Cute dresses and girly costumes

I find it pretty hard to see that thing as male, or even as a human being

Only because you know it's a guy in a dress

If you had just seen the pictures without knowing the story, you would of thought it was a girl (with maybe possibly doubts on the last picture, as it's one of the few pictures where the face looks a bit more male).

For all they've done with Bridget (did I spell his name right...I dont recall!), most artwork looks like a flat chested female character.

I suspect a large number of players would like to see officially cross-licensed or cross-designed content. For games such as Guilty Gear / Blaz Blue that address a completely different gaming market this can often be beneficial to a small game... or help a niche game find a larger market.

e.g. Shin Megami Tensi III: Nocturne saw US sales of the title increase on the stength of including Capcom's Dante from Devil May Cry.

CoH tends to not do so well in the Korean / Asian / Japanese markets, at least by NCSoft's public sales numbers. Having a cross-over with a franchise that does very well in such markets, may be something Black Pebble might want to pass along to the NCSoft Overlords.