Archive: november 1, 2008

Behind City of Heroes [Game Design]

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has published a developers diary from senior game designer Bruce Harlick, one of the minds behind NCSoft's City of Heroes; it's an interesting look at the development process for the forthcoming Issue 13 update. It's a bottom-up glimpse into what's gone into designing the new Cimerora and Midnight Squad story arcs, and as Harlick explains, even updates aren't an easy design process:
One of the things our players are most interested in is how we go about the process of designing the missions and story arcs they play through so much. It’s not just an easy process of throwing...

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Tags: City of Heroes, Game Design, Industry, MMORPG, Mmo, Ncsoft

Mar 31 Emergency Heroes coming to the Wii this May

Aug 26 City of Heroes update to add mission creator, day jobs, more

Dec 5 City Of Heroes Celebrates Issue 13 With Free Weekend [Return To Paragon City]

Apr 3 City of Heroes Adds In-Game Ads

Oct 9 No More Heroes: Desperate Struggle confirmed for 2010 release

Dec 22 Macintosh version of City of Heroes coming this January

Apr 26 Assault Heroes 2 gets May 14 release date

May 12 Assault Heroes 2 on XBLA this Wednesday

Apr 30 City of Heroes/Villians user content planned

Aug 27 Sin City game quietly gets new developer

Nov 6 Ubisoft dodges a bullet, drops plans for Heroes game

Mar 12 So many bullets: Assault Heroes 2 coming to Xbox Live

Feb 4 Artist Immortalizes City Of Heroes Pals In Poster

Dec 7 Marvel Heroes Competition!

Jun 25 City of Heroes/Villains Patch Addresses 'Sync' Bug

Aug 27 Next City Of Update Brings Mission Creator, Day Jobs [City Of Updates]

Dec 2 Atari Preview Tour: Heroes Over Europe

Oct 13 Champions Online beta opportunity available

Nov 2 Card Database

Oct 30 City Of Heroes Goes Mac [City Of Heroes]

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