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City of Heroes News
Latest Headlines for City of Heroes
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Seven Year Retrospective
Paragon Studios and the City of Heroes team are starting a new '7 year retrospective' for the game as it celebrates an epic anniversary. The inaugural article, the team describes which "Issue" has been their favorite and why. Check it out!
Reported on May 05, 2011 -
April Producer's Letter & Praetorian Invasion
A pair of new articles have surfaced on the City of Heroes site. The first is the April Producer's Letter which also contains a special anniversary address from Nate "Second Measure" Birkholz. The second article features news about an upcoming Praetorian Invasion live event in the form of a lore piece to pique player interest.
Reported on Apr 28, 2011 -
Super Hero Sized Deals
NCSoft and Paragon Studios are celebrating City of Heroes and its seventh anniversary in a super hero sized way. Some items in both the NCStore and the in-game store are 50% off including jetpacks and more. In addition, character renames and server transfers are half off.
Reported on Apr 28, 2011 -
Celebrating Its 7th Anniversary
Paragon Studios and NCSoft are celebrating seven years of City of Heroes. Devs have a great line up of festivities planned including an in-game meet and greet with developers, an anniversary live UStream chat with Paragon, and a series of in-game events that will run during May.
Reported on Apr 26, 2011 -
Mac Launcher Released
The City of Heroes team has announced the availability of the NCSoft Launcher for Mac users. Developers indicate that this is beneficial for two reasons: 1) It will be compulsory in the near future so why not get started now; and 2) It allows faster and more efficient downloading of patches and updates to City of Heroes.
Reported on Apr 20, 2011 -
Weekly Strike Targets Changing Today
Paragon Studios has announced that the Weekly Strike Targets in City of Heroes will be changed due to issues with the current quests. During today's regularly scheduled maintenance, WSTs will be disabled. When restarting the game, two new WSTs will be implemented.
Reported on Apr 13, 2011 -
The Player Help System
Paragon Studios devs have posted a new City of Heroes blog article outlining one of the lesser-known features of Issue 20: Incarnates, the Player Help System. New players will see a pop up window on first logging in asking if they want to participate in PHS. If so, the new player will be assigned a veteran player to assist them in learning all of the ins and outs of City of Heroes.
Reported on Apr 07, 2011 -
7th Anniversary Free Trial Offer!
In celebration of 7 years of City of Heroes, MMORPG.com has been given some special free trial codes that will allow you to play City of Heroes free for 7 days! This offer is exclusive to MMORPG.com so get your code now while supplies last!
Reported on Apr 06, 2011 -
Issue 20 Launch Trailer
Paragon Studios and NCSoft have released a brand new trailer featuring game play footage from the most recent update, Issue 20: Incarnates.
Reported on Apr 05, 2011 -
Issue 20 - Incarnates Launches
Paragon Studios and NCSoft have announced that servers are currently offline to bring Issue 20 - Incarnates into City of Heroes. Issue 20 brings a host of big changes to the game including new powers, trials and more for upper level players.
Reported on Apr 05, 2011 -
Sorry, No XP Today
Paragon Studios has announced that it has run out of experience to award players with in City of Heroes. What XP remains to give out will be awarded to lower level players with no future levels past 50.
Reported on Apr 01, 2011 -
March Producer's Letter
The latest City of Heroes Producer's Letter from Nate "Second Measure" Birkholz. The letter goes into some detail about the newly announced Global Server List and expanding the European player base by expanding the player pool. Birkholz also discusses player identities with a short footnote about Issue 20.
Reported on Mar 31, 2011 -
Live Dev Chat March 31st
Paragon Studios has announced that the City of Heroes team will be hosting a live developer chat via UStream. The chat will take place Thursday, March 31st from 6-7 pm PST. evelopers John "Protean" Hegner and Tim "Black Scorpion" Sweeney will be on deck with Andy "Zwillinger" Belford and André "Beastyle" Carlos will be on hand to talk all things City of Heroes.
Reported on Mar 25, 2011 -
Incarnates Overview Updated
Paragon Studios has updated the official City of Heroes Issue 20: Incarnates page with new information on the Behavioral Adjustment Facility and the Lambda Sector. In addition, devs will be hosting Issue 20 Beta sessions to help players familiarize themselves with changes coming in Issue 20.
Reported on Mar 23, 2011 -
NCSoft Donates $6.3 Million to Japan Relief
In another example of the outpouring of generosity from the gaming community, NCSoft has announced that it has donated 500 million Japanese yen to charitable organizations assisting those in need after last week's disastrous earthquake and tsunami. This translates to approximately $6.3 million USD.
Reported on Mar 18, 2011 -
Creating the Floating Fortress
Paragon Studios' Gilbert Martinez has updated the City of Heroes Intrepid Informer with a look at creating the Floating Fortress that will debut in Issue 20. The article is the second part of the series to give players an inside look at content creation.
Reported on Mar 18, 2011 -
Global Server Access Coming
During PAX East last week, Paragon Studios announced that City of Heroes players will have access to worldwide servers beginning later this summer. Devs have posted a handy dandy FAQ about account name "collisions" and how those issues will be solved for players.
Reported on Mar 15, 2011 -
Issue 20: Incarnates Preview Video
NCSoft and Paragon Studios have released a new video. The trailer is a teaser for Issue 20: Incarnates.
Reported on Mar 14, 2011 -
Examiner.com Interview with Melissa "War Witch" Bianco
The good people over at Examiner.com have released a two-part interview with Lead City of Heroes Designer, Melissa Bianco. Check it out.
Reported on Mar 13, 2011 -
Upgrading to the NCSoft Launcher?
NCSoft is introducing a new way to download and patch City of Heroes, The NCSoft Launcher! Check out the announcement!
Reported on Mar 06, 2011
