News 2009

The Urban Rivals team would like to wish you a very Merry Christmas. If you registered before midnight on December 22, click here to receive your free gift: Hawkins Noel.
This character is also now available in the New Blood and Danger packs.
Happy holidays to you all and see you next year!

While visiting the Nightmare, Lilith makes a big mistake that gets her mixed up in a very strange adventure with Glorg and Estalt. Click here to discover the comic's latest episode.

Of all the clans who have the least respect for the inhabitants of Clint City, the GHEIST always tops the list. And once again Vryer's cohorts have proven their complete lack of moral fiber by enticing a most bloodthirsty and fearsome creature to town: Wardom. Faced with this, the other clans are doing their very best to stand strong. The Roots have recruited Jeto, while the All Stars present Davina and the Freaks welcome Harleen to their ranks.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Action, Cool Attitude and Danger packs.

Although rumors had been flying around for the past few weeks, the news still took many of the city's inhabitants by surprise. Smokey and Amiral Py have just announced they're leaving Clint City to set off on a voyage around the world in a boat they did up together.
From Wednesday, December 23rd 2009, these characters will no longer be available in the Shop's packs. However, players who already own them can continue to use them as normal. Sales of the two characters on the market will be blocked until the morning of Friday, December 18th.

Just because you're not sat at your computer doesn't mean you can't keep evolving your characters, have to give up all hope of beating your TQ record or miss the bargain of the century on the market.
With Urban Rivals on your iPhone or iPod Touch, your characters will no longer leave your pocket, meaning you can head on down to the streets of Clint City at any time to get in a little fighting practice.
Click here to find out more.

Now you can use all your card doubles! Until now Kate only gave away Prize Draw Tickets for common cards (bronze background). But as of today, she'll also give you tickets for unusual cards (silver background) and rare cards (gold background). Kate is giving away 2 tickets for a common card, 5 for an unusual one and 10 for a rare one. Good luck to you all!

To make the Daily Tournaments (DT) even more interesting, we've decided to make a few changes both to how the battle points are calculated and to the DT rules.
Firstly, we're putting in place a “Win with more than 12 Life points” bonus, which is valid in all the different game modes (except Training). The calculation is very simple: when you win a match, you receive 2 battle points for each remaining life point you have over 12.
But be warned, in DT the total amount of points accumulated for the "KO Bonus with remaining pillz" and the "Victory Bonus with more than 12 life points" is limited to 2 points. So, if you score a KO and you have 3 pillz and 15 life points left, you will only receive a bonus of 2 points.
Secondly, for the DT itself, we are putting in place a rule regarding characters that have been banned by staff in ELO. If you use these characters when you win a match in DT, 2 points will be removed from your final score for each banned character present in your team of 4 during the match.
The final change applies to the DT only. When 2 opponents have more than 100 pts in the tournament at play, the time allotted to each player to play each round will be significantly reduced.
We hope these changes will make the DT more challenging than ever before. Happy gaming to you all!

To get ahead, one needs to know how to make sacrifices and to accept some fairly radical changes to one's anatomy. The Piranas' new recruit, Selma, understands this perfectly, as does Chwing, the Skeelz' new student. Meanwhile, the Rescue can now count on the help of Wesley, while La Junta present a very promising young robot who goes by the name of Ed 12.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Action and Danger packs.

One of the most feared creatures in the entire galaxy has just hit the city's streets - Lennox's mom, Chlora, aka Big Mama. With her on board, the Bangers' enemies will be quaking in their boots. Meanwhile, the Sakrohm can now rely on Jautya, while the Junkz welcome Sireen and the Montana enlist the help of Avola.
Get these characters in the New Blood, Danger and Cool Attitude Packs

Ghumbo, Dacote, Greow, Manfred…
Tony Semedo is not only skilled with a drawing pencil, but a nice guy as well. He has a nice present for you: two original drawings, real ones he made himself just for you.
Of course it won't be so easy, we are in Clint City. You'll have to deserve it and fight to have one.

Craftier, meaner, crueler but also smaller than the original, Mini Mund, the real Sigmund clone, makes his presence felt among the GHEIST. In the face of this significant new recruit, the other clans won't be outdone. The Ulu Watu welcome Stanly to their ranks, while Glenn joins the Uppers and Pan boosts the Nightmare's numbers.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Danger and Cool Attitude packs.

After several weeks at sea, the Piranas are back in town and they're not happy. So to get back ahead of their opponents, they're more than ready to release their secret weapon - Dante, the fearsome dentist. In response, La Junta are shoring up their numbers with Gatline, while the Pussycats welcome Muze and the Jungo introduce Adler.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Action, Danger and Cool Attitude packs.

The grand finale of the Rodeo is approaching and Jessie is still nowhere to be seen. Will Linda and Maciej be able to find the champion in time to win their bet or will all their savings go up in smoke?Find out by clicking here!

Two performers are currently occupying center stage in the clans' comings and goings. First, there's Bogdan, the human cannon and star act of the Freaks' circus. And then there's Tobbie from the Sentinel clan, who dresses up as a rabbit to get his message over to the kids. Alongside these artists, the Rescue add Beverly to their numbers, while the Skeelz welcome new student, Corvus.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Action and Cool Attitude packs.

Think twice about throwing away your common card doubles. From now on they could earn you Collectors! From Sunday evening, we're going to be organizing a daily grand prize draw giving you the opportunity to win Collectors or Clintz.
To take part it couldn't be easier: when you sell a common card to Kate, as well as the Clintz you'll receive, you'll also automatically be given 2 tickets to the prize draw to be used at your leisure.Beside those tickets, you'll be given one free ticket for each prize draw.
The first draw will take place on Sunday evening with a Lamar Cr to be won, and as a one off to celebrate the launch of the Prize Draw, we're also including a DJ Korr Cr. You can take part right now by clicking here.
To give everyone a fair chance to decide what they want to do with their cards, we've cancelled all common card sales currently in progress on the market. Good luck to you all and Don't forget that Kate will only give you a Prize Draw Ticket for common cards.

A new combatant joins the golden mountain monastery and his arrival promises to shake up the balance of power among the Clans. As a disciple of the Cobra, Kuei is a merciless warrior of limitless talents. Meanwhile the Montana welcome Milovan, an unscrupulous sailor, while Walden joins the Roots and Cesar comes to boost the ranks of the All Stars.
Get these characters in the shop's Action, Danger, Cool Attitude and New Blood packs.

Where on earth could Jessie be? She disappeared the night before the Rodeo grand finale and Maciej and Linda have gone and bet all their savings on her! But Linda won't be so easily deterred and has decided to go and find the champion horse. Read this new episode of Clint City Heroes now.

The Nightmare clan adds a new and evil creature to their ranks. Ghumbo has left his swamp to terrorize the city's streets. With this new recruit, Ielena and her henchmen are confident in their ability to rain down terror on Clint City. Up against them, the Jungo recruit Nyema, while the Sakrohm welcome Nata to their ranks and the Bangers introduce us to Loocio.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Danger and Cool Attitude packs.

From Monday September 14th, five more characters will be permanently banned from the ELO mode: Kolos, Marco, Zatman, Hawk and Ratanah. These characters were more often than not banned by the players' vote. So we're hoping their permanent ban will make the ELO mode even more fun to play in.

Losing ground in the war of the clans, the GHEIST need to strike hard and fast if they're to maintain any hope of one day ruling the city. And to do that, they haven't given a second thought to releasing their new and particularly bloodthirsty creature, Anibal, onto the city's streets. Meanwhile the Piranas welcome Kristin, the Ulu Watu present George and Junkz launch Archie. The new term's really starting to hot up!
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Danger and Cool Attitude packs.

As the city slumbers in the summer heat, a startling piece of news has just awakened its inhabitants from their reverie. To the surprise of one and all, Alec and Terry have just announced their imminent departure from Clint City. 
From Monday 31st August 2009, these characters will no longer be available in the Shop's packs. However, players who already own them can continue to use them as normal. 
Sales of the two characters on the market will be blocked until the morning of Wednesday 26th August.

The Uppers have always known how to gather the very best staff around them and are proving that once again this week by throwing Jody into the fray – the city's number one child minder. Beware of this domineering and very determined lady! Meanwhile the Montanas present Donnie, while the Fang Pi Clang welcome Fei and the Freaks make room for Oren.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Action, Cool Attitude and Danger packs.

Dayton and Coby have just escaped from the trap set for them by the Uppers and are now racing off to the "Rainbow" night organized by the Junkz. Will they manage to bring back the legendary Pillz Kerry needs? Find out by reading the next episode in their adventures.

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The students put on quite a show and while some of the clans were pretty impressed, others have decided to strike back and they definitely mean business. The first to retaliate are the Pussycats with Noemi, then there's the Jungo with Pegh, La Junta with Archibald and not forgetting the Rescue with the fearsome Sledg.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Action and Cool Attitude packs.

A very good piece of news for players coming from the following countries:
Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Malaysia, Albania, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Chile.
Now they can purchase credits by SMS.
You will find more information about it in the shop.

The Skeelz have made quite an impression but if they really want a future in the city, now what they must do is strengthen their position and with the new reinforcements headed their way this week that shouldn't be a problem. Alongside Caelus, the Academy's mysterious principal, come five new Skeelz to boost the clan's numbers: Milton, Anton, Deebler, Zeke and Damian.
Get these characters in the shop's Action and New Blood packs.

Kerry has finally found a way to wake up Copper and Zlatar's other victims who are still fast asleep in their cocoons. But she's missing a vital ingredient that Dayton and Coby must urgently go and find. Read here the first episode of Dayton and Coby's Pillz Hunt.

Things are really starting to hot up for the Skeelz right now. The other clans have had time to get over the surprise of their arrival and are starting to get organized. And they're determined they're not going to be dictated to by a group of snooty-nosed kids. But fortunately for the Skeelz, with the arrival of Sasha, Greem, Manfred, Tomas, Sandro and Cley, they've now got the numbers to stick around for a long time.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood and Action packs.

It's already back to school time in Clint City and this year it's set to be quite a shake-up. Leaving the comfort of their Academy, the Skeelz take to the streets to bring about peace and harmony… Well, good luck to them! And the first to throw themselves into the fray are Aylen, Redra, Chiara, Danae, Jay and Liam. Get these characters in the shop's New Blood and Action packs.

Things are constantly changing in Clint City and any clan wanting to stay in the race has got to keep up. This week, four different clans are sending new reinforcements into the fray. Linbee joins the Ulu Watu, Shogunn gets down with the Bangers, vinny comes to the rescue of the Rescue and last but not least, the Fang Pi Clang boost their numbers with Nakata.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Action and Cool Attitude packs.

What with old clans strengthening their ranks and new ones appearing from out of the blue, the Sentinel are having a tough time trying to hold on to any semblance of law and order in Clint City. Fortunately, this week they receive the backup of Melvin and Malia, two elite individuals who'll be of great use to them. Meanwhile, the Freaks are on to a good thing too. With the arrival of new acts, Mira and Grudj, they're sold out night after night.
Get these characters in the shop's Action and Cool Attitude packs.

Enzo has managed to retrieve Edd's precious jewel, but now, just like Aldo, he's stuck in the police station. How will the two Montanas get away? Find out now what happens in the latest episode of Clint City Heroes.

True to character, the GHEIST are proud to present their latest creation - Arkn, a terrifyingly efficient, giant, hybrid spider. Alongside of which, Vryer's devoted assistant Dolly could practically be passed off as normal. Meanwhile, the All Stars are combining brawn and brains with the arrival of El Gringo and Asporov.
Get these characters in the shop's Action, Danger and New Blood packs.

Learning from the first weeks of the new ELO voting system we made a few changes this week. More information here

Spring has sprung and the Junkz plan to make the most of it by organizing totally unforgettable and totally illegal parties. And with the arrival of Dreen and Fuzz that shouldn't be a problem. In the meantime, the Jungo continue to make their presence felt in the city and with the arrival of Niva and Askai they're becoming harder and harder to ignore.
Find these characters in the shop's New Blood and Cool Attitude packs.

With Aldo and Enzo around, even the most straightforward missions can get extremely complicated. Discover the first episode of The Montana's Crazy Day - the new comic from the Clint City Heroes series.

Some people would do just about anything to get ahead in the terrible war of the Clans. Take the Sakrohm, for example, who didn't think twice about releasing a gelatinous and gluttonous alien, who goes by the name of Slopsh, onto the city's streets. Fortunately the clan's other new recruit, Nimestiec seems a bit more reasonable. In the meantime, the Nightmare clan welcomes Phyllis the witch and novice demon, Azgroth to their ranks. It would seem that peace and quiet is not on the cards for Clint City quite just yet.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood and Danger packs

The winners of the Cinema event contest invite you to join the most original tournaments ever seen. Manage the egos of the biggest stars in UR as they try to look good in a street fight, or get ready to back up your words with action if they don't like your critique of their latest work.
Ready for your close-up? Join fast - places on the red carpet are limited!

Recent months have been challenging for the Fang Pi Clang proving it difficult to keep up against its rivals. Now, however, with Sung Tsu and Chan's appearances, the clan is regaining strength and once more ready to go into attack.
Meanwhile, mindful of the increasing competition, the Piranas send two new recruits into the battle: Greesh and Sliman.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Action, and Danger packs.

The rescue mission designed by Team B is not going according to plan. Havok and Chloe fall into Zlatar's hands as the GHEIST is on the verge of showing up. Will our heroes be capable of reversing the course of things and bring Copper back home? Find out by reading this new episode of the Sentinel Stories.

With the arrival of the Piranas and the Jungo and their new abilities (Pillz stop and modification, among others) the power struggles between clans and characters in the ELO mode have changed considerably and the current system of banning characters no longer seems appropriate. In order to include this evolution we have put into place a new set of rules regarding the banning of characters in ELO mode. Click here to find out everything.

The Bangers are getting organized. While Bennie bolsters the clan's coffers with his home-made T-shirts, Shann is broadening their horizons as she takes things up a notch or two. Meanwhile La Junta can rely on some quality reinforcements to launch their latest offensive. With Dacote and Naginata on their side, these soldiers really mean business!
Get these characters in the shop's Action, Cool Attitude and New Blood packs.

The Montana are never as dangerous as when you take your mind off them. While everyone was focused on the Jungo, the Montana were hard at it behind the scenes and now they're back and stronger than ever thanks to the arrival of new recruits, Spiaghi and Fabio. Meanwhile the Roots, staying cool, calm and collected, welcome two new arrivals to their ranks: Amanie and Jerry.
Get these characters in the shop's New Blood, Cool Attitude and Danger packs.

For the final attack the B team are headed for Zlatar's secret base. What surprises will the scheming Uppers have in store for them?
Find out in the latest episode of the Sentinel Stories.

Our community is expanding and now stretches as far as Russia ;)
The website is now available in Russian. Happy gaming to you all!

First pirates and now animals… Seeing that the situation in town is starting to get out of hand, the Uppers return to center stage and get ready to make themselves heard. In order to do that, they can now rely on the help of new recruits, Wendel and Oxen. Rather more discreet but just as effective, the Pussycats welcome two new arrivals to their ranks - Effie and Jeyn.
Get these characters in the Action, Danger Packs and New Blood packs.

Now that the Jungo are comfortably settled in the city and making the most of their new found freedom, the other clans are gradually sorting themselves out. The first to react are the Rescue clan with the arrival of the very glutinous Glosh and the ultra effective Joana, closely followed by the Ulu Watu who can now count on explosive Lucia and the very eccentric Taigo.
Get these characters in the New Blood, Action, Action and Cool Attitude Packs.

Now that the city has got used to the Jungo and the other clans have finally accepted they're a force to be reckoned with, it's time for Ongh – the clan's undisputed leader - to step out of the shadows. And he's not alone. Five new members have joined the clan: Borss, Mindy, Radek, Sylth and Greow.
The Jungo have finally got a full house. How will the other clans react?
Find these Characters in the shop's New Blood and Cool Attitude packs.

Havok and his B Team launch an attack on the Z Tower while Chloe carries out an investigation. Don't hang around to catch up on the latest episode in the Sentinel Stories.

If some of the Clint City clans were hoping the Jungo would just make a brief appearance on the city's streets before returning to their cages, it looks like they're in for a disappointment. This week sees the arrival of six new combatants to the clan's ranks: Psylo, Somba, Dagouba, Bragh, Scotty and Boohma. The revolution has begun. Who can stop them?
Get these characters in the New Blood and Cool Attitude Packs