‘Ultra’-heavy beat

I like many other City of Heroes/Villains players am becoming excited about the upcoming expansion that due to arrive in July (on last update), but with all that anticipation it’s easy to overlook another important update that the game is having sooner.
The next free update (Issue 17 : Dark mirror) looks set to land very [...]

Issue 16 lands

Before a start on the main topic there is a small point that I would like to cover regarding the City of Heroes/Villains major game updates or as those familiar would know them ‘Issues’. When the last issue was delivered there were many people thought Issue 15 was rather limited in the amount of content [...]

NPC Me

Just when you think a good day that got massively better wasn’t likely to improve again, something rather cool happens like this. Those that attended the City of MiniCon at Omega Sektor last year have had their surnames added to the NPC name generator for Rikti War Zone and Shadow Shard.
Ok so it may not [...]

Champions Online : An open beta review

You may know that I’m a player and fan of the City of Heroes/Villains franchise, yet I’ve always said if given the opportunity I’d try Champions online out.
One of the annoying elements about Planetside was that it had no rivals, the game didn’t have to fight  it was the only one of it’s kind, it [...]

The world is just illusion

During our recent outing to London I was having a conversation with Mr Van Hemlock about element of games I find interesting. During this conversation it became very apparent that I favour games that offer me the chance to throw a little individuality to my gameplay. Shocking as it may seem I have never really [...]