Among the many awesome things coming to City of Heroes in Issue 16 is yet another new feature: Super Sidekicking. The upgraded sidekicking system will allow for players to raise or lower everyone on the team to the mission owners level. In addition, Super Sidekicking will also bring changes to the exemplar system, exemplared characters will now gain experience as well.
Reported on Aug 13, 2009The folks from NCsoft have provied us with this developer journal focusing on Powerset Proliferation in the upcoming Issue 16 update to City of Heroes. The journal is written by Senior Designer Floyd Grubb.
Reported on Aug 13, 2009The 2nd annual Hero-Con event has been announced on the official City of Heroes website. Hero-Con is an annual event for City of Heroes/Villains fans, and will feature a number of activities.
Reported on Aug 12, 2009The City of Heroes forums have been completely overhauled. As a result, the forums are all centralized in one location, with the various languages receiving their own set of boards. While French is French, English is not always English. The American forums and the European English forums have now merged, and quite hilarious results were sure to follow.
Reported on Aug 07, 2009In a feature over at MMOSite, writer Cecil Adkins examines why the folks at Paragon Studios should be worried about their upcoming competition in Champions Online.
Reported on Aug 06, 2009The team from City of Heroes has provided us with these new screenshots highlighting the Powers Customization feature coming in Issue 16.
Reported on Aug 06, 2009NCsoft's Matt "Positron" Miller, the Lead Designer for the five year old City of Heroes MMO, writes this developer journal discussing the Powers Customization system that will be available in Issue 16.
Reported on Aug 06, 2009Paragon Studios is looking to reward their loyal customers. Subscribers who keep their accounts active from August 15th, 2009 through November 15th, 2009, will be rewarded with access to the closed beta program for the upcoming City of Heroes/Villains expansion, Going Rogue.
Reported on Jul 30, 2009Face it, City of Heroes/Villains is growing long in the tooth when it comes to the game's visuals and it is probably overdue for a graphics upgrade. Is one coming with the Going Rogue expansion? This latest interview on Issue 16: Power Spectrum and the Going Rogue expansion seems to hint at it.
Reported on Jul 29, 2009While at Comic Con, MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh caught with with Matt Miller and Joe Morrisey of Paragon Studios to talk about the upcoming Issue 16 update to City of Heroes.
Reported on Jul 29, 2009MMORPG.com has been provided with this selection of new screenshots from Paragon Studios' City of Heroes.
Reported on Jul 29, 2009Six new clips of power customization captured at the NCSoft booth at this year's San Diego Comic Con are now available. The clips are in .wmv format.
Reported on Jul 28, 2009According to a post on the official City of Heroes forums, the Closed Beta for Issue 16: Power Spectrum will begin shortly after Comic Con.
Reported on Jul 23, 2009The City of Heroes: Going Rogue expansion website has been updated with a number of lore entries. In the new lore updates, the backgrounds of characters Maelstrom and Desdemona are detailed.
Reported on Jul 16, 2009The contents of Issue 16 have been revealed in an announcement on the official City of Heroes website. Issue 16 focuses on power customization. In Issue 16, players will be able to customize each power individually with different colors. So, for example, Fire Blast can be blue, while Fire Ball could be pink, all in the same power set. Also, so the melee and weapon power sets aren't left out, all melee and weapon sets will receive an alternate animation for every power in their set.
Reported on Jul 16, 2009MMORPG.com City of Heroes Correspondent Emmert Hendrick writes this guide to the Tanker's primary power sets.
Reported on Jul 09, 2009Issue 15: Anniversary is now on live servers. The newest issue heralds the return of the 5th Column to the game with the addition of a new task force and strike force. In addition, new costume options are available, including 20 new faces, costume change emotes, and more!
Reported on Jun 29, 2009MMORPG.com City of Heroes Correspondent Dana O'Shea writes this introduction to the Archetypes available in Paragon Studios' superhero MMO.
Reported on Jun 23, 2009In a new post on the official City of Heroes forums, Positron teases Power Customization as a major feature of Issue 16.
Reported on Jun 22, 2009City of Heroes Senior Animator Christopher Bruce recently released a developer diary discussing a number of new addition to the game's character customization system, including screenshots.
Reported on Jun 10, 2009