City of Heroes is proud to announce the first issue of the official Fanzine! The City of Heroes community includes many very talented individuals who are inspired by the game to write out stories of their characters or capture them in visual art. For a long time now we have been including that creative player output into the Top Cow City of Heroes Comic.
Now, we bring you a dedicated publication in a flexible online format to showcase the many outstanding pieces of work our players create! Take a look!
Click here to view the City of Heroes Fanzine #0
We want your Fan Fiction and Art!
Are you interested in having your City of Heroes inspired fan work showcased in the Fanzine? If so, look no further than the Fan Submission Guideline page for all the details! Act now, we are gearing up for the next issue of the Fanzine! We are planning to print a new Fanzine on a regular, quarterly basis, but, we can’t do it without you! Submissions for the next issue close on February 11th so don’t wait!
November 30th! California Bay Area players save that date!
The City of Heroes Team is hosting a Player Meet ‘n Greet at the Great Mall of the Bay Area in the attached Dave ‘n Busters entertainment venue! This is the first live event we’ve had since the announcement of NCsoft acquiring 100% of the franchise and the development team is excited to meet and talk with you! This is also an excellent opportunity to meet fellow players who you’ve only met previously in Paragon City or the Rogue Isles!
Attending will be many of the names you know from the games Official Forums, plus a few you haven’t heard from before, including:
* Matt “Positron” Miller, Lead Designer
* “Sexy” Jay Doherty, Character Artist
* Floyd “Castle” Grubb, Powers Designer
* Melissa “War Witch” Bianco, World Designer
* Brian Clayton, Executive Producer
* The Community Team: Alex “Lighthouse” von Minden and Jill “Ex Libris” Henderson
* and special guest, Top Cow Comic Book Artist: David Nakayama!
This will be your opportunity to hang with the Development Team and talk about the game! Not to mention, 10 lucky raffle winners will get a character sketch drawn in person by David Nakayama! Also, we know that members from some of our player committees will be in attendance, including: The City Scoop and the PvP Event Committee. We have games, prizes, food, drinks and more lined up to make a great evening out of it!
There is no charge for registration, but sign ups are limited to the first 200. We ask that you please only sign up if you are serious about attending!
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Click the link to register for the Nov. 30th Player Meet 'n Greet!
To recap, here are the details:
When: Nov. 30th, starting at 7 PM
Where: Dave ‘n Busters, The Great Mall of the Bay
Accommodations: For those traveling, we have made arrangements with area hotels for discount rates. Click here for more information.
What: Meet the City of Heroes Development Team and your fellow players to celebrate the game!
Reminder! Dave ‘n Busters is a 21 and up venue! Finger food and soda will be provided. Alcohol will be available (no host bar). Please be sure to bring identification and all minors must be accompanied by an adult age 30 or over.
To discuss the Meet 'n Greet with your fellow players, join us on this thread!
As was included in the recent communication, A New Age, announcing the acquisition of the City of Heroes franchise from Cryptic Studios by NCsoft, there is an upcoming character Debt Wipe and Supergroup Prestige Grant.
When: December 10th, 2007
Prestige Grant
Supergroups will receive an additional 20,000 Prestige per Supergroup member on Dec. 10th! This means SGs could acquire up to 3 million Prestige based upon their Supergroup membership roster! This is a one time grant, based strictly on the number of people in the Supergroup at the time the grant is done.
Debt Wipe
It’s time to get crazy! We will be clearing out any accrued debt on Dec. 10th! So, get out and find some spectacular ways to take a faceplant! Organize some chaos events and generally have some fun!
Be sure to save the date and log in to enjoy the above benefits!
Sean Fish, the designer behind the "Manticore" persona in City of Heroes, describes his involvement with the game's lore and creative process.
Greetings from the shadows to all you CoH & CoV fans! Sean Fish here…aka Manticore. I have been part of the City of Heroes family for a long time, wrangling story and design since about a year before launch...
Now that the City of Heroes universe is fully in the NCsoft fold I get the chance to be more involved in the dev process again, which I am obviously thrilled about.
Fan web sites get in depth news with several interviews, following Tuesday’s Announcement by NCsoft of a New Studio in Northern California and taking full ownership of the successful City of Heroes property. Follow the below links to read the stories:
Warcry.com: City of Heroes Sold: WarCry's Interview with NCsoft's Brian Clayton.
Stratics.com: NCsoft’s Brian Clayton talks to us about the City of Heroes IP acquisition and the new studio.
Ten Ton Hammer: Cryptic Sells Paragon City
w00t Studios: The Jester's Court Podcast talks with Positron and Lighthouse.
A New Age Dawns!
NCsoft® Corp, the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced the formation of a new development studio in Mountain View, California. The announcement comes as the company begins a renewed push to further develop the City of Heroes® property, which is now 100 percent owned by NCsoft. Previous to today, ownership of the intellectual property (IP) was split between NCsoft and Cryptic Studios, the original developer of the project.
Click here to read the full player announcement, including the coming special Thank You changes to the game for all customers!
Click here to read the Official Press Release!
Click here to read NCsoft® North America’s executive producer and NorCal Studio general manager, Brian Clayton, as he discusses the acquisition of the intellectual property rights to City of Heroes® and City of Villains® and the formation of the new NCsoft NorCal Studio to support it.
Lead Designer Matt "Positron" Miller talks about the history and design behind the Respec Recipes included in Issue 11: A Stitch In Time.
With the game nearing it’s fourth year of live operations, many high level characters have wanted to respec their characters to take advantage of new systems that we have added, and they have long since used their three Trial-earned Respecs, and any Freespecs they may have had. We knew that we always wanted a “repeatable” Respec...
Click here to read the full article.
Click here to join us on the City of Heroes message forums and discuss this article.
Floyd "Castle" Grubb, the City of Heroes Development Team powers designer, narrates this trailer spotlighting the all-new power sets introduced in Issue 11: "A Stitch in Time." The video also briefly touches on Issue 11's exciting new Weapon Customization feature.
This years in-game Halloween event runs between October 22nd and November 4th!
Both Heroes and Villains can Trick-or-Treat within their respective cities. As before, players go around knocking on doors to receive a "Trick" (an attacking mob) or a "Treat" (an inspiration, salvage or costume). This year players might also receive a temporary power that turns them into one of the many popular non-player characters in the game!
ComicsOnline.com is hosting a Halloween masquerade party in New York City called the Nexus Crisis and hopes Heroes and Villains will be represented at the event. The two "masterminds" behind the scenes of this event are long time players of City of Heroes Terrence St. John and Kevin Gaussoin. Both Kevin and Terrence are players on Champion Server better known there as Tanker Titan TL and Controller Trance of Earth.
NC Soft is donating Good Vs. Evil Editions of the game to be awarded for costume prizes and is ensuring each attendee gets a 14 Day Trial code, to use themselves or to give to a friend who can join the fight against Lord Recluse or Statesman depending on their ethical leanings. Every good hero could use a good sidekick and every villain can find a use for a decent lackey.
So if you're in the New York area or willing to travel to the event, keep in mind it is being held at a nightclub in a restricted zone which requires all heroes and villains to have leveled to age 21 before they can come join the party. It might not be Pocket D but it's the next best thing. Information about the party can be found at:
Discounted Tickets can be purchased here:
GameDaily.com gives a preview of what’s coming in the next free expansion for City of Heroes – Issue 11: A Stitch In Time. They also cover the coming Halloween event for City of Heroes.
Read the story behind the development of Weapon Customization, one of the features in the coming free expansion to City of Heroes, Issue 11: A Stitch In Time. MMORPG.com talks with Lead Designer Matt “Positron” Miller for the full story. Additionally, view exclusive screenshots of some of the customizable weapons and read the a current list of planned weapon options included in Issue 11.
Click here to read the full article on MMORPG.com.
Join us on the Official Discussion Forums to discuss this article.
PS. Please keep in mind that the list of weapon options is slightly out of date, as development of this and other features in Issue 11 is ongoing. A few more have been added.
Warcry.com presents City of Heroes developers Melissa “War Witch” Bianco and programmer Vince D’Amelio. Melissa answers questions about building and designing City of Heroes zones while Vince provides insight into his programming duties on the project. You can pose questions to Vince about the programming side of City of Heroes development that he will answer in a future article.
Managing Editor Jon Wood from MMORPG.com recently had the chance to speak to Matt "Positron" Miller, the Lead Designer on City of Heroes and City of Villains, to get the latest details on their upcoming content expansion, Issue 11: A Stitch in Time. Here’s an excerpt:
Both the Character Transfer and the Character Rename features are available from new buttons added to the Character Select Screen. Please keep in mind that these features cost $9.99 USD per use and require that you have a credit card on file. For more information, please visit the below links:
New Transfer and Rename Feature
Character Transfer Tutorial
Character Transfer FAQ
Character Rename Tutorial
Character Rename FAQ
