- New Character - Power Man (Víctor Álvarez) 5* - 16 September 2026
Power Man (Víctor Álvarez) is the latest 5-Star to make his mark in MPQ, ushering in a new generation to carry the Power Man mantle. With his mastery of Chi, Victor can build up his power to protect his team and unleash devastating attacks, putting him in good company alongside familiar faces like Luke Cage (Power Man) and White Tiger (Ava Ayala). Health & Match Damage Feeder Flow Abilities Ability: TOO DAMN HIGH!! Color: Black AP Cost: 10 Power Man channels all the Chi of those he’s held onto to unleash a devastating blow. Deal 4295 damage to the target. For each Chi point, consume it, and deal an additional 297 damage (max of 3). (PASSIVE) On battle start, and if no friendly Chi tile exists at the start of his turn, create a Chi 3-turn Repeater tile. On completion, gain 2 Chi point(s). If Power Man gains 8 or more points he explodes, deals 404 damage to the enemy, stuns himself for 2…
- New Character - Firebird (Bonita Juarez) 4* - 9 September 2026
Firebird (Bonita Juarez) heats up the gem board as the latest 4-Star character to enter MPQ. From her fiery origins in the New Mexico desert to her time alongside the West Coast Avengers, Bonita brings a unique kit that radiates when things get too hot to handle. Health & Match Damage https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/x505go/original/3X/6/8/68bf32077a6ec263c5b4bd3c024661e00fad22e8.png Feeder Flow https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/x505go/original/3X/0/a/0a2936439c9f9cd88362dd22c10d1c5bd380ff4c.png Abilities https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/x505go/original/3X/3/5/35a4f1269cc9a1677b7dd2394bbfb893f20c837a.jpeg Ability: Absorbing Rays Color: Yellow AP Cost: 8 Bonita absorbs heat from all that surrounds her, using it to defend herself and her allies. Firebird goes Airborne for 2 turns, and Fortifies 1 random friendly special tile(s). On return, heal the te…
- MARVEL Puzzle Quest: Alliance vs Alliance - 9 September 2026
https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/x505go/original/3X/1/b/1bffce7d492ddd0e2eef77aad2a07ba939c54aa8.jpeg MARVEL Puzzle Quest: Alliance vs Alliance Having been in the works for quite some time alongside our other developments for MARVEL Puzzle Quest, our newest and biggest feature, Alliance vs Alliance, is finally ready for the spotlight! Today, we’re diving into its mechanics and everything you need to know as we march toward its planned October release. We’ll start by giving you a quick overview of what AvA is, our design aspirations, and then give you a full breakdown of the AvA system. Alliance vs Alliance Overview Alliance vs Alliance is a new competitive mode where Alliances go head-to-head over Domains during 6-week Operations, working together to defend their own Fronts while attacking and capturing those held by their opponents in Offensives. AvA is built around strate…
- New Character - Banshee (Sean Cassidy) 5* - 19 August 2026
Let’s make some noise for Banshee as he flies into MPQ with his signature sonic scream and powerful mutant abilities! Health & Match Damage Feeder Flow Abilities Ability: EEEEEE Color: Red AP Cost: 7 Banshee lifts into the air with his powerful vocal cords, in preparation to deliver a deadly attack. Deal 772 damage to the target, Banshee goes airborne for 2 turns, dealing 521 damage to all enemies upon landing. Ability: Sonic Shield Color: Blue AP Cost: 8 Using his impressive voice, Banshee creates a Sonic Shield to deflect incoming attacks! Select and Fortify 1 tile(s). If Banshee is Airborne, convert up to 1 enemy Strike tile(s) to your own, if any are present. (PASSIVE) If Banshee or a teammate is to be Stunned, consume 12 AP of your weakest color and negate the Stun if enough AP is available. Create 1 strength 105 tile(s). Ability: Vocal Intervention Color: Purple AP Cost: 9 Banshee…
- Marvel Puzzle Quest R345 Release Notes (Week of Aug 17th) - 18 August 2026
R345 Notice: Please Do Not Update We’ve identified several bugs in the R345 update that require a new R346 build to resolve. Our team is working quickly to address these issues, with R346 currently targeted for early next week. In the meantime, please DO NOT update to R345 until R346 is released. We’ll share another update as soon as R346 is ready. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate everyone’s patience as the team works to get these fixes out as quickly as possible. Performance Improvements We have continued to maintain our efforts on generally improving the performance of MPQ. For 345, we focused on what could be done to improve the initial load time, as well as attempting to reduce the number of softlocks and crashes the game experiences. Optimizations to improve the initial load speed We found that there were inefficiencies in the initial game loading, so we have utili…
- New Character - Boomerang (Frederick Myers) 4* - 7 August 2026
Meet Boomerang, the latest Aussie preparing to make his mark on MPQ this year! A former professional pitcher turned supervillain, Fred Myers puts his throwing arm to work with an assortment of high tech boomerangs. He can intercept enemy abilities, set up Strike tiles with his MultiRangs, and send razor sharp Razerangs flying across the battlefield. Pair him with some fellow Sinister Six members to strengthen his defenses and deal even more damage across the enemy team. Health & Match Damage Feeder Flow Abilities Ability: Major League Pitcher Color: Yellow AP Cost: 0 Boomerang always looks out for the Sinister Six, even if it’s currently the Sinister Five. (PASSIVE) Whenever an enemy fires an ability that will deal damage, Boomerang deflects it with a boomerang, create 1 strength 174 Protect tile(s), and the target takes 75% of the original damage. If a member of the Sinister Six is in…
- Spider-Man: Brand New Day Takes Over MARVEL Puzzle Quest! - 23 July 2026
Celebrate Spider-Man: Brand New Day in MPQ as Spider-Man and some of his most dangerous enemies take center stage. Whether you fight alongside the neighborhood’s greatest heroes or its most notorious villains, there will be plenty to discover during the Spider-Man: Brand New Day takeover, including new characters, special vaults, costumes, and the long awaited return of a popular game feature. Here’s what you need to know! New Characters 5-Star Scorpion (Brand New Day) arrives on July 22, bringing one of Spider-Man’s most dangerous foes into the fight with a venomous edge and a serious score to settle. 4-Star Boomerang (Frederick Myers) makes his MPQ debut on August 5, armed with specialized trick boomerangs and an unpredictable fighting style that keeps enemies guessing. Brand New Day Costume 5-Star Spider-Man (Peter Parker) is dressed for the occasion with a fresh new look inspired by…
- MARVEL Puzzle Quest: Shaking Up the Meta - 22 July 2026
Marvel Puzzle Quest is, at its heart, a game about collecting heroes and villains from every corner of the Marvel Universe, then learning how their powers, mechanics, and team synergies fit together. Much of the game’s appeal comes from that sense of discovery, but unfortunately, the current meta does not always support it. Addressing that stagnant meta has been one of our top priorities since IP2 took over the project, and the team has been hard at work identifying the problems and exploring how best to tackle them. So, what exactly needs to change? Let’s look at the issues we see in the current meta, the design philosophy guiding our decisions, and the many rebalances and reworks we believe are needed to shake things up. What do we see are the problems with the current meta game? While there are several factors shaping the current meta, we think most of them fall under two major theme…
- Marvel Puzzle Quest R344 Release Notes (Week of July 23rd) - 22 July 2026
MPQ R344 is arriving the week of July 23rd bringing more performance improvements, UI updates, and a wide range of bug fixes to help make your experience smoother. This update also introduces a new email-based account linking system, allowing players to link their accounts across supported platforms and play MPQ on multiple devices. We’ve also included a summary of bug fixes made during R343 so the community has better visibility into the improvements already applied to the current build. Performance Improvements Image Loading Improvements We have made changes to how images are loaded into the game: If an image is already downloaded, it will act the same as it currently does If an image needs to be downloaded from the internet, we have changed the order of how they are downloaded. In most cases, the next thing you want to see is the newest image to display. Opening a new menu will now f…
- New Character - Scorpion (Brand New Day) 5* - 22 July 2026
Inspired by the upcoming Spider-Man: Brand New Day movie, Scorpion crawls into the neighborhood as MPQ’s next 5-Star character! Alongside his new abilities, which take the sting out of enemy SAP tiles and tear through opponents, Scorpion will also be part of two upcoming Spider-Verse adjacent affiliations based on their penchant for heroics or lack thereof: Spider-Foes and Spider-Friends. Health & Match Damage Feeder Flow Abilities Ability: Acidic Personality Color: Black AP Cost: 9 Scorpion’s not all looks, he’s got a great personality too. Select and destroy 1 basic tile(s). Create 1 strength 374 Attack tile(s) on a random color. If Scorpion is already in the front, deal 1663 damage to the target enemy. (PASSIVE) At the start of every turn, if there is an available Black tile, create a 2-turn Acid-Countdown tile on it up to a max of 1 friendly Acid-Countdown tiles. Deal 62 AOE permane…
- 2026 Character Rebalances: Batch 1 - 14 July 2026
With Update 344 (week of July 20th), we will be releasing our first batch of 1-3 Star character rebalances. We will continue to release a new batch along with each update until we’ve got through the work that needs doing. We started out with a handful of characters who appear quite early in the game for buffs, with the vast majority of changes to bring the characters concerned up to a modern power level and (hopefully) make them more relevant to the game. We’ve provided summaries of the changes to this group of characters below. Please note, there may be minor changes to these numbers in the coming days, and 2-Star Captain America will be getting his proper details shortly. This batch also includes changes to two infamous heroes that many, many players have been requesting we review because they are far too toxic and dominant to the current metagame. We hope what we’re doing here will r…
- New Character - Mojo (Mojo Master) 6* - 8 July 2026
Mojo (Mojo Master) 6* is ready for his close-up and we’ve got his programming notes for you to deep dive into. Along with his very own Mojoverse affiliation, Mojo turns the battlefield into must-see programming by create drama, crafting destructive board shake up, and rewarding every over-the-top moment with team damage, healing, and defensive protection. Health & Match Damage Abilities Ability: Plot HOLE! Color: Black AP Cost: 9 We didn’t literally think they’d make a hole in the show, how’d Mojo even manage that? Create 2 2×2 set of hole(s) on random tiles, for every Black and Blue tile that disappears, deal 4591 damage. For every Purple tile that disappears, heal for 4591. (Please note that we’re still finalizing his black ability heal % so we’ve left it blank for now.) (PASSIVE) At the start of every turn, if there are fewer than 3 Drama tile(s), convert 1 tile(s) of any color to Dr…
- New Character - Man-Thing (Swamp Walker) 5* - 25 June 2026
The 2026 New Character Poll winner is ready for his MPQ debut. Man-Thing is arriving as our next 5-Star character, bringing a strange and supernatural presence to the roster that only the legendary swamp creature can provide. Health & Match Damage https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/x505go/original/3X/8/4/84001a1c0a53aa4f2b64ed50c6f6f31a014c1be6.png Feeder Flow https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/x505go/original/3X/6/d/6d892c1f045c5447a577c06ed40b630b4cab738a.png Abilities Ability: Moment of Thought Color: Green AP Cost: 8 Man-Thing lashes out at all that surrounds him. Deal 1595 damage to a random enemy, destroy 1 random tile(s), dealing 975 additional damage per tile. Destroyed tiles do not generate AP, do not receive AP from cascades. (Passive) Man-Thing instills fear into the hearts of all who see him. When attacked, Man-Thing sets his enemies ablaze, dealing 110…
- Marvel Puzzle Quest R343 Release Notes (Week of June 22nd) - 18 June 2026
In the 342 Patch Notes, we mentioned a change one of the devs worked out to do with blockages in how some particle effects were being loaded and that we’d hoped that change would see decent performance improvements. Unfortunately, after testing, it doesn’t appear to have the impact we’d hoped due to there being an additional, even deeper level to the issue than had originally been found. That said, the change is still in 343. It may make some difference depending on your device and connectivity, but is otherwise just groundwork for further improvements. Unity Engine Upgrade We have upgraded the Unity Engine to the latest Long-Term Supported (LTS) version, 6.3. This was a needed upgrade for a number of reasons including the previous version being less stable, but is also required to handle recent changes to iOS. Due to the updated Unity version, minimum OS for Android and iOS will be: An…
- New Character - Famine (First Horsemen) 4* - 10 June 2026
Health & Match Damage Feeder Flow Abilities Ability: Ravenous Hunger Color: Purple AP Cost: 8 How long has it been since we have eaten? Deal 741 damage. Create a 3-turn Repeater tile that destroys 1 randomly selected surrounding tile(s). Gain 176 health for each tile destroyed. Destroyed tiles do not generate AP or deal damage. Ability: Raging Torrent Color: Blue AP Cost: 6 Wash clean, the safety, the sickness, every speck of soil. Create 1 strength 65 Blue Strike tile(s). Destroy 1 enemy Strike, Attack, or Protect tile(s). Does not deal damage or gain AP for destroyed tiles. (PASSIVE) Whenever an enemy fires the same color ability more than 3 time(s) in their turn, raise the cost of all remaining same-color abilities by 1 AP until the end of their turn. Ability: Corrected Error Color: Green AP Cost: 7 They have feasted too long on the bones and blood of the free people. Deal 574 damage…
- MPQ 2026 Summer Update - 5 June 2026
Over the summer, you can expect to see dedicated blogs outlining big items from the 2026 Roadmap. While we get those updates ready for you, for now, as an update to our MARVEL Puzzle Quest 2026 Roadmap blog, we’re giving the floor to our Lead Designer Finn to share some of the philosophy and background behind how he’s been looking at the MPQ meta. But first, we wanted to provide a couple of updates on some things we’ve been working on… GAME STABILITY This will continue to be a priority in our efforts to improve the backend of MPQ and we hope some of the changes implemented can be felt as you play through the game. In addition to continuing that work, we will be updating the version of Unity that MPQ is using around R343. Along with platform compliance, this newer version should help specifically with some of the various freezing/crashing issues familiar to folks on iOS 26. We’re also ho…
- 2026 MARVEL Puzzle Quest Player Survey - 1 June 2026
Calling all MARVEL Puzzle Quest players! Our new 2026 Player Survey is live, and we’d love to hear from you. Share your honest thoughts on the current state of the game, what’s working well, and what you’d like to see next to help shape what comes next! https://mpq.social/playersurvey
- New Character - Shatterstar (Gaveedra Seven) 5* - 27 May 2026
From the gladiator arenas of Mojoworld to the battles of MARVEL Puzzle Quest, Shatterstar (Gaveedra Seven) slices his way into the roster as the next 5-Star! Here’s a preview of how he’ll slice his way through the competition. Health & Match Damage https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/x505go/original/3X/7/1/71d14a8c1f7fd31882c3c3dd7fa833f011d53772.webp Feeder Flow Abilities https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploads/x505go/optimized/3X/c/e/ceb89768f6c3a8c401c57aa345b461fbc77c311c_2_690x388.jpeg Ability: Shatter Portal Color: Purple AP Cost: 9 Shatterstar slices through the fabric of reality, creating tears between universes. Select and create an X-shaped Portal on the board, teleporting up to 5 tiles away, gain 1 AP for each tile teleported in its color. The resulting shockwaves created by the portal deal 2658 damage to the target. https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/uploa…
- New Character - Celestial BrawnBuster (Amadeus Cho) 6* - 13 May 2026
Health & Match Damage Abilities Ability: Celestial Gamma Missiles Color: Red AP Cost: 7 Celestial BrawnBuster fires a volley of Gamma Irradiated missiles at… everything? Create 3 3-turn Countdown Tile(s), deal 1530 damage. Each countdown tile does 1224 damage per turn. (PASSIVE) Reduce AP gained by enemy matches in their team’s strongest color by 2. Reduce AP gained by matches in your team’s strongest color by 1. Ability: Galactic Hulk-Out Punch! Color: Green AP Cost: 7 Celestial BrawnBuster unleashes a mighty Galaxy-spanning punch, mathematically formulated to strike its target. Destroy 2, 3×3 sets of random tiles. For each tile destroyed, deal 536 damage. Any Celestial Missile Countdown tile destroyed in this way explodes, dealing 918 damage to a random enemy. Do not gain AP for tiles destroyed. (PASSIVE) At the start of the turn, for every Celestial Missile Countdown tile on the boar…
- New Character - Franken-Castle (Amalgamation) 5* - 28 April 2026
Health & Match Damage Feeder Flow Abilities Ability: Level Playing Field Color: Red AP Cost: 5 Sticking with what works, Frank levels the playing field with a molotov or two… Or three. Destroy 2 2×2 sets of random tiles. Deal 1550 to target enemy. For each red tile that is destroyed, deal 226 damage. Do not receive AP for Cascades. (PASSIVE) At the start of the turn, generate 6 rage and consume up to 1 Charged tile(s) on the board. For each Charged tile consumed, generate 1 rage. Do not receive AP or deal damage from Cascades. Ability: Deceptive Trap Color: Purple AP Cost: 7 The Punisher draws on what he knows, and what he knows is traps. Deal 712 to the target enemy, stun the target for 1 turn(s). For every 16 rage, stun the enemy for an additional turn, up to 2 , and consume it on use. For the purposes of this ability, Level Playing Field is considered unlocked. (PASSIVE) If rage is…
