City of Villains has been named "Best of E3 2005" by the members of Up All Night Gaming. For more details, head on over to the Official City of Villains site.
Continue readingWriting a comic based on a game inspired by comics isn’t as simple as it may seem. Over at GameZone, you can read about the challenges faced by Mark Waid, writer of the first three issues of the new City of Heroes comic from Top Cow, and how he approached them:
In some ways, it’s a little more difficult in that there’s so much backstory developed for these characters that only the designers know. It’s not like writing Superman, where I’m in all likelihood and seriousness, the world’s greatest living authority on the character’s history - writing CoH is a voyage of discovery, learning that what I know about, say, Statesman or Manticore is only the smallest bit of what the developers have already worked out for them as characters.
You can read the full interview here.
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Our Feature Updates section has just been updated with the first look at the next major update to City of Heroes, Issue #5: Forest of Dread. Click here to find out more about what the future holds…
The chaps at Gamespot have an exclusive movie of City of Villains, backed up by an interview with Jack ‘Statesman’ Emmert. Head on over to the Official European City of Villains site for more details.
Our design maestro has just complete three shiny new wallpapers for our burgeoning collection. In a stunning display of logic, we’ve made them available in our Wallpapers section. If your desktop is looking a little worn about the edges, or you just fancy a change, check them out here.
We’ve just completed the downloadable version of the seventh issue of the Blue King Studios City of Heroes Comic. It’s now available as a zipped PDF file to all City of Heroes European subscribers - you can download it (and the previous six issues) by clicking on the links in the Updater window that opens when you start the game.
As before, the current file locations are temporary. We would appreciate it if you do not publicise the URLs.
Fancy a chance to smack about a PC Zone staffer with superpowers? Long-term reader of the magazine, and want a chance to chat with the creators? Well, this Thursday you’ll get your chance when PC Zone moves it’s regular Fight Club to the Defiant server for a ‘smackabout’. (It’s like a kickabout, only without the ball.)
Logon to the Defiant server on Thursday at about 6:30pm, get yourself to the Emerald Lobby in the Arena, and you’ll be able to mix and mingle with the PC Zone super-crew, as seen here. From left to right:
Paul Presley, Section Editor AKA Ginger-Vitus!
Jamie Malcolm, Deputy Art Editor AKA Dr McThistle!
Jamie Sefton, Acting Editor - AKA Yorkshire-Man!
Will Porter, News Editor - AKA Night Porter!
The Zone staffers want to stress to all eager heroes currently cracking their knuckles in anticipation that Fight Club is just a bit of fun, and that they’d really rather not be pounded into wet mush by all-comers on the night. But still, if such a thing was to happen, we wouldn’t be able to do much about it… if you get our drift.
To catch up on the latest PC Zone online gaming activity, make sure you visit Zonegames.co.uk. And if you can’t make this month’s Fight Club, come back on Thursday, 21st July for a rematch - we’ll remind you again nearer the time.
Think you can design a good City of Heroes costume? Reckon you’re not totally colour blind when it comes to matching your tights and your tunic?
Well, our Super Summer Slam Spectacular Costume Competition gives you a chance to prove your skills, win some cool prizes and create a costume that’ll be worn by teams across Europe in our S4 Grand Finals!
For more details on the Costume Competition, visit the official Defiant and Union S4 message boards. For more details on Costume Templates, read on.
Continue readingIt’s come to our attention that the installation of the 14-day free trial of City of Heroes on the CD Edition of PC Gamer magazine doesn’t work. Luckily, we can help - please see this FAQ for full details.
On Saturday 18 June, self-styled ‘Overlord of Union’ and founder of the QWF, The Question, will be organising and running the first ever CoH European Wrestlefest on the Union server. Players from all European servers are invited to head over to Union and create a Level 1 wrestler, complete with “bad hair, big muscles and corny gimmicks”.
The action will kick off with a series of Supergroup battles dubbed ‘The Aristocratic Quake’, followed by a 1v1 tournament to decide the first QWF European Champion. There will also be a number of competitions held throughout the event, including awards for ‘Funniest Gimmick’, ‘Most Amusing Trashtalk’ and more.
For full details, head on over to this thread on the Official Messageboards. English-speaking players should also note that the Wrestlefest is being combined with Orion star’s ‘Big Event’ on Defiant for a whole day of fun, games and competitions. Check out this thread for more information…
The generous chaps over at Supergrouphub.com have extended their offer of free message board hosting to include Supergroups based on Union. What’s more, they’re also offering a Teamspeak server for players on Defiant.
You can find more information about both of these new developments on the Official Message Boards - Union Supergroups looking for a home should check this thread, and if you feel like a spot of Team speak on Defiant, take a look at this one. Alternatively, just point your browsers at www.supergrouphub.com
Continue readingLast week, the Stratics Network held the latest of its ‘House of Commons’ chats with the developers of City of Heroes. This time around, Statesman was present to talk about Issue #4 and what’s in store for the heroes of Paragon City in the upcoming Issue #5:
What are the new zone events coming with Issue 5?
It seems that the Trolls have a new supply of Superadine, and they are having HUGE parties to celebrate… parties that have unfortunate consequences for the citizens of Skyway. In addition the Hellions have taken up arson as a new past time, and the Paragon Fire Department is looking for a few good Heroes to help out...
You can read the full transcript of the chat over at Stratics.
On Saturday 18 June, Orion_star is organising a virtual smorgasbord of events for the delight and delectation of the heroes of Defiant. Set to kick off at 10am and run throughout the day, plans include a costume contest, death race, hide and seek, a suicide party (no, I�m not making this up) and a big dance party to wrap things up in the evening.
Obviously, with ambitious plans like these, help will be required. So if you feel like lending a hand and helping to run some of the events, offering your support or even coming up with a catchy name for the whole shebang, check out this thread on the Official Message Boards.
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