7-Star Shards and a 7-Star Saga Rank Up Gem (Rank 1-2). CHAMPION UPDATES Black Panther (Civil War) and Spider-Punk will get some attention and tuning this month! Keep an eye out for their updated Spotlights on the website! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Scream Daughter of Venom, sister to Carnage, Scream is one of five Symbiotes forcibly harvested from Venom by the Life Foundation. The symbiote that would become Scream was bonded to Donna Diego, one of the Life Foundation's most trusted Security Guards. Unfortunately, Scream and her siblings lost their altercations with Spider-Man and Venom, but they survived the Life Foundation’s collapse. Scream and Donna were left with only each other and a grudge against other symbiotes. Jack O' Lantern “Jack” was always a rotten pumpkin. At a young age, one lonesome Halloween night he unknowingly approached the house of Crime-Master, who kidnapped him and trained him as his protégé. Over time, Jack became a master assassin, developing a calling card where he placed candles inside the heads of his victims, to simulate the appearance of a jack-o-lantern. He took that name as his own, and erased those who had used it in the past. Deathless She-Hulk In years past, Champions from the Death Realm staged an assault on The Battlerealm. Empowered by the Death Stone, Thanos created Nameless, empty versions of the heroes of the Battlerealm. Of these Nameless Champions, a select few were granted malicious will and elevated to become the Deathless, to lead his armies and sow chaos and destruction. She-Hulk was the fourth and last (for now) Champion so elevated. Seeing law and order for the weak lies they are, she now lives to spread pain and chaos throughout an unprepared Battlerealm. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - House Of Horrors Jessica Jones has recruited The Summoner to help her crack a case. It seems that someone has a serious symbiote stalking problem and all clues lead to a creepy killer carnival. Scream is already on the scene making noise, but things really light up as Jack O’Lantern activates abominable animatronics! Is this a ride our heroes will survive? Or is this about to become a ghost story? Find out in HOUSE OF HORRORS! Side-Quest - Jack’s Bounty-full Hunt As the Maestro’s festivities continue, Jack O’Lantern finds himself as the host of the Gladiatorial Games. Seeing an opportunity to kill two birds (or any Champions in range) with one stone, he fills the arena with would-be assassination targets and has them fight amongst themselves! Arcade Games Showcase: A group of exceptional Alliance War Defenders, some of them carrying the House of Mirrors Tactic, have gathered in a new Quest and await your challenge! Experience the thrill of fighting powerful Defender placements from Master Tier Wars. The Arcade Games Showcase will arrive later this month. Are you ready for your path? Bounty Missions Bosses from previous Event Quests have snuck back into The Battlerealm! Help track down and defeat these bosses once again in 1v1 fights! You’ll need to be part of an Alliance to to get the most out of these Missions so be sure to find your team and join in the action! Take down more Bounties, get more rewards, and unlock Elite Bounty Boards which will let you take on even more challenging Champions. This Event resets each week so don’t let those Bounties go to waste! Deadpool's Ultimate Multiplayer Bonanza Alliance Super Season Deadpool wants us all to just be one big happy Alliance family. An Alliance is like a family that celebrates one another, shares the riches, and DOES BATTLE WITH OTHER FAMILIES! Special Solo Objectives and Alliance Events will reward you for playing Multiplayer modes such as Alliance Wars, Alliance Quests, Incursions, and Battlegrounds. Go show that teamwork makes the taco-flavored dream work! CHAMPION UPDATES Medusa and Purgatory have had their kit updated! Venom and She-Hulk have had stunning visual updates! For more details on these Champion Updates be sure to check their official spotlights! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Scream Daughter of Venom, sister to Carnage, Scream is one of five Symbiotes forcibly harvested from Venom by the Life Foundation. The symbiote that would become Scream was bonded to Donna Diego, one of the Life Foundation's most trusted Security Guards. Unfortunately, Scream and her siblings lost their altercations with Spider-Man and Venom, but they survived the Life Foundation’s collapse. Scream and Donna were left with only each other and a grudge against other symbiotes. Jack O' Lantern “Jack” was always a rotten pumpkin. At a young age, one lonesome Halloween night he unknowingly approached the house of Crime-Master, who kidnapped him and trained him as his protégé. Over time, Jack became a master assassin, developing a calling card where he placed candles inside the heads of his victims, to simulate the appearance of a jack-o-lantern. He took that name as his own, and erased those who had used it in the past. Deathless She-Hulk In years past, Champions from the Death Realm staged an assault on The Battlerealm. Empowered by the Death Stone, Thanos created Nameless, empty versions of the heroes of the Battlerealm. Of these Nameless Champions, a select few were granted malicious will and elevated to become the Deathless, to lead his armies and sow chaos and destruction. She-Hulk was the fourth and last (for now) Champion so elevated. Seeing law and order for the weak lies they are, she now lives to spread pain and chaos throughout an unprepared Battlerealm. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - House Of Horrors Jessica Jones has recruited The Summoner to help her crack a case. It seems that someone has a serious symbiote stalking problem and all clues lead to a creepy killer carnival. Scream is already on the scene making noise, but things really light up as Jack O’Lantern activates abominable animatronics! Is this a ride our heroes will survive? Or is this about to become a ghost story? Find out in HOUSE OF HORRORS! Side-Quest - Jack’s Bounty-full Hunt As the Maestro’s festivities continue, Jack O’Lantern finds himself as the host of the Gladiatorial Games. Seeing an opportunity to kill two birds (or any Champions in range) with one stone, he fills the arena with would-be assassination targets and has them fight amongst themselves! Arcade Games Showcase: A group of exceptional Alliance War Defenders, some of them carrying the House of Mirrors Tactic, have gathered in a new Quest and await your challenge! Experience the thrill of fighting powerful Defender placements from Master Tier Wars. The Arcade Games Showcase will arrive later this month. Are you ready for your path? Bounty Missions Bosses from previous Event Quests have snuck back into The Battlerealm! Help track down and defeat these bosses once again in 1v1 fights! You’ll need to be part of an Alliance to to get the most out of these Missions so be sure to find your team and join in the action! Take down more Bounties, get more rewards, and unlock Elite Bounty Boards which will let you take on even more challenging Champions. This Event resets each week so don’t let those Bounties go to waste! Deadpool's Ultimate Multiplayer Bonanza Alliance Super Season Deadpool wants us all to just be one big happy Alliance family. An Alliance is like a family that celebrates one another, shares the riches, and DOES BATTLE WITH OTHER FAMILIES! Special Solo Objectives and Alliance Events will reward you for playing Multiplayer modes such as Alliance Wars, Alliance Quests, Incursions, and Battlegrounds. Go show that teamwork makes the taco-flavored dream work! CHAMPION UPDATES Medusa and Purgatory have had their kit updated! Venom and She-Hulk have had stunning visual updates! For more details on these Champion Updates be sure to check their official spotlights! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Count Nefaria Count Luchino Nefaria was the descendant of a long line of Italian noblemen, and used his wealth and connections to become a powerful leader within the Maggia crime syndicate. He furthered his rise to power by subjecting himself to scientific experiments that granted him superhuman abilities, but cost him his life. He was later resurrected as a being made entirely of Ionic energy, rendering him effectively immortal as long as he drains other Ionic beings to maintain his power. Shathra Daughter of the Elder Goddesses Oshtur and Gaea, Shathra comes from the world that would come to be known as Loomworld. Shathra was tasked with creating the Celestial Map of Humanity, however, after being outdone by her younger sister Neith, she became enraged with jealousy and spite towards her sister and the Great Web she had designed. Consumed by her vengeance and envy, Shathra gave into her feral nature to tear down everything her sister created, one Spider at a time. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Lupus In Fabula There has been an undertaking to overthrow The Collector’s ship! The Summoner is being called in to evict these evil-doers! But as they make it deeper into the ship they also find themselves deeper in trouble as each villain seems to be making their own plans for how best to make the most of The Collector’s treasures. Will The Summoner be able to manage these miscreants? Or will they go down with the ship? Find out in LUPUS IN FABULA! Side Quest - Ludum Maximus The Maestro has declared four months of celebratory games to honor his return. The festivities begin with the Circus Maximus, an onslaught of games and challenges hosted by Count Nefaria. The Count will not accept anything less than the best, the mightiest, the greatest of games. So dare to enter LUDUM MAXIMUS! Nefaria knows that a true battle is a mix of skill and luck, so 5x weekly Maps will open which present randomized Paths filled with fearsome foes! Act 9; Chapter 1 Glykhan has self-destructed but the sinister plotting of Ouroboros is far from over. However clues for where to head next seem few and far between. Luckily (depending on your definition of luck) Superior Kang has some secrets to share in the form of holo-tapes scattered around Battleworld. Mister Fantastic and Doctor Doom send The Summoner on an intel retrieval mission, but they aren’t the only ones looking for answers. Will the past come back to haunt The Battlerealm? Find out in Act 9 - Chapter 1: THE RECKONING Glorious Games Introducing our third Saga: Glorious Games! To celebrate the history of the Contest and his triumphant return, The Maestro has declared four months of celebratory games. Each month of the Saga will revolve around a different element of games, starting with September's Circus Maximus and culminating in the celebration of December's Grand Banquet! Featuring a classical antiquity aesthetic, an exciting Champion chase, surprise Champion reworks and brand new kinds of Events and Quests, Glorious Games is sure to usher in our 10-year anniversary celebration in style! Realm Events Get ready to work alongside every Summoner in the Battlerealm! Realm Events are a brand new type of Event in which points will be contributed on a global level. Milestone rewards can be claimed once global and individual point contribution thresholds have been reached. For those more competitively-inclined Summoners, ranked rewards will also be up for grabs, including an exclusive and unique player title. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Count Nefaria Count Luchino Nefaria was the descendant of a long line of Italian noblemen, and used his wealth and connections to become a powerful leader within the Maggia crime syndicate. He furthered his rise to power by subjecting himself to scientific experiments that granted him superhuman abilities, but cost him his life. He was later resurrected as a being made entirely of Ionic energy, rendering him effectively immortal as long as he drains other Ionic beings to maintain his power. Shathra Daughter of the Elder Goddesses Oshtur and Gaea, Shathra comes from the world that would come to be known as Loomworld. Shathra was tasked with creating the Celestial Map of Humanity, however, after being outdone by her younger sister Neith, she became enraged with jealousy and spite towards her sister and the Great Web she had designed. Consumed by her vengeance and envy, Shathra gave into her feral nature to tear down everything her sister created, one Spider at a time. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Lupus In Fabula There has been an undertaking to overthrow The Collector’s ship! The Summoner is being called in to evict these evil-doers! But as they make it deeper into the ship they also find themselves deeper in trouble as each villain seems to be making their own plans for how best to make the most of The Collector’s treasures. Will The Summoner be able to manage these miscreants? Or will they go down with the ship? Find out in LUPUS IN FABULA! Side Quest - Ludum Maximus The Maestro has declared four months of celebratory games to honor his return. The festivities begin with the Circus Maximus, an onslaught of games and challenges hosted by Count Nefaria. The Count will not accept anything less than the best, the mightiest, the greatest of games. So dare to enter LUDUM MAXIMUS! Nefaria knows that a true battle is a mix of skill and luck, so 5x weekly Maps will open which present randomized Paths filled with fearsome foes! Act 9; Chapter 1 Glykhan has self-destructed but the sinister plotting of Ouroboros is far from over. However clues for where to head next seem few and far between. Luckily (depending on your definition of luck) Superior Kang has some secrets to share in the form of holo-tapes scattered around Battleworld. Mister Fantastic and Doctor Doom send The Summoner on an intel retrieval mission, but they aren’t the only ones looking for answers. Will the past come back to haunt The Battlerealm? Find out in Act 9 - Chapter 1: THE RECKONING Glorious Games Introducing our third Saga: Glorious Games! To celebrate the history of the Contest and his triumphant return, The Maestro has declared four months of celebratory games. Each month of the Saga will revolve around a different element of games, starting with September's Circus Maximus and culminating in the celebration of December's Grand Banquet! Featuring a classical antiquity aesthetic, an exciting Champion chase, surprise Champion reworks and brand new kinds of Events and Quests, Glorious Games is sure to usher in our 10-year anniversary celebration in style! Realm Events Get ready to work alongside every Summoner in the Battlerealm! Realm Events are a brand new type of Event in which points will be contributed on a global level. Milestone rewards can be claimed once global and individual point contribution thresholds have been reached. For those more competitively-inclined Summoners, ranked rewards will also be up for grabs, including an exclusive and unique player title. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Enchantress Amora, better known as the Enchantress is among the oldest known Asgardians, and the possessor of some of the realm’s most powerful magics. Her arcane powers derive not only from a natural gift for manipulating Asguardian energies, but also from a lifetime’s worth of earned spellcasting knowledge. Even powerless, Amora remains a threat through her mastery of the art of seduction. With a simple kiss, she can enslave almost any man to her will. Beta Ray Bill Beta Ray Bill is a Korbinite who became a powerful cyborg in order to protect his own people from the threat of Surtur and his fire giants. In a battle against Thor he proved his worthiness to Odin, who was so impressed by Bill's prowess and honorable actions that he crafted a unique magical hammer exclusively for the Korbinite - Stormbreaker! Armed with the might of Stormbreaker and his own fiery sense of justice, Beta Ray Bill travels the stars in search of wrongs to right and villains to vanquish. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - No Rest For The Wicked BETA RAY BILL finally arrives to The Contest in response to Nova's distress beacon. Unfortunately, Bill’s entrance throws things into conflict, and to make matters more upsetting he seems to have an odd obsession with the regrown World Tree. Nova and the gang try to calm Bill down, but clouded minds and the arrival of ENCHANTRESS does nothing to ease tensions. The usually villainous Asgardian claims to be here to help, but will she provide mercy or torment? Side Quest - Beta Ray Battle Zone Arcade has dropped Beta Ray Bill and The Summoner into his grand finale! The heroic pair must fight through an old-school Battle Zone gamespace where Arcade makes the rules. Bill has forged on ahead, leaving behind rewards to help The Summoner catch up. But Arcade has dispatched Champion Avatars to stop the Summoner’s journey. Clear every "Zone" for points and rewards, and dispatch the last of Arcade's wannabe Champions to put his reign of terror to an end! Events Screen Overhaul Our Events page has been completely reimagined! Ease of use, clarity and visual fidelity are at the forefront of this ‘from the ground up’ rebuild. This new hub will also be the home of our brand new Event type; Realm Events, coming in the near future! Reunion Event Introducing the Reunion Event! This Event, formerly known as Legends, features a new Calendar, Store, Objectives, Crystals, and much more - all centered around a brand new Quest; The Crucible! The Crucible Prepare to have your roster seriously tested as you face-off against challenging opponents from Act 7! Two new pieces of tech will be utilized by The Crucible; Elimination Choice Nodes and Unrestricted Quest Teams! Elimination Choice Nodes are a new challenge that forces you to swap out a Champion. Champions that have been swapped out cannot be used again for the remainder of the active Quest. In The Crucible, each opponent will be immediately followed by an Elimination Choice Node, and with a team size of one this means Summoners will have to use a different Champion for every fight. Unrestricted Quest Teams is a new feature built for longform Quests that are intended to take multiple days to complete. For select Quests, players and their teams will have the ability to be active in two PvE Quests at the same time, so you can take on The Crucible while you continue with your regularly scheduled questing! CHAMPION UPDATES Bullseye’s rebalance information: Using Dexterity against Bullseye’s Basic Attacks will no longer trigger Instant Bleeds. Superior Iron Man has been updated! Check out his Champion Spotlight for more information. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Deathless Vision In years past, Champions from the Death Realm staged an assault on the Battlerealm. Empowered by the Death Stone, Thanos created nameless, empty versions of the heroes of the Battlerealm. Of these nameless Champions, a select few were granted malicious will and elevated to become the Deathless, to lead his armies and sow chaos and destruction. Vision was the third Deathless he created. Deathless Vision no longer sees the line between good or evil, he draws his own lines. Patriot Eli Bradley has long known the best and the worst of his country. His grandfather Isaiah was one of the very first Super Soldiers, the kind of warrior for liberty that little boys dream of becoming. But Isaiah's work, like the brutal experiments that gave him his powers and so many of his peers an early death, was kept a shameful secret by the country he served, teaching Eli from a young age that service is never simple. Still, feeling a deep need to make the world a better place, he co-founded the Young Avengers as Patriot. Though sometimes at odds with Captain America and the Avengers, Eli still earned their respect, even taking up Cap's original shield with his blessing. Patriot continues to strive to make his home into the better place it must become. The Leader Samuel Sterns was once an average high school dropout, but after working the night shift at a chemical plant, a gamma explosion left him with an insatiable lust for knowledge. It turns out the gamma granted Sam a genius-level intellect, which he then used to turn himself into The Leader, an evil mastermind and arch nemesis to the Hulk. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Stern Minds Prevail The Battlerealm’s premier prison facility, known as THE RAFT, goes into lockdown as unusually high Gamma Radiation is detected. The Summoner arrives to help only to be met by Elijah Bradley aka PATRIOT, who is having a boat-load of troubles of his own! Friends and foes alike are being mentally manipulated by the gamma-enhanced mind of THE LEADER! Hopefully the arrival of Chee'ilth will help keep the inhabitants of this cage from going green with Gamma. But how long will it be until this whole prison breaks?! Side-Quest - Deadpool & Wolverine: Alpha Fight The Arcade Games continue as Deadpool and Wolverine are tasked with cracking the case on some absent Alpha Flight friends! Will things end in polite discussion, or a flurry of claws and blades? We’ll see what sort of maple-flavored mischief the Merc with a Mouth and his pals get up to with Alpha Fight! Spring of Sorrow Gauntlet: The culmination of your pain and SORROW will occur this month, where you will be tasked with dealing with all 4 of the previous fights plus 2 NEW FIGHTS in not one but two painful paths! Fret not though, as you will have the entire month to deal with this heroic task. Be warned however, that these encounters are not for the faint of heart, and will cause you to be overcome with SORROW. To further increase the trials set before you, this month-long quest will feature not 2, not 3, but 4 Solo Objectives for you to try to overcome! Incursions Murderworld Challenge: Gather your Arcade Games Saga Champions and bring them to Incursions to take on the Murderworld Challenge! This sector will test your knowledge of the Saga Champion roster and will reward those who conquer the challenge with 7-Star shards, Titan shards, 7-Star Saga signature stones and plenty more! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Deathless Vision In years past, Champions from the Death Realm staged an assault on the Battlerealm. Empowered by the Death Stone, Thanos created nameless, empty versions of the heroes of the Battlerealm. Of these nameless Champions, a select few were granted malicious will and elevated to become the Deathless, to lead his armies and sow chaos and destruction. Vision was the third Deathless he created. Deathless Vision no longer sees the line between good or evil, he draws his own lines. Patriot Eli Bradley has long known the best and the worst of his country. His grandfather Isaiah was one of the very first Super Soldiers, the kind of warrior for liberty that little boys dream of becoming. But Isaiah's work, like the brutal experiments that gave him his powers and so many of his peers an early death, was kept a shameful secret by the country he served, teaching Eli from a young age that service is never simple. Still, feeling a deep need to make the world a better place, he co-founded the Young Avengers as Patriot. Though sometimes at odds with Captain America and the Avengers, Eli still earned their respect, even taking up Cap's original shield with his blessing. Patriot continues to strive to make his home into the better place it must become. The Leader Samuel Sterns was once an average high school dropout, but after working the night shift at a chemical plant, a gamma explosion left him with an insatiable lust for knowledge. It turns out the gamma granted Sam a genius-level intellect, which he then used to turn himself into The Leader, an evil mastermind and arch nemesis to the Hulk. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Event Quest - Stern Minds Prevail The Battlerealm’s premier prison facility, known as THE RAFT, goes into lockdown as unusually high Gamma Radiation is detected. The Summoner arrives to help only to be met by Elijah Bradley aka PATRIOT, who is having a boat-load of troubles of his own! Friends and foes alike are being mentally manipulated by the gamma-enhanced mind of THE LEADER! Hopefully the arrival of Chee'ilth will help keep the inhabitants of this cage from going green with Gamma. But how long will it be until this whole prison breaks?! Side-Quest - Deadpool & Wolverine: Alpha Fight The Arcade Games continue as Deadpool and Wolverine are tasked with cracking the case on some absent Alpha Flight friends! Will things end in polite discussion, or a flurry of claws and blades? We’ll see what sort of maple-flavored mischief the Merc with a Mouth and his pals get up to with Alpha Fight! Spring of Sorrow Gauntlet: The culmination of your pain and SORROW will occur this month, where you will be tasked with dealing with all 4 of the previous fights plus 2 NEW FIGHTS in not one but two painful paths! Fret not though, as you will have the entire month to deal with this heroic task. Be warned however, that these encounters are not for the faint of heart, and will cause you to be overcome with SORROW. To further increase the trials set before you, this month-long quest will feature not 2, not 3, but 4 Solo Objectives for you to try to overcome! Incursions Murderworld Challenge: Gather your Arcade Games Saga Champions and bring them to Incursions to take on the Murderworld Challenge! This sector will test your knowledge of the Saga Champion roster and will reward those who conquer the challenge with 7-Star shards, Titan shards, 7-Star Saga signature stones and plenty more! All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com

NEW CHAMPIONS Northstar Jean-Paul Beaubier, known as Northstar, is a prominent member of the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight alongside his twin sister Aurora. A former gold medalist Olympic skier, he possesses hypersonic speed, flight, and photonic energy blasts, making him a swift force in battle. He is a vital ally to the X-Men and respected instructor at the Xavier Institute. Jean-Paul oversees "Team Northstar Extreme Sports" along with his husband Kyle, having settled in the mutant sanctuary of Krakoa with their daughter Joanne. Arcade A notorious hitman with a penchant for the dramatic, Arcade quickly gained infamy in the shadiest of circles by refusing to eliminate his targets by conventional means. True to his showman roots, he prefers to construct elaborate “Murderworlds” to trap his contestants within and finish them off with his own brand of chaos. Over the years, he has been repeatedly employed to eliminate the X-Men who always find a way to escape his schemes. This has caused his reputation to lose footing with other villains, but now Arcade arrives in the Battlerealm with something to prove with his deadly Murderworld technology. NEW QUESTS AND EVENTS Saga 2: Arcade Games: Arcade has taken over The Battlerealm with twisted games and punishing amusements! See how that plays out for your Champions in new Events! Event Quest - All Fun And Games: Responding to an Alpha Flight distress call, NORTHSTAR arrives in New Manhattan only to discover that he is a Player in the deadly games of ARCADE. To defeat this challenge they'll need The Summoner as their Player 2 while they try to button-mash through the lethal levels of this treacherous trap-master! See if you’re leveling up or checking out in ALL FUN AND GAMES! Side Quest - Terror Twister: Arcade’s amusement park is open for business and terrifying rides will be twisting The Summoner’s choices with traps and tricks! Murderworld is as full of treasures as it is filled with dangers, so be sure to keep a look out for a special reward you’ll be able to unlock by completing each challenging map through the month! Spring of Sorrow: Spring has come, and soon a special set of challenges will be made available to those who have become Paragon or higher! Challenging content that consists of ONE 1v1 Quest will be released every 2 weeks. Be warned however, that these encounters are not for the faint of heart, and will cause you to be overcome with SORROW. To further increase the trials set before you, each Quest will be accompanied by Solo Objectives for you to try to overcome! NEW FEATURES AND IMPROVEMENTS Quick Heal: Get back into the action faster with Quick Heal! This feature will assess the necessary revives and potions required to get your Champions back into fighting shape, select the best options from your inventory and stash, and provide dynamic top-up options if your items are running low. Battlegrounds Victory Track Medal Upgrades: We are introducing quality of life improvements to the Battlegrounds Victory Track system! The climb through the Victory Track to the Gladiator’s Circuit will be more manageable for more players, as the entire Victory Track will now operate under a ‘two medals gained per win, one medal lost per defeat’ system. Additional ranks, with additional rewards, have been added to each tier in order to facilitate these changes. All this and more! Check out the complete list of exciting updates on playcontestofchampions.com