Starting today, NCsoft Europe is kicking off the first ever Super Summer Slam Spectacular, or S4 for short.

In this all-summer-long competition, only open to all current (and future!) City of Heroes European subscribers, you�ll get a chance to flex your creative costuming abilities, compete with your friends in the Arena for fantastic prizes and - if you�re good enough - claim your place as City of Heroes� European Champion!

Everything gets going today - so what are you waiting for?

S4 is divided into three broad stages, which link to each other:

Stage One: The Super Summer Slam Spectacular Costume Competition!

Create a costume to be proud of - and that your fellow heroes will wear with pride in the Grand Finals.

The Costume Competition gets going today, so read all the details you need on the Defiant and Union message board threads!

Stage Two: The Super Summer Slam Spectacular Pentad Cup!

Compete against other teams of heroes on each European server for fantastic prizes, and the chance to claim the title of European Champions.

Registration begins today for teams - gather your fellow heroes and get ready to rock Paragon City!

Stage Three: The Super Summer Slam Spectacular Grand Finals!

Server against server - team against team - the best of the best come together on the EU Test Server to determine which team is truly worthy to be European Champions!

For more details on the Pentad Cup and the Grand Finals, visit the new official Super Summer Slam Spectacular Defiant and Union message boards.

Good luck heroes!