MPQ Developer Q&A January 2025 (QUESTIONS)

MPQBlaine

It's time for our monthly Developer Q&A with the team behind Marvel Puzzle Quest!

We always look forward to addressing community feedback so please feel free to share with us your thoughts and suggestions. To help with our workflow, please be mindful of the following rules.

November Developer Q&A Google Form:
https://mpq.social/devqa

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Deadline to submit questions:
12pm PST/8pm BST on January 31st
Answers posted:
Around Friday February 7th

will7612

New Engine, when, when, when?????

ThisisClemFandango

Why am I asking questions that won't be answered until January 7th 2026? Thanks for the change.
November google form isn't helping matters either.

MPQBlaine

@ThisisClemFandango said:
Why am I asking questions that won't be answered until January 7th 2026?

Cuz I'm dumb and my copy pasta got broken somewhere. Good catch!

ThisisClemFandango

@MPQBlaine said:

@ThisisClemFandango said:
Why am I asking questions that won't be answered until January 7th 2026?

Cuz I'm dumb and my copy pasta got broken somewhere. Good catch!

Google form won't work either

MPQBlaine

@ThisisClemFandango said:

@MPQBlaine said:

@ThisisClemFandango said:
Why am I asking questions that won't be answered until January 7th 2026?

Cuz I'm dumb and my copy pasta got broken somewhere. Good catch!

Google form won't work either

How about now? Google made some updates to their survey dashboard. Made a few more tweaks and I think it should be working now.

Godzillafan67

Currently, the 3/5-star releases are variations of the same character. Have you considered releasing existing-but-not-in-the-tier pairs? For example, 3-star Apocalypse alongside 5-star Squirrel Girl.

Seph1roth5

I asked about supports, and why there hasn't been a new one since may 2024

concillado

Where is Kraven 5* with his recent movie release??

ThisisClemFandango

@MPQBlaine said:

@ThisisClemFandango said:

@MPQBlaine said:

@ThisisClemFandango said:
Why am I asking questions that won't be answered until January 7th 2026?

Cuz I'm dumb and my copy pasta got broken somewhere. Good catch!

Google form won't work either

How about now? Google made some updates to their survey dashboard. Made a few more tweaks and I think it should be working now.

It works!

My question is are you guys working Blaine too hard?

BriMan2222

@concillado said:
Where is Kraven 5* with his recent movie release??

Kraven was a Sony movie. They haven't done any tie ins for the Sony movies (venom, morbius, madame web, kraven)

dianetics

@BriMan2222 said:

@concillado said:
Where is Kraven 5* with his recent movie release??

Kraven was a Sony movie. They haven't done any tie ins for the Sony movies (venom, morbius, madame web, kraven)

Isn't Battle at the Basilica from Spiderman Far From Home?

concillado

Besides we have the Madam Web Dagger support!

concillado

We WANT 5* Kraven to rectify Sony's clumsy attempt at the universe again-again! ;-)

VEX94

More support love like continuing the rebalances, opening up super restrictive supports to be equipped on more characters (looking at you black panther), or new ones. Would love to see a support that could resurrect characters a limited number of times for example Krakoa's Resurrection Protocol or Zombie Virus support or really anything else that provides unique skills to change up how squads play out for pve/pvp.

DAZ0273

@dianetics said:

@BriMan2222 said:

@concillado said:
Where is Kraven 5* with his recent movie release??

Kraven was a Sony movie. They haven't done any tie ins for the Sony movies (venom, morbius, madame web, kraven)

Isn't Battle at the Basilica from Spiderman Far From Home?

Spider-Man: FFH is technically an MCU release hence why we got that. Same with Spider-Man: Homecoming (Spidey & Vulture), No Way Home (Doc Ock).

concillado

Then why have Kraven in this game if they dont want anything to do with that character. Oh because he was/is a good Polaris counter to mention a few. Got it!

DAZ0273

The Kraven in game is not from a film but is based upon the comic book version (I haven't seen the film so can't tell you if they differ much). The only three film based Spidey villains are 4* Vulture, Mysterio and 4* Doc Ock. There isn't even a film based Venom version in MPQ.

The same happened with no Deadpool tie-in's (Cable, Deadpool, Nega-Sonic etc are all comic book based) until Deadpool & Wolverine, an MCU movie which did get film associated MPQ releases.

4* Kraven was released prior to Polaris so they obviously just wanted him in game but I think he was an attempt to try and slow down the Gritty team that was running wild at that time, he didn't really work.

Fun fact: Cosmo is NOT the MCU version but the comic book version even though he was released during GotG3 being in cinema.

DAZ0273

@concillado said:
Besides we have the Madam Web Dagger support!

I think that is from the comic books too, sorry.

concillado

Yeah, you are right. Still hoping they fix Kraven in a future 3/5* version of him, to counter all special tile spammers and the like. But again, there is always a risk of another Car(b)age failure ;-)

bluewolf

Given how poorly the Kraven movie and the Sony spiderverse in general did, it was probably a good decision to remain distanced from it at least in terms of versions of the characters.

My understanding is that our Morbius, while the comic version, was released around the time the movie’s original date was scheduled.