Marvel Gamers to Head to NYC For Marvel Contest of Champions: Summoner Showdown Tournament

Today, Kabam revealed its latest initiative for its popular and award-winning mobile game Marvel Contest of Champions – the 2019 Marvel Contest of Champions: Summoner Showdown tournament!

What’s happening: 

  • Kabam is thrilled to reveal its latest initiative: the 2019 Marvel Contest of Champions: Summoner Showdown tournament for their popular and award-winning mobile game, Marvel Contest of Champions.
  • For nine weeks starting on the week of July 29, Kabam’s Summoner Showdown Tournament will invite some of the most passionate Marvel Contest of Champions players to Marvel Headquarters in New York City.
  • Each week, fans can tune in to marvel.com/mcocshowdown and see three players compete in a series of specially created challenges to determine who moves on as a finalist.
  • One such challenge, War Machine's Durability Test, will involve players going up against an enhanced version of War Machine with enhanced armor and HP stats to determine who can survive the longest, or how much health participants have after three minutes per match.
  • Each finalist will earn a spot to compete at this year’s New York Comic Con on 2019 on October 3-6.
  • At the end of the tournament, only one player will be crowned the 2019 Marvel Contest of Champions: Summoner Showdown Champion where an extravagant trophy and other fantastic prizes are awarded to the victor.
  • For more information on the Summoner Showdown Tournament, and the latest updates on Marvel Contest of Champions, visit www.playcontestofchampions.com or Facebook.

What they’re saying:

  • Gabriel Frizzera, Creative/Art Director for Kabam’s Marvel Contest of Champions: “We’re incredibly happy to partner with Marvel on the Marvel Contest of Champions: Summoner Showdown, as our great work together already complements what we have planned for New York Comic Con this year. This is the longest tournament Kabam has ever run, with some of the most avid players in our game, and we can’t wait to see how it unfolds!”

About Marvel Contest of Champions:

  • Marvel Contest of Champions is a mobile arcade-style fighting game that goes beyond the films and dives deep into the Marvel Universe.
  • Super Heroes and Super Villains from battle it out in iconic Marvel locations in an epic storyline that stays true to classic Marvel storytelling featuring character from:
    • Marvel’s Avengers
    • The Defenders
    • X-Men
    • Inhumans
    • Guardians of the Galaxy
    • The Fantastic Four
    • And more
  • Since its December 2014 launch, Marvel Contest of Champions has secured multiple accolades while engaging hundreds of millions of players around the world.

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About Kabam:

  • Kabam is a world leader of developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games for mobile devices.
  • Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver, San Francisco and Austin, Texas.
  • The company currently has more than 400 employees. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble Corp.
  • Kabam has partnered with leading entertainment brands like Disney, Hasbro and Universal to create mobile games based on some of the world’s most iconic franchises.
  • Kabam’s games have generated hundreds of millions of downloads including:
    • Fast & Furious 6: The Game
    • Fast & Furious: Legacy
    • Marvel Contest of Champions
    • Transformers: Forged to Fight