Double XP Weekend Extended! | City of Heroes
Double XP Weekend Extended! | City of Heroes
Double XP Weekend Extended!What’s the only thing better than a Free Reactivation and Double XP Weekend? A Free Reactivation and Double XP Weekend that’s been extended by an extra day!
Given the holiday weekend in both the United States and Canada, Free Reactivations and Double XP for all of our current and former City of Heroes players will be extended one additional day and end on:
Monday, October 12, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific (2:59 a.m. Eastern)
We hope you enjoy the extra time with Double XP and have a great “City of” weekend!
A Tale Of 2×2 City Of Heroes Missions | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Filed under: City of Heroes\City of Villains, Comic Book News
A Tale Of 2×2 City Of Heroes Missions | Rock, Paper, Shotgun
A Tale Of 2×2 City Of Heroes MissionsPosted by Kieron Gillen on October 9th, 2009 at 4:00 pm.
Share:I was thinking about blogging about this weekend in City of Heroes being one of those double-XP-and-reactivate-all-old-accounts weekends that MMOs like to throw… but the news breaking on another interesting initiative pushed possible into definite. You’re aware that the Cities games have a level designer function, allowing players to design their own arcs? Well, since this is flexible and accessible enough, Paragon have started a Guest Writer program where they bring published authors to do a mission. The first four – from Bill Willingham (FABLES), Rooster Teeth (RED vs. BLUE) and Scott Kurtz (PvP) – debut on Tuesday, and you’ll find the details below…
Guest Author: Bill Willingham, New York Times bestselling writer, and the creator of the multiple award winning comic book series Fables
Title: “Quest for Magic”
Description: Irena Faust is tired of being a civilian in a super world, so she’s embarked upon a quest for super powers. She thinks magic is the way to go and she has an idea of where to start. Can you help her?
Guest Author: Rooster Teeth, best known for the popular comedy series, Red vs. Blue
Title: “Mission: Awesome”
Description: Help Captain Dynamic defeat the Great Face’s evil plans…and
Title: “The Great Face-Off”
Description: The Great Face wants to wreak havoc on Paragon City. He needs your help to free him from Paragon Prison and then carry out his master plan…
Guest Author: Scott Kurtz, a full-time comic-strip artist for “PvP”
Title: “OMG, it’s the LOLBAT!”
Description: OMG! Your new contact on the street is none other than the Internet meme-obsessed hero, the LOLBAT, and he brings grave if not confusing news. The Algonquin Hate Table, a rogues´ gallery of the LOLBAT’s greatest foes, are looking to expand their heinous if not artfully influenced crime syndicate into Paragon City. If you know what’s good for you and the citizens you protect, you won’t let that happen. Luckily, the LOLBAT knows how these guys work and he’s ready to help you defeat these pompous profligates.
To be honest, I wouldn’t be surprised there wasn’t more actual missions made by professional writers already in the system. There was – unsurprisingly – a lot of comic-creators who played City of Heroes to death when it came out. I know of one, from 2000AD writer Al Ewing, which you can apparently play by selecting “67280?, but I bet there’s more. I was also amused by despite the fact Matt Fraction wasn’t playing it, back in the day when someone told him they’d created a Rex Mantooth character in the game, he took the time to write a one line battle-cry for him. Hurrah for Matt Fraction, etc.
Save the Date! Dec. 10th – Prestige Grant and Debt Wipe! – City of Heroes Community Site
Save the Date! Dec. 10th – Prestige Grant and Debt Wipe!
Monday, November 12, 2007
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!
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NCsoft Announces New Studio in North California; Takes Full Ownership of Successful City of Heroes Property
SWEET!!!
November, 6, 2007
To all current and former City of Heroes players,
Today
we announced the acquisition of City of Heroes from Cryptic Studios™
and the formation of our new Northern California studio which we are
informally calling NCsoft® NorCal (click here to read the press release).
Nearly the entire City of Heroes team from Cryptic Studios has joined
the NCsoft team and together we have formed the core of our new studio.The City of Heroes franchise has been a
tremendous success for both NCsoft and Cryptic. More than three years
after the City of Heroes launch, our community is strong and thriving.
There are so many great ideas and plans, both from our development team
and from the players, and we can’t wait to make them a reality. Our
team is 100% dedicated to City of Heroes and we are extremely excited
about the present and the future!Click here to read the Dev Corner chat with General Manager Brian Clayton and learn more details.
Special Thanks to Our PlayersNow
back to you, the players. You are the lifeblood of our game. In
celebration of our new studio and our exciting plans, and in order to
thank you for the fantastic community that you have built, we are
pleased to announce the following.Full Access to City of Heroes and City of Villains®
All players with City of Heroes retail* accounts will now have access
to City of Villains, and all City of Villains retail* accounts will now
have access to City of Heroes. Players that didn’t previously have
access to “the other side” will find that they do now. Just log in to
check it out!Debt Wipe
After the launch of Issue 11: A Stitch in Time this Fall, we are
removing Debt from all characters and giving you a fresh start. Actual
date will be announced shortly. Have fun in the mean time.20,000 Prestige
Also after the launch of Issue 11, all Supergroups will receive an
additional 20,000 Prestige per Supergroup member, meaning SGs could
acquire up to 3 million Prestige based upon their Supergroup membership
roster! Actual date will be announced shortly.In
the near future we will begin to share more information about our
development plans. With this major reinvestment and effort ahead of us,
we will take City of Heroes to new heights!Sincerely,
The City of Heroes Team
*This
applies to all active and inactive accounts in good standing and does
not include trial, pre-order or beta accounts that have not activated
to full retail accounts.
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City of Heroes Double XP weekend!
If you are still playing City of Heroes, or are thinking about getting back in now is a good time to rack up some serious XP!!
I got back in after a free weekend when Issue 9 was introduced, and Hanford Man ended up becoming the leader of a Super Group he was in since there wasn’t any other active players. :-O
What is even better is the Group Base is well stocked with all kinds of goodies, which I have heavily added too to make it a pretty damn cool base.? I even have a Invention Workbench and a access point to the Personal Vault for Invention Storage.
So if you are over on the Victory server and want to team up sometime this weekend, give Hanford Man a tell.? I will be on as much as I can this weekend.
TOM DeSANTO LOOKING TO ADAPT CITY OF HEROES – NEWSARAMA
Filed under: City of Heroes\City of Villains, Comic Book Movie\TV News
SWEET!!
TOM DeSANTO LOOKING TO ADAPT CITY OF HEROES – NEWSARAMA
TOM DeSANTO LOOKING TO ADAPT CITY OF HEROES
There
are pundits and analysts who say that the age of superhero movie
tie-ins are over, and coming up, Hollywood will turn its collective eye
towards video game properties when it looks to turn a property into a
movie.Well, the future will hold what it will, but in the meantime, a project
that crosses both is getting a nod from producer Tom DeSanto.According to Variety, after Transformers, DeSanto is turning his attention to NCsoft and Cryptic Studio’s City of Heroes
videogame, and is loking to turn the massively multiplayer online
role-playing game into a live-action feature film and then transition
it into television.While the game (as well as its companion, City fo Villains)
has rocketed in popularity due to players ability to design and then
use their own superheroes in the fictional Paragon City, the
film/television version will follow the adventures of NCsoft/Cryptic’s
established characters who join together to fight off an alien
invasion.According to the trade:
DeSanto sparked to the project because it offered “one-stop
shopping” for characters and plots. “You also haven’t seen a big
superheroes vs. aliens movie,” he said. “I see this as the next big
superhero franchise.”DeSanto’s superhero cred is strong, as he was the executive producer on both X-Men and X2, and is a writer and producer on the upcoming Teen Titans: The Judas Contract straight to DVD animated feature based on the DC Comics story from The New Teen Titans.
Newsarama readers will recall that NCsoft/Cryptic was sued by Marvel
due to what the comic book publisher felt was the game publisher’s use
of characters that infringed upon established Marvel characters, as
well as the character design toolbox, which, Marvel alleged, allowed
players to create characters which were virtually identical to Marvel
characters.The two settled the issue, and in September of last year announced that, together with Microsoft, the two companies were working together to develop a Marvel-based MMO.
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City of Heroes – Winter Event Preview (Dec 14 – Jan 2)
Just in time for vacation!!
Winter Event Preview (Dec 14 – Jan 2)Tuesday, December 12, 2006Winter
is blowing in across the bay to Paragon City, and settling on the Rogue
Isles like an icy blanket. New presents and threats await both heroes
and villains this holiday season.
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Issue 8: “To Protect and Serve” Now Live! – City of Heroes Community Site
Filed under: City of Heroes\City of Villains, Politics
Issue 8: “To Protect and Serve” Now Live!Wednesday, November 29, 2006We are thrilled to announce the release of Issue 8: To Protect and Serve, for City of Heroes and City of Villains. This marks the eighth free expansion to City of Heroes since its release in April 2004. Issue 8 introduces a host of innovative features, gameplay improvements and player programs.
One of the most exciting additions is the new Veteran Rewards Program,
which rewards long-standing members with many cool new features, such
as wings and trench coats, special powers, and eventually non-combat
pets!Issue 7: Destiny Manifest allowed villains to wreak
havoc in the PvP zone Recluse’s Victory and physics-filled Mayhem
Missions. Now it’s the Heroes’ turn to take back the streets with
Safeguard Missions!
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OCCULT CRIMES TASKFORCE, SPIDER-MAN 3, 300, INVINCIBLE: SEPTEMBER 27TH COMIC REEL WRAP – Comic Book Resources
Filed under: Animated News, City of Heroes\City of Villains, Marvel Comics
An Invinicble movie?? AWESOME!!!
Comic Book Resources – CBR News – The Comic Reel
OCCULT CRIMES TASKFORCE, SPIDER-MAN 3, 300, INVINCIBLE: SEPTEMBER 27TH COMIC REEL WRAP
by Hannibal Tabu, Staff Writer
Posted: September 27, 2006
OCCULT CRIMES TASKFORCEVariety is reporting
(subscription required) that Dimension Films has acquired movie rights
to “O.C.T.: Occult Crimes Taskforce,” an Image Comics series that
launched in July. Creator Rosario Dawson will produce as well as star
in the film.
SPIDER-MAN 3Reader Bruce Kitun wrote in to note that a trailer playing on On Demand in Queens, NY has an interesting spoiler for the film (stop reading now if you don’t wanna know).
He writes, “I happened to read the description of the movie and was
surprised to read something along the lines of: “After working with a
specimen from the moon, Peter Parker realizes his new costume has a
life of its own…’” Interesting.
300
Frank Miller sat down for a chat
with Comics2FIlm, where he talked about bringing another project to the
silver screen. “It’s really hard to tell,” Miller said about what was
most satisfying to see translated. “The darker part of me would be when
they start to push the dead soldiers on the immortals. It’s so
perfectly realized, but the combat stuff is pretty stunning. There are
hundreds of images that I just looked at and, if I have to pick an
ultimate favorite it’s the shot of the boy stabbing the spear and
seeing the shadow of the wolf with the spear going through his mouth.
That was one of my favorite panels that I drew and he captured it to
perfection.”
INVINCIBLE
Right here at CBR,
creator Robert Kirkman noted a movie version of his teen hero is in
development. “I’ve turned in the first draft of the screenplay and
people seem to like it. Other than that, nothing to report.” Thanks to
Mike Dano for reminding us of that one.
30 DAYS OF NIGHT
Ghost House Pictures has posted a seventh behind the scenes clip from the Steve Niles adaptation, this time discussing having “Hard Candy” editor Art Jones on board.
HEROES
According to the Hollywood Reporter, “Melrose Place” veteran Rena Sofer has landed a recurring role on the NBC superhuman drama, playing the wife of an aspiring politician.
IRON MAN
Director Jon Favreau was interviewed on KCRW, and audio versions are available in multiple formats.
HELLBOY
There’s an article at IESB which has some looks at the animated Hellboy and discusses the differences in the depiction.
SMALLVILLE
MSN has an inside look at the series, while Kryptonsite has a new promotional gallery showing Aaron Ashmore as Jimmy Olsen. Nice sweater vest. Meanwhile, Devoted to Smallville has captured a new promotional banner ad for the show (and “Supernatural”), as well as an MP3 of a radio ad for the season premiere.
KEEPING IT REEL
Here’s where you
get in on the action. Did you see a link we didn’t catch? Have you
snuck into a closed movie set, and have inside data? Maybe your cousin
is dating somebody who knows something, and they had to tell you?
Whatever it is, we wanna know it all — fire off an email
and let us know whether you want your name used or your contributions
to geekdom to go down anonymously. Broadcasting live from Los Angeles,
this is novelist/karaoke host/all-around lunatic Hannibal Tabu
saying thanks for your time and indulgence, and [tagline sent back to
development hell until something hipper can be dreamed up].
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SMALLVILLE, PEACH GIRL, AVP2, ASTERIX: SEPTEMBER 25TH COMIC REEL WRAP – Comic Book Resources
Filed under: Animated News, City of Heroes\City of Villains, Marvel Comics, Tech Stuff
Comic Book Resources – CBR News – The Comic Reel
SMALLVILLE, PEACH GIRL, AVP2, ASTERIX: SEPTEMBER 25TH COMIC REEL WRAP
by Hannibal Tabu, Staff Writer
Posted: September 25, 2006
SMALLVILLEKryptonsite has both guest star spoilers and the official network description of this season’s third episode, “Wither.” They also have galleries of promotional imagery featuring Michael Rosenbaum and Kristin Kreuk. Meanwhile, Devoted to Smallville has a scan of FHM’s Fall TV Special, focusing on the show.
Hollywood North Report has an interesting casting rumor claiming that the rapper Bow Wow is listed on call sheets playing a “dual character” in the episode “Reunion.”
PEACH GIRL
According to Toon Zone,
“at Anime Weekend Atlanta, Funimation announced the acquisition of
anime series Peach Girl. The anime series is based off of the long
running manga.”
ALIEN VS. PREDATOR 2
There’s a report in Variety
(subscription required) noting that Reiko Aylesworth and Steven
Pasquale have been cast as the leads in 20th Century Fox’s “Alien vs.
Predator 2,” which begins filming next week in Vancouver. Greg and
Colin Strause direct from a script by “Armageddon” writer Shane
Salerno. Davis Entertainment’s John Davis and Robbie Brenner are
producing.
ASTERIX
This page from New Zealand features info on the new live action film as well as a photo of Clovis Cornillac, the new man in the helmet.
TRANSFORMERS
Screenwriter John Rogers talked to Newsarama
about what he’s been able to learn about the Michael Bay-helmed
production. “Yep, I wrote the first draft,” Rogers said. “I’ve seen the
shooting script, and it’s about half and half. They’ve moved one of the
storylines a little earlier, and they’ve increased the big military
aspect, whereas I had focused on some of the smaller, personal stories.
Yeah, you know, I get a credit, we’ll see. We’ll see what it looks like
eventually. It goes from me, to the other guys, who work quite
extensively with Michael Bay, so using what he needs to get his vision
across. The characters are the same, the rough plot’s the same, and
I’ve seen the mock-ups of the battles and it’s gonna be frickin’ huge.
It’ll be a lot of fun to see.”
SUPERMAN RETURNS 2
Director Bryan Singer has no problems building big expectations for what’s next in Metropolis, according to quotes at Today Online.
“When you do a first film like ‘X-Men,’ for example, you’re introducing
a world and a set of characters. Once those characters are introduced,
once we’ve lived with them for awhile and we know them, when you get
into a second film like an ‘Empire Strikes Back’ or a ‘Wrath of Khan,’
you can make an action-adventure film and you don’t have to bank all
that time getting to know the characters. Now you can raise the stakes,
raise the jeopardy and make a leaner, meaner movie.”
FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER
According to the Hollywood Reporter,
20th Century Fox has chosen Peter Jackson’s Academy Award-winning
visual effects house Weta Digital to oversee the upcoming film. Noted
character actor Doug Jones will provide performance and movement
references for Weta, in a process similar to the way Andy Serkis
portrayed Gollum in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy. The voice casting
of Silver Surfer has yet to be determined. Weta has developed an
advanced computer-generated animation process that employs
motion-capture techniques updated to add further dimensionality to the
liquid-metal hero.
THE BATMAN
Comics Continuum has an interview
with producer Michael Goguen who talked about some developments
expected in the fourth season. “Robin is hugely important to the
series, just as he is to the entire Batman mythos, in that he helps to
humanize Batman, and give him an ally and partner that truly
understands his motivation, being the only person close to Batman that
shares the same tragic circumstance in his origin story. Robin is in
every story this season, and we’ll get to see him being trained and
growing into a stronger and stronger crimefighter and an integral part
of what is becoming a deeply connected ‘Bat Family.’”
The Continuum also has a rundown of episode titles and synopses.
THE CASTING COUCH
Here’s where you
get in on the action. Did you see a link we didn’t catch? Have you
snuck into a closed movie set, and have inside data? Maybe your cousin
is dating somebody who knows something, and they had to tell you?
Whatever it is, we wanna know it all — fire off an email
and let us know whether you want your name used or your contributions
to geekdom to go down anonymously. Broadcasting live from Los Angeles,
this is novelist/karaoke host/all-around lunatic Hannibal Tabu
saying thanks for your time and indulgence, and [tagline sent back to
development hell until something hipper can be dreamed up].
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