City of Heroes® at San Diego Comic-Con 2010!

City of Heroes® at San Diego Comic-Con 2010!

Are you ready for the "pop culture" explosion known as San Diego Comic-Con? Well, we are! From July 21st to July 25th City of Heroes® will be back at the San Diego Comic-Con, and we look forward to seeing you there.

We have some great things going on during the convention and it's time to tell you all about them!

Booth Activities!

We're at booth #5345 this year, so come by to get a hands-on sneak peek at City of Heroes Going Rogue and meet the members of the Development and Community Relations Teams.

Giveaways

Everyone who visits the booth this year will receive a cool lenticular Heroes/Villain button (while supplies last), but if you're a currently subscribed player you can also get the brand new "Ghoul" Costume Code that we're producing especially for Comic-Con San Diego this year. Check it out:

Again, you must have an active account in order to score this bad boy. One per account only!

Character Sketches

Our incredibly talented Art Lead (and well known comic book artist), David Nakayama will be back this year to offer character sketches to those who are lucky enough to get randomly picked! David will be drawing Thursday through Sunday during Comic-Con week (exact times still to be announced), but you can come by the CoH section of the NCsoft booth anytime and drop off a quality color screenshot of your hero or villain. We'll have you fill out a little bit of information to accompany your print-out and then we'll put it in a ballot box with all the others submitted at the show. If David reaches in and picks out yours, you can either watch him sketch your character or stop back at the end of the day and pick up your beautiful drawing!

Here are 2 examples of in-game characters sketched by David Nakayama at previous conventions:

Pictures with Desdemona!

This Comic-Con we're celebrating the impending release of City of Heroes Going Rogue, so it only makes sense to have our very own Desdemona on hand Thursday through Sunday to greet and take pictures with you! Come by the booth to meet her in person.

Going Rogue Panel!

City of Heroes® Going Rogue - Reinventing a Supeheroic MMO

When: Thursday, July 22nd, 12:30-1:30pm
Where: Room 24 ABC

Find out how the world's most popular super-powered MMO is redefining the on-line gaming experience with City of Heroes® Going Rogue. New content and features will allow players to enter a new world with true moral challenges. Fans have been reading stories about heroes dangling on the edge of evil, or villains seeking redemption. Now they can live those adventures.

Jesse "Ghost Falcon" Caceres, (Development Producer), Melissa "War Witch" Bianco (Design Lead), Matt "Positron" Miller (Lead Systems Designer) and David Nakayama (Art Lead), will establish for you the innovations that will allow your hero or villain to experience the ultimate adventure.

Be sure to attend to find out the latest, juiciest information on Going Rogue and to ask the Dev Team your questions!

Player Meet and Greet/Going Rogue Preview Event!

We're combining our second player Meet and Greet of the year with a Going Rogue Preview Event and celebrating in style at the Hard Rock Café in downtown San Diego! Here's your chance to get in on the action even if you aren't able to attend the convention itself!

Preview Going Rogue, hang out with the Developers and the Community Teams, enjoy some refreshments and party down! It gets even better, AMD, Alienware and Razer are all teaming up to provide some great raffle prizes that you can win! Here are the details:

Hard Rock Hotel, San Diego
207 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
Friday, July 23rd
7:30pm - 11pm, Edge Room

Please Note: You must be 21 years of age or older to attend!

Space is limited and once we hit capacity at 400 individuals, no one will be granted entrance into the Hard Rock! We strongly suggest that you RSVP and arrive towards the very beginning of the event in order to guarantee that you get in. Please RSVP by 11:59pm Pacific Time on Thursday, July 22nd. RSVPs submitted after that time will not be accepted.

RSVP by sending an email to rsvp@paragonstudios.com with the subject header "Comic-Con Meet and Greet RSVP." You must include in your email the real world names (first and last) of each person in your party who will be attending. Those on the RSVP list will get priority access into the event over those who show up without having done so!

It's going to be a fun, activity-filled Comic-Con for City of Heroes® and we look forward to sharing it with you. So whether it's coming by the booth (#5345), attending our panel session on Thursday afternoon or helping us celebrate the upcoming release of Going Rogue at the Friday night Meet and Greet, we really look forward to seeing you!