The News Heroes Are Made Of

In the meantime, I'm pretty stoked by the fact that the old Haymaker! gang has decided to get active again in response to the unfortunately demise of Digital Hero. Most of the old guard has returned, and few new folks have joined the fold, so it should be gas.

Next up, high-weirdness from the boys and girls at Hero Games. In case you haven't heard they've made a couple of interesting announcements this past week. First off, Cryptic Studios has latched onto the Champions & Dark Champions Universe as the setting for their next MMOG, so look forward to seeing Champions Online sometime in the near future.

Secondly, Steve Long and company have announced Hero System 6th Edition will be released August of 2009. What's changing? That's still up in the air, but there's a ridiculously active set of forums over on the Hero Games Discussion Board, and Steve has thrown down the gauntlet with his statement that "there are no sacred cows" so all bets are off. Apparently, when he was first hired to write 5th edition, he had some limitations (Can't change sacred cows, -1/2) placed on what he could and could not change and, even though the book that was eventually published was actually published by his company, it still reflected those limitations. So, if you want to get your two cents in on 6th edition, get thee over to the boards.