"Marvel Contest of Champions" Introduces New Dark Phoenix Saga and a New Original Character

These updates come as the popular game celebrates Women’s History Month this March.

The monthly updates for the popular Marvel Contest of Champions mobile game have been revealed – including the reveal of a brand-new original character, Lumatrix.

What’s Happening:

  • March sees several new additions to the popular mobile game Marvel Contest of Champions, which first launched in December 2014 from developer Kabam.
  • As the game celebrates Women’s History Month, players can add Original X-Men Jean Grey and Sentinel born human Bastion to The Contest.

  • Players can now join Jean Grey and fellow X-Men to battle variants in the all-new Dark Phoenix Saga for an explosive storyline line and unique rewards. Dark Phoenix see's The Battlerealm as the perfect place to burn down and build anew with an abundance of power and possibility.
  • Meanwhile, Bastion can be added to the game beginning March 27th.

  • A brand-new series of original characters called Eidols are being added to the game throughout 2025. Eidols are central to the game’s new “Founders" storyline that dives into the powerful characters behind the history of The Battlerealm and was first introduced this past December with the release of artificial lifeform ISOPHYNE, a mystic Eidol and living ISO-Sphere.
  • The “Founders" in-game narrative will continue throughout 2025 with three new Eidol Champions, each significantly different from regular Champions and having their own sourcing system, starting with Lumatrix. Players will be able to ‘chase’ and collect the three new Eidols over MCoC’s upcoming Sagas during 2025.
  • The chase for Lumatrix kicked off on March 5th and will run through June 4th.

  • Celebrating International Women’s Day, Kabam has teamed up with 7 of their wonderful female Developers and Content Creator partners on MCoCto let the players 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!

  • Other Marvel Contest of Champions updates this month include bug fixes, other event quests like “Grey Matter," “Phoenix Force Five" and “Grandmaster’s Gauntlet."
  • Marvel Contest of Champions is available for iOS, iPadOS and Android.