Facebook goes to the Dark World with Marvel: Avengers Alliance

Heads up, Facebook users: the forces of Svartalfheim have arrived, and they’re bringing doom and darkness with them.

 

As the official tie-in for the newly-released movie Thor: The Dark World, a new “event” for the Facebook game Marvel: Avengers Alliance has gone live—Spec Ops 14: The Dark World. The new Spec Ops spans three Missions, and presents players with 25 brand new in-game tasks that they must complete in order to add the powerful guardian of the Bifrost Bridge, Heimdall, to their roster of playable Marvel heroes.

 

Spec Ops 14: The Dark World pits players against the forces of Malekith, the malevolent leader of the Dark Elves. Players enlist the aid of the forces of Asgard, led by Thor, Valkyrie, and Sif, and pay a visit to London (the main site of the inter-dimensional disturbances) in order to put a stop to the Dark Elves’ plot to extinguish all light from the universe. Malekith brings with him his fearsome lieutenant Kurse, who serves as the Group Boss for this event. Marvel: Avengers Alliance users must cooperate with other users on their buddy list and tackle Kurse repeatedly on other players’ territories in order to defeat him.

 

 

Fans of the charismatic trickster, Loki, will also be pleased to know that he is the special Lockbox character for this event. Players must obtain Mischievous Lockboxes – either as in-game item drops, side task rewards, or Group Boss loot – and reveal 8 unique comic book covers to unlock Loki as a playable character. Both Loki and Heimdall are decked out in their Marvel Cinematic Universe costumes, keeping in line with their appearances in the Marvel movies.