Marvel.Com Interview: Infinity - Mission of Mercy

Grab three friends, pick your favorite Marvel heroes, and prepare to save the universe.

In “Marvel Mighty Heroes,” you can team with up to three other players in exciting co-op adventures tied to the Marvel Universe we know and love. DeNA Executive Producer Justin Lambros opened up to us about the game’s first event, “Mission of Mercy,” introducing Ex Nihilo and beginning an adaptation of the popular *Infinity* event!

**Marvel.com: “Marvel Mighty Heroes” is live and in the hands of players everywhere! That must feel awesome.**

**Justin Lambros:** It feels terrific to have launched worldwide. Lots of hard work by a really talented team has finally paid off. It’s always nerve-wracking to finally go live, but we’ve been thrilled with the response so far. We’ve just been featured on the iOS App Store, so that’s a great way to start off. And with the multiplayer aspect and tons of new users coming in, every new mission matches you with potential new friends that change the gameplay experience.

**Marvel.com: And you’re tossing them right into the fire, pitting them against Ex Nihilo in a rumble filled with cosmic chaos. Can you tell us a little more about your inaugural event and what players have to look forward to?**

**Justin Lambros:** Our events really are the heart of “Marvel Mighty Heroes,” and *Infinity* is a great way to introduce players to our game. It’s got interesting new characters along side the best and brightest of the Marvel Universe. Being able to leverage key Avengers alongside the Guardians of the Galaxy to try and stop Thanos and an alien invasion from destroying the universe kicks things off big time.

**Marvel.com: So you and three other players are tasked with defending the Kree home world from imminent destruction. What are some of the missions we'll be embarking on?**

**Justin Lambros:** Each of the weekly events will have a few different missions types. For the first event you’ll start with Defend Missions and Survival Missions, and then you’ll advance to the Boss Battles against Ex Nihilo. There are several variations of each mission, and you’ll need to clear several Mastery Levels on each mission type to get to the top of the leaderboards.

**Marvel.com: Ex Nihilo is a really interesting choice for a boss character, and one that not a lot of people will be familiar with unless they’re fans of Avengers comics. What was the thinking behind making the yellow-clad Gardener the final boss of this event?**

**Justin Lambros:** When we choose our event themes we are looking for two things. First off, we want epic Marvel Comics crossovers that feature top tier heroes and villains locked in colossal combat. Secondly, we want to include new and unique characters that gamers haven’t seen before. So, *Infinity* was the perfect combination of these ideas with stalwarts like Iron Man, Captain America and Thor heavily featured and fun new, under the radar characters like Ex Nihilo, Proxima Midnight, Starbrand, and Manifold also heavily featured.

**Marvel.com: And you can earn Ex Nihilo too correct? What are some of the rewards players will be fighting for?**

**Justin Lambros:** Yes, we are going to have numerous villains that are unlockable throughout the lifetime of this game. We’ll have two different suits for Ex Nihilo, and like in the comics, he’ll go from being an adversary to a key member of the heroes. We also want to deliver the highest profile villains as playable characters, so look for another really heavy hitter bad guy from *Infinity* becoming a leaderboard reward.

**Marvel.com: Anything else you want to tell us about “Mission of Mercy”?**

**Justin Lambros:**  “Mission of Mercy” introduces the Kree homeworld of Hala, which introduces a key set of galactic heroes and villains that will enter the fray in later in the subsequent *Infinity* events. The cool part of our event structure is that they basically introduce the playsets of locations and characters from these comic events in a cooperative beat ‘em up game, which puts really unique combinations of gameplay that will continue to evolve as the game continues. This is just the beginning for “Marvel Mighty Heroes”!