The tenth free expansion to City of Heroes, “Invasion,” introduces a new group to the world of Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. Vanguard’s primary role is to defend the world against alien invasion, no matter the cost. But not everyone agrees with their tactics or principles. Longbow has compiled a Top Secret report on Vanguard.
Matt Miller, aka Positron, the lead designer of City of Heroes and City of Villains takes some time to discuss the planning that went into the upcoming free expansion, Issue 10: “Invasion.” Issue 10 advances the story of Paragon City and the Rogue Isles by throwing a combined threat at the heroes and villains – a second invasion by the dreaded Rikti.
Issue 19 of the Top Cow City of Heroes comic is now available for download as a PDF from our site. Issue 19, “Passing the Torch,” is the penultimate issue in the Top Cow run. It features the return of Dark Watcher, has cameos from two forum regulars, and foreshadows upcoming game events!
In this lead up to the next free expansion, Issue 10: Invasion, the Paragon Times reports on a Senate inquiry questioning the role of the Vanguard today.
Since we opened up the Beta Test of Issue 10: Invasion last week, we’ve had thousands of players join log into the Training Room Test Server to join the testing efforts! The Development Team has received a lot of very valuable feedback as we prepare the 10th free expansion to City of Heroes for release to the live servers. The players have also been having a blast checking out the new content! Take a look at this player made video of a coalition of superheroes preventing alien Rikti dropships from invading Paragon City on YouTube.
If you are interested, it’s easy to get involved! Just copy your characters over to the Training Room Test Server and join in the fun! You can find instructions for that here. Then, be sure to join us on the Official Issue 10 Discussion Forums!
We’ll see you in the Beta Test!
GameDaily is reporting on a new study done by IBM and Seriosity. From their coverage:
The leaders of tomorrow may be the hardcore gamers of today, especially players of MMORPGs. IBM has teamed with Seriosity on a new study, which found that many of the skills developed from playing online are similar to those needed for corporate leadership roles.
The Ohio Gamers Organization will be running a Heroes & Villains costume contest at the Origins Games Expo (originsgames.com) this July.
Your opportunity is here to experience Issue 10: Invasion before it goes live! The City of Heroes Training Room is now open and available for any customers interested in joining the beta test effort. Get involved as the Development Team applies polish to our next free expansion! Issue 10: Invasion introduces a host of new content and challenges as it unfolds the storyline of the return of the Rikti invasion force who are bent on destroying Earth!
Click for details on Issue 10: Invasion!
Click for instructions to join the Open Beta and access the Training Room.
Gamedaily.com receives an exclusive intelligence report about the Rikti Invasion force that will be arriving in the coming free expansion, Issue 10: Invasion, from Lead Designer Matt “Positron” Miller.
Read the full Interview here.
Asap’s Derrik J. Lang conjures up three remedies to get you through the superpower television show’s summer hiatus, including, of course, City of Heroes® and City of Villains®!
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The New York Times Magazine offers a slide show displaying gaming “double agents” that include a number of City of Heroes players. These are players of interactive online games and their “alter egos” consisting of in-game avatars and the identities they forge to represent themselves inside the virtual worlds of Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) games.
Click here to view the slide show.
NC Interactive, Inc. and Planetwide Media are pleased to announce the winners of the City of Heroes® / City of Villains® Comic Book Creator Contest!
The contest was very popular, with over 330 valid entries, many of which can be viewed on Hypercomics.com. HyperComics is the interactive social network and industry resource that works seamlessly with Comic Book Creator software where next-generation amateur and professional comic book creators can showcase their original comic books.
Choosing winners from the many great submissions was not easy! After a lot of consideration, we finally made the cuts down to our three winners, which can be viewed here:
Overall Winner: 8Baller by 8Baller from the Justice server
Best Action Winner: Not a Hero by LJ Halfbreed from the Pinnacle server
Best Story Winner: Strength by Chase Arcanum from the Liberty server
Congratulations to our winners!
Also, special thanks to our sponsor Creative Labs, Inc. who helped make this contest possible!
Read all about City of Heroes art creation from the mouth of Jay “Sexy Jay” Doherty in the latest installment of Warcry.com’s “Ask a Dev” article series. Also, make your acquaintance with Cryptic Studio’s World Designer, Melissa “War Witch” Bianco and pose her questions about what she does in the City of Heroes content creation process.
Issue 10: Invasion, the tenth upcoming free expansion since the launch of City of Heroes® in April 2004, will introduce a host of new content and challenges! The Rikti invasion force returns with a vengeance, bent on destroying Earth!
We do! City of Heroes/City of Villains now has an official Myspace and our friends list keeps growing!
