from: http://www.massively.com/2008/08/01/...ity-of-heroes/



Zombie Apocalypse coming to City of Heroes

by Adrian Bott Aug 1st 2008 at 9:00AM

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Events, in-
game
Yesterday, the City of Heroes test server was host to a terrible
event. In one city zone after another, both in Paragon and the Rogue
Isles, the dead rose to devour the living. The skies turned blood red,
and hordes of the undead clawed their way up from the ground in an
apocalypse not seen since the days of the Rikti invasions. Like the
Rikti, these horrors attacked anyone in an exposed space, and had no
level tag, meaning any character could engage them.

The Zombie Apocalypse is coming to CoX in Halloween, where it will
form part of the special event celebrations, along with the trick-or-
treating that has taken place in previous years.Yesterday's trial run
was a huge success, with players all over the city converging to hold
back the undead. Even the signature hero Positron, along with NCsoft
personnel Lighthouse and Niviene, pitched in to battle the hordes.

We were particularly impressed with the entirely new zombie faction,
featuring a host of minions, lieutenants, bosses, and the Nightmare
elite boss (pictured above) and a lot of fresh artwork. It would have
been easy to just recycle the Banished Pantheon, but instead, we have
what looks like a custom built faction just for the event. Designer
JLove has even hinted that some of the zombies are based on real
people, so have fun guessing who they are!

The Apocalypse introduces four new badges, which can be earned fairly
quickly in a group. The Apocalypse Survivor badge unlocks a spooky new
costume part, the Pumpkin Head. Tester feedback for this event has
been overwhelmingly positive so far.

and more info on the Halloween event (my favorite special event!!!!!)

http://cityofheroes.wikia.com/wiki/Halloween_Event_2008

and check out the new pumpkin head costume, trey wicked...
http://s281.photobucket.com/albums/k...umpkinHead.jpg

and check out pics of the new pumpkin head costume in the file area!

http://cityofheroes.wikia.com/wiki/Halloween_Event_2008
for more info of the halloween event

and a pic of the new costume
http://s281.photobucket.com/albums/k...umpkinHead.jpg