City of Heroes: Over 3000 GBP earned for charity during The Ultimate Heroic Weekend

Here’s some good news for the City of Heroes players who visited the Ultimate Heroic Weekend last March. NCSoft‘s sending word that the event was a success, garnering over £ 3,000 (US$ 5,958) in charity donations. More details are in the full article.

Who says you only get to pretend to be a superhero in NCSoft‘s aptly-named City of Heroes MMORPG? The company is announcing that during CoH‘s The Ultimate Heroic Weekend event last Easter, a total of £ 3,000 (US$ 5,958) has been raised for donations to charity.

This event, which took place at the UK’s Omega Sektor gaming center, drew over 1,300 attendees during its four-day run from from March 21 to 24. Donations were earned by a special photo session, where visitors could pose with their favorite heroes and villains from the game.

The weekend-long event also saw the visit of  Game Designer Melissa ‘WarWitchÂ’ Bianco, who held a special Q&A session. Also on site were the artists from the Draw the World Together Foundation – the recipient of the donations – who were busily sketching players as their favorite comic book characters.

Shaun Hall, centre Manager for the Omega Sektor, had this to say regarding the event:

We wanted to make this something special and I think we succeeded. The crowds were amazing, with two teams playing “Task Force Omega” non-stop for 24 hours, sleeping in their chairs! I’ve never known anything like it. This was the biggest weekend that the Omega Sektor has ever seen

Give yourself a hearty pat on the back if you happen to be among the guys who gave a contribution, folks. Join us again in case we receive any more news regarding City of Heroes.