We are pleased to announce that the eagerly-anticipated European Test Server, The Training Room, has opened its doors to all European heroes.
The Test Server allows players to provide us with feedback on new patches, updates and Issues before they are published to the live servers. For full instructions on how to access the server and use the Character Copy Tool, please see the Welcome to The Training Room! sticky post on the new The Training Room (Test Server) message board.
More information about the intial status of the Test Server can be found in Now Testing in the Training Room - 29 March 2005 on The Training Room (Test Server) message board.
The Easter weekend saw the first attempt on the European servers to take down Hamidon, the biggest and baddest threat facing Paragon City today.
Unfortunately, despite valiant efforts by a dedicated team of heroes with the highest Security Levels on the Defiant server, Hamidon managed to survive the assault and inflict serious casualties in return. You can read all about the raid and the strategies used on the Defiant board, and if you fancy a peek at the creature himself, there are plenty of screenshots and even a video available.
Good luck next time!
For those of you coming in late, let us fill you in: NCsoft Europe will be attending Comic Expo this May 14-15 in Bristol, UK, and we’ll be showing off City of Heroes - including the brand new Issue #4: Colosseum!
Yes, mighty hero vs hero combat will be shaking the walls of the Ramada Plaza hotel for the entire weekend, as we face off with Expo-attenders - or anyone else who happens to wander by. Who knows? You may find yourself laying the smackdown on Bridger or Rockjaw, assuming they’re not cowering in a corner, talking about themselves in the third person.
Tickets for the Expo are on sale now, at the piffling price of £5 per day for Saturday or Sunday, or £10 for the whole weekend. Under 12s are free when accompanied by an adult, so bring the kids! You can book those tickets online, and get plenty more information on the Expo, by visiting the official Comic Expo site.
The chaps at Boomtown have announced the winners of their recent City of Heroes Screenshot Competition. The three lucky winners will all be getting two months of game time in City of Heroes and three months subscription to the Boomtown City Member service.
You can go take a look at the winning shots over at Boomtown...
Roleplaying game publisher Eden Studios has confirmed in a press release that it’s working with Cryptic Studios and NCsoft to create a pencil and paper roleplaying game based on City of Heroes. The game will be based on a version of Eden’s Unisystem rules, adapted for the kind of super-powered action we know and love.
City of Heroes Lead Designer Jack ‘Statesman’ Emmert comes from a traditional roleplaying background, and will be heavily involved in the development of the tabletop version. You can find out more, including details of the initial rule books and supplements planned for the game’s summer release, on Eden’s website.
Issue #4: Colosseum, the next feature update for City of Heroes, is drawing closer, and the guys from Gamespy recently got a chance to take a look at some of the new features - including the eagerly anticipated Arena, where heroes can pit their skill and powers against each other for the first time:
I was kind of blown away by the breadth of options available when setting up matches. You can opt for one-on-one matches, team battles, and even matches that pit entire supergroups against each other.
You can read more about the Arena - and Issue #4’s new costume options and body scaling features - in the full article.
Cryptic Studios, developer of City of Heroes, was presented with the New Studio Game Developers Choice Award at the Game Developers Conference 2005 last week.
The awards, presented by the International Game Developers Association, are nominated and voted for by other developers, and as such are held in high esteem within the games industry - it’s always nice to be recognised by your peers, after all. It’s safe to say that the folks at Cryptic were well chuffed, and there was much rejoicing.
You can find details of the nominees and winners in all the categories by clicking here.
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Taking place in San Francisco this week, the Game Developers Conference is one of the biggest events in the games industry calendar. As you’d expect, City of Heroes developer Cryptic Studios is there, and the guys from Gamespot managed to grab them for a chat and a little preview of Issue #4: Colosseum:
Cryptic Studios plans to add three different arenas to existing areas in the game that will let players create small-scale, one-on-one, or even “supergroup” battles with up to 150 players in the same match.
Can’t wait? You can read the whole article here.
Continue readingCurrently in development by Cryptic Studios, City of Villains is a stand alone expansion for City of Heroes that will let you don the mantle of a criminal genius and pit your wits against the heroes of Paragon City. We know that many of you can hardly wait and are already perfecting your maniacal villain laughs, so we are pleased to announce the first details of the European Beta, which will take place later this year.
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