'City of Heroes' fans plan unofficial celebration of game's 12th anniversary
Twelve years ago tomorrow, April 28, an upstart game studio named Cryptic released an MMORPG like no other before it. "City of Heroes" launched to rave reviews from the gaming media, many of whom...
View ArticleHow Much Will Supergirl Focus On Its Hero Being A Woman
While the superhero genre is taking over both film and television, one of the issues that has been noted is that its a very male-focused genre. Marvel has Black Widow (though not necessarily in toy...
View ArticleMagic: The Gathering is becoming an MMO
Cryptic Studios and Perfect World, two companies with plenty of experience making online worlds, are creating a Magic: The Gathering massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG or just MMO)....
View ArticleBatman #2 Review
Tom King and David Finch began their Batman run on a surprisingly bleak note last month, with Batman confronting a seemingly insurmountable challenge and surviving only by the intervention of Gotham's...
View ArticleMake way! Warner Bros. expands its universe with DC Super Hero Girls
Shortly after she took over DC Comics six years ago, Diane Nelson noticed a glaring problem at the company owned by film and TV studio Warner Bros. DC's vast library boasted some of the most popular...
View ArticleHeroes vs Aliens Teased in the Supergirl Crossover Promo
Heroes vs Aliens Teased in the Supergirl Crossover Promo Following yesterday’s photos from the upcoming event, The CW has released their first promo for the four-part superhero crossover, starting with...
View ArticleMarvel vs. DC in 2016: Which superhero movie will reign supreme?
2016 will see Marvel and DC going head-to-head in a battle at the box office. Here's a look at all the contenders for your comic book dollars. Nothing gets comic book fans fired up like an epic battle...
View ArticleWoW 12th Anniversary Event Includes Adorable Corgi Puppies, New Quests, and More
Blizzard's World of Warcraft marks its 12th anniversary this year. To celebrate, the developer has announced a 12th Anniversary Gift Package containing special items, while in-game Corgi pets can also...
View ArticleSony and Disney reach deal to bring Spider-Man to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
One of the juiciest information nuggets gleamed from the infamous hacking of Sony late last year was the talk that the international conglomerate was willing to negotiate with rival corporate titan...
View ArticleBehold the birth of the hero of Nigeria in 'E.X.O.: The Legend of Wale Williams'
Back in March, YouNeek Studios offered the world a first peek at the brainchild of its' founder, producer, and creative director Roye Okupe. It is a two part superhero epic called "E.X.O.", which is...
View ArticleFirst Photos from the Four-Part CW Superhero Crossover!
First photos from the four-part CW superhero crossover! Ever since The CW became home to four different DC Comics super hero shows, the plan for a giant crossover was certainly in the works, and we’re...
View ArticleCould Margot Robbie's all-female superhero movie be DC's trump card?
Harley Quinn-led followup to Suicide Squad would prove Warner’s slate of DC universe movies has upper hand over rival Marvel in terms of diversity...
View ArticleWarner Bros. expands its universe with DC Super Hero Girls
LOS ANGELES — Shortly after she took over DC Comics six years ago, Diane Nelson noticed a glaring problem at the company owned by film and TV studio Warner Bros. DC’s vast library boasted some of the...
View ArticleHow Marvel Heroes 2016 draws its own line in the 'Civil War' conflict
Marvel's superhero pantheon is at war. Starting late tonight in movie theaters across the United States, Marvel Studios will release Captain America: Civil War. Loosely based on the comic book event...
View ArticleSuperHeroes: Austin Police Officers Go Undercover For Sick Kids On SuperHero...
A very special group of kids will get a true comic book experience as several officers from the Austin Police Department give them a real treat. Superheroes, including Superman, Batgirl and others,...
View ArticleCW drops new clues about Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow
There’s still about a month until Greg Berlanti’s superhero shows return to The CW, but the network dropped some clues about the upcoming seasons of Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl, and DC’s Legends of...
View ArticleWhat's on TV Friday: Megamind
Since Pixar changed the rules with Toy Story, it has become a fact of movie-going life that seeing an animated film offers a better chance of catching a classic than rolling the dice with the wildly...
View ArticleJust One Day After Launch, More ‘Blade & Soul’ Servers Opening Soon Due To...
With 10 North American servers and 12 European servers, Blade & Soul opened its doors yesterday with seemingly plenty of room for interested players. After increasing server capacity and locking...
View ArticleAnt-Man Now Playable In ‘Marvel Heroes’ With Latest Patch, Story Mode Also...
Whether you want to be Scott Lang or Hank Pym, Marvel Heroes has it covered. By default, players that purchase Ant-Man with real money or in-game with eternity splinters will be using Scott Lang in his...
View Article‘Marvel Heroes’ Celebrates Anniversary Of Popular X-Men Issue With Huge Sale
The issue being celebrated introduced several recognizable X-Men, most of which are in Marvel Heroes, while cementing in previously introduced characters to the team. It is an important step in the...
View ArticleGazillion will take Marvel Heroes Omega to the Xbox One and PS4
Gazillion announced today that it will launch Marvel Heroes Omega on the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One game consoles this spring. Inspired in part by popular action role-playing games, modern Marvel video...
View ArticleOverwatch Dev Prefers “Quality Over Quantity” For New Heroes
Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch hasn’t added a ton of new characters since the game launched. Granted, those that have been added, namely Sombra, Ana and Orisa, are significant and enjoyed by the...
View ArticleMatsuricon quickly becoming a must attend event for Ohio gamers
Like all local conventions, Matsuricon started out small, but each year grew and offered more to its attendees. This year proved that it is growing strong with no intention of slowing down. The...
View Article‘Heroes of the Storm’ Review
‘Heroes of the Storm’ steals the best parts of existing MOBAs, adds some new mechanics, and throws in a recognizable cast of Blizzard characters to make an insanely fun and addicting PC arena brawler....
View ArticleEight celebrities you didn't know were hardcore gamers
It's previously been something you kept to yourself in public, but recently many celebrities have been more open about their love of interactive entertainment. Photo: Bloomberg There can be no doubt...
View ArticleNew Season Synopses for Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow
New Season Synopses for Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow and Legends of Tomorrow Ahead of their TCA panels tomorrow, The CW has released the official synopsis for the upcoming new seasons of Supergirl, The...
View Article‘Marvel Heroes’ Anniversary Update Live, Players Will Receive Gifts All Month...
By logging in to Marvel Heroes right now players will find a Birthday Cake Mark 2 login gift, the new playable Dr. Doom, a redesigned level 52 review for Thing, Team-Up 2.0, free permanent retcons, and...
View ArticleX-Men: Apocalypse Costumes Shared, But Are They Heroes Or Horsemen?
While they may not match what the characters wear in the comics, most of the X-Men movies feature the protagonists wearing costumes while out...
View Article‘WildStar,’ The Free-To-Play Sci-Fi MMORPG, Is Now Available On Steam
After transitioning from a pay-to-play model to a free-to-play one in September of last year, WildStar opened its doors to many new players. Now, the sci-fi MMORPG from Carbine Studios is about to find...
View ArticleParagon Hero Videos & Early Access Launch
There has been a bit of an information dump about Paragon as the game comes to early access on PS4 and PC. The launch trailer for the game is above and there have been a number of Paragon Hero videos...
View ArticleWildStar® Will Become Free-to-Play this Fall
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- NCSOFT® and Carbine Studios™ are excited to announce that WildStar, one of the most critically-acclaimed MMOs of 2014, will become free-to-play this...
View ArticleAvengers take on Ultron in Marvel Heroes 2016 update for Captain America:...
If Captain America: Civil War has you itching for more superhero smackdowns, Gazillion’s free-to-play action-RPG Marvel Heroes 2016 is getting some major updates on Friday to help scratch that itch. In...
View ArticleGeorge RR Martin lambasts 'tiresome' Hollywood supervillains
Game of Thrones creator praises Marvel’s Ant-Man but calls for more movies where the hero and villain have ‘wildly different’ powers...
View Article‘Blade & Soul’ Surpasses Two Million Players In The West, New Content And...
About three weeks after the launch of Blade & Soul in the west, the “Rising Waters” update, a Valentine’s Day event, and new Hongmoon Store items are now available in the game. In addition to the...
View ArticlePerfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios Announce Magic: The Gathering...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jun 07, 2017 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a leading publisher of online games, and Cryptic Studios, today announced the development of a brand new RPG...
View ArticleRevival of Dead MMO's Lead Character Is Bittersweet
As if killing off City of Heroes back in 2012 wasn’t bad enough, now NCsoft takes one of the dead superhero MMO’s most beloved characters, Statesman, and pits him...
View ArticleGuardians Of The Galaxy Characters Discounted, Free Baby Groot Pet Now Live...
Players that log in before Sunday will receive a new Baby Groot pet as their free gift to celebrate the anniversary. This little dancing plant will definitely be familiar to those that saw Marvel’s...
View Article‘Blade & Soul’ Opens Currency Exchange, Allows Players To Trade Real Money...
Popular martial arts MMORPG Blade & Soul is only a month out from its release in the west, but the title is already larger thanks to the “Rising Waters” update. The Valentine’s Day event is...
View Article‘Deadpool’ is the savior of superhero movies
It’s pretty appropriate that the final “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice” trailer hit the web the same day “Deadpool” snuck into theaters, before officially opening tomorrow. You’d be hard-pressed to...
View ArticleMarvel Heroes v2.15 Update Launched
Gazillion Entertainment has launched a new Marvel Heroes update that adds famed X-Man Nightcrawler to the massive roster of 29...
View ArticleEverquest Next Cancelled; Developer Says MMO Wasn’t Fun
The president of Daybreak Games takes to the studio’s official website to inform MMORPG fans that Everquest Next has been cancelled, due to the game simply not being fun. It’s a rough time to be a fan...
View Article‘WildStar’ Team Faces Layoffs, Development For Chinese Release Cancelled
First released in June 2014, WildStar soon transitioned to a free-to-play title in late 2015. The MMORPG from Carbine Studios and published by NCSoft mixes a playful personality with a sci-fi backdrop...
View ArticleCarbine Studios' WildStar® Free-to-Play Launches Today
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Sept. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- NCSOFT® and Carbine Studios™ announced today that WildStar is now free-to-play. Today, new and returning players in North America and Europe can get...
View ArticleShip Of Heroes: latest attempt to avenge City of Heroes
It is an entirely true and 110% accurate fact that everyone who ever played now-dead superheroic MMO City of Heroes is now developing three spiritual sequels of their own. Ship Of Heroes is the latest...
View ArticleA Batman for the real world: is Casey Affleck's Villain the superhero we...
Is the actor’s planned thriller Villain, about a vigilante superhero corrupted by power, a satire on brother Ben Affleck’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?...
View ArticleCryptic are making an Magic: The Gathering RPG
Cryptic Studios, the creators of superhero MMORPG City of Heroes, are making a RPG based on Wizards of the Coasts’...
View ArticleHall of Heroes celebrates DC characters’ 75th Anniversary
In 1940, DC Comics debuted some of its most popular characters, including the Flash, Green Lantern, Captain Marvel, Robin, the Joker and Catwoman. To celebrate, the Hall of Heroes Museum hosted an...
View ArticleNCsoft’s MOBA Master X Master adds City of Heroes star
Four years after NCsoft shut down City of Heroes, fans are still announcing new unofficial takes on its superhero MMORPG antics. NCsoft seem to have no plans for a new game of their own but they...
View ArticleThere's an all-star NCsoft MOBA and it's got Statesman from City of Heroes
Remember City of Heroes? Cryptic Studios' 2004 massively multiplayer online role-playing game let you create superheroes and team up with others to complete missions and fight criminals in Paragon...
View Article‘Blade & Soul’ Update Introduces The Warlock Class, Kicks Off Leveling Event
Warlocks wielding talismans and summoning Thralls will come to Blade & Soul with the “Unchained” update on March 2. The medium-range damage dealer class addition is the highlight of the update, but...
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