10-Year Gamemode History

Below is a list of updates with important gamemode changes. These are sorted into categories:

  1. New - when a gamemode is first added.
  2. Addition - when new content is added to an existing gamemode (e.g. new Story Mode chapters, new World Bosses).
  3. Reworked - when existing content in an existing gamemode is changed significantly.
  4. Removed - when an existing gamemode is removed entirely.

This does not include minor QoL changes, and some of the earlier updates may be fuzzy as the patch notes for those updates are no longer available for some reason. It is probably most useful if you have a gamemode in mind and search in this page to see how it has changed over time.

  • Tier-2 Era (1.0 - 3.9)

    Tier-2 Era (1.0 - 3.9)

    • 1.3 - Marvel Studios' Ant-Man

      [Addition] Special Missions - Ant-Man missions

    • 1.4 - Secret Wars

      [New] Battleworld

    • 1.5 - Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

      [Addition] Story Missions - added Chapters 9 & 10 (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
      [New] Alliance Battle

    • 1.9 - All-New, All-Different (Part 1)

      [Addition] Villain Siege - added Yellowjacket, Ultron, Loki stages

    • 2.0 - Infinity (Part 1)

      [New] World Boss
      [Reworked] Timeline Battle - live PvP matchmaking

    • 2.1 - Marvel Studios' Captain America: Civil War (Part 1) + Infinity (Part 2)

      [Reworked] Timeline Battle - league system

    • 2.2 - Hyperion

      [Reworked] Villain Siege - consolidated into Easy, Medium, Hard difficulties
      [Reworked] Battleworld - live PvP matchmaking

    • 2.3 - Captain America 75th Anniversary

      [Reworked] Co-Op Play - UI changes, Quick Match, Auto Play

    • 2.4 - New Avengers

      [Addition] Special Missions - New Avengers missions
      [Reworked] Dimension Rift - open anytime
      [New] Alliance Tournament

    • 2.5 - Shadowland

      [New] Shadowland

    • 2.6 - Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange

      [New] Shadowland King of the Hill
      [Addition] Alliance Battle Extreme

    • 2.7 - Asgardians

      [Addition] Story Missions - added Chapters 11 & 12
      [New] World Boss Invasion

    • 2.9 - Inhumans

      [Addition] Special Mission - Inhumans missions and Hidden Routes
      [Reworked] Co-Op Play - limited daily reward acquisitions

    • 2.9.5 - Marvel Netflix

      [Reworked] Timeline Battle - ban list, friendly matches

    • 3.0 - Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2

      [New] Alliance Conquest
      [Addition] World Boss Ultimate

    • 3.2 - Spider-Man: Homecoming

      [Addition] Special Mission - Spidey's Rogues Gallery
      [Addition] World Boss Ultimate - Ebony Maw and Supergiant

    • 3.3 - ???

      [Reworked] Shadowland - expansion to 30 floors, Entry Modes added
      [Addition] World Boss Ultimate - Thanos (Infinity)

    • 3.4 - Age of Apocalypse (Part 1)

      [Addition] World Boss - Quicksilver, Cable, Scarlet Witch, Apocalypse (+ Beginner Mode)

    • 3.5 - Marvel Studios' Thor: Ragnarok

      [New] Cinematic Battle (later renamed Legendary Battle)
      [Notable] C.T.P.s added

    • 3.6 - Ultimates

      [Addition] Story Mission - added Chapter 13

  • Tier-3 Era (4.0 - 8.0)

    Tier-3 Era (4.0 - 8.0)

    • 4.0 - Marvel Studios' Avengers: Infinity War

      [Reworked] World Boss - previous modes consolidated into Beginner and Normal, new Ultimate difficulty added with Proxima [Infinity War]
      (Note: Will not list each new Black Order WBU as they are added)

    • 4.2 - Marvel Studios' Ant-Man and the Wasp

      [New] Alliance Raid

    • 4.3 - Deadpool and the X-Force

      [Reworked] Alliance Battle - 2-week rotation

    • 4.4 - Infinity Warps

      [New] Heroic Quest

    • 4.5 - X-Men vs. Sentinels

      [New] Giant Boss Raid

    • 4.9 - X-Force + Brotherhood of Mutants

      [Reworked] Shadowland - infinite floors 31+

    • 5.0 - Marvel Studios' Avengers: Endgame (Part 1)

      [New] World Event

    • 5.3 - Marvel 80th Anniversary

      [Addition] Giant Boss Raid - Galactus

    • 5.4 - Phoenix Five (Part 1)

      [New] Danger Room

    • 5.5 - Uncanny Avengers + New Agents of Atlas

      [New] Dimension Mission - replaces Special Mission, Daily Mission, Villain Siege

    • 5.7 - Warriors of the Sky + Avengers 3099

      [Reworked] Story Missions - redone in cutscene format
      [Notable] Awakened Potential

    • 5.9 - House of X

      [New] Squad Battle

    • 6.0 - Marvel Studios' Black Widow

      [Reworked] Alliance Battle Extreme - rewards from 300k to 7m

    • 6.1 - Guardians of the Galaxy

      [Addition] Story Mode - All-War Chapter, Story Mode Ultimate
      [Addition] Shadowland - Fixed floors 31-35

    • 6.4 - Damnation (Part 1)

      [Reworked] Danger Room Extreme
      [Reworked] Alliance Battle Extreme - roar debuffs

    • 6.5 - Symbiote Invasion (Part 1)

      [New] World Boss Legend - Knull
      [Notable] C.T.P. Reforging and Card Crafting

    • 6.7 - Herald of Thunder

      [Addition] Story Mode - The True S.H.I.E.L.D., The Future Ends Here Chapters

    • 6.8 - Dawn of X

      [Addition] Timeline Battle - Challenger League with Cheer system

    • 6.9 - Defenders/Eternals

      [Addition] World Boss Legend - Mephisto

    • 7.0 - Marvel Universe

      [New] Dispatch Missions

    • 7.4 - Marvel Studios' Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

      [New] Timeline Survival (as a permanent mode at the time)

    • 7.5 - Enter the Phoenix

      [Reworked] Timeline Survival - now drops Artifact rewards
      [Notable] Artifacts added

    • 7.6 - Marvel Studios' Eternals (Part 2)

      [Reworked] Dimension Rift - readded with Artifact rewards

    • 7.7 - Spider-Man: No Way Home (Part 1)

      [Addition] Dispatch Missions - Sectors 11 & 12

    • 7.8 - Infinity Watch

      [Removed] Danger Room
      [Addition] World Boss Legend - Infinity Ultron

    • 8.0 - Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

      [New] Multiverse Invasion
      [Removed] Co-Op Play & World Boss Invasion

  • Tier-4 Era (8.1 - 10.9)

    Tier-4 Era (8.1 - 10.9)

    • 8.1 - Avengers Forever

      [Addition] Giant Boss Raid - Dormammu

    • 8.3 - Fear Itself

      [Addition] World Boss Legend - Gorr

    • 8.4 - Symbiote Invasion

      [New] Alliance Battle Legend
      [Removed] Squad Battle

    • 8.6 - Destiny of X

      [Addition] World Boss Legend - Dark Phoenix

    • 8.7 - Moon Temple Defenders

      [Addition] Dispatch Missions - Sector 13

    • 9.0 - Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Part 1)

      [New] Otherworld Battle
      [Notable] X of Swords

    • 9.1 - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

      [Addition] World Boss Legend - Kang the Conqueror

    • 9.3 - X-Force Vol.2

      [Reworked] Shadowland - Token Shop for infinite floors

    • 9.4 - Midnight Suns

      [Notable] Team-Up Collections

    • 9.5 - Marvel Studios' The Marvels

      [Reworked] Alliance Battle - 7m to 15m rewards for ABX, 6m to 12m rewards for ABL

    • 9.9 - Black Swan

      [Addition] World Boss Legend+ - Black Swan

    • 10.0 - Sentry and the Challengers

      [Reworked] PvP Modes - stat rebalancing

    • 10.1 - Fantastic Four Vol.2

      [New] Multiverse Saga
      [Notable] Emblems

    • 10.2 - Marvel Studios' Deadpool & Wolverine

      [Reworked] Alliance Conquest - reduced duration, auto shield, other changes

    • 10.3 - Invincible Iron Man

      [Addition] World Boss Legend+ - Corvus & Proxima

    • 10.4 - What If... Zombies?!

      [New] Zombie Survival

    • 10.6 - Wastelanders

      [Addition] Dispatch Missions - Sector 14

    • 10.7 - Captain America: Brave New World

      [Addition] World Boss Legend+ - Black Dwarf & Maw

    • 10.9 - Marvel Studios' Thunderbolts*

      [New] Team Battle Arena

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