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City of Heroes News

Latest Headlines for City of Heroes

  • Double Rewards Weekend

    NCsoft has announced that they will be holding a double rewards weekend in City of Heroes and Villains starting Friday July 18th.

    Reported on Jul 10, 2008
  • Issue 12 Demo and Test This Thursday!

    MMORPG.com has partnered with NCsoft and Dyyno to host a City of Heroes / Villians demonstration and test using Dyyno's streaming technology. Join us this thursday at 5pm PST / 8pm EST!

    Reported on May 27, 2008
  • Reactivation Weekend

    NCsoft has anounced a reactivation weekend, where former players of City of Heroes / Villains will have their accounts reactivated until Sunday, just in time to play the new Issue 12: Midnight Hour content.

    Reported on May 23, 2008
  • Try Issue 12 Free For 14 Days!

    We have teamed up with NCsoft to bring our members a totally free 14 day trial to City of Heroes/Villains including the all new Issue 12: Midnight Squad.

    Reported on May 23, 2008
  • Issue 12 Midnight Hour Released

    NCsoft has announced the release of Issue 12: Midnight Hour for City of Heroes and Villains. This latest free content update brings Epic Villain Archetypes, Power Set Proliferation, a new Greco-Roman themed area, and more.

    Reported on May 21, 2008
  • Stretching the Genre: Creating Cimerora

    With the release of Issue 12: the Midnight Hour for City of Heroes and Villains, NCsoft has prepared a non-exclusive dev journal by Senior Art Lead, Ken Morse, which looks at the process behind creating the new Greek and Roman inspired area of Cimerora.

    Reported on May 21, 2008
  • Midnight Squad Video

    The folks from NCsoft have sent along this new video featuring the Midnight Squad, an NPC group of heroes that are featured heavily in CoH's Issue 12. Recently, we featured a developer journal on the same subject, and today we show you the team in action.

    Reported on May 15, 2008
  • Issue 12 in Open Beta

    NCsoft has announced that Issue 12: Midnight Hour, the next free content expansion for City of Heroes has entered the open beta phase of development.

    Reported on May 08, 2008
  • I12: The Midnight Hour and Me

    City of Heroes Senior Designer Joe Morrissey writes this developer journal telling us about the Midnight Squad, a group of heroes that has appeared in past lore, but makes their first appearance in Issue 12.

    Reported on Apr 30, 2008
  • Screenshots - The Midnight Hour and Me

    To go along with Joe Morrissey's developer journal on Issue 12 and The Midnight Squad, NCsoft has sent along these new screenshots.

    Reported on Apr 30, 2008
  • 4th Anniversary Message

    City of heroes lead designer Matt 'Positron' Miller has posted a 4th anniversary message for fans of City of Heroes, and provides a few fun facts about the game's run thus far.

    Reported on Apr 29, 2008
  • Schedule of Events

    The folks at NCsoft's City of Heroes have announced the dates for a number of events between now and January of 2009.

    Reported on Apr 29, 2008
  • Two Shows This Summer

    NCsoft has announced two of the shows that the superhero game City of Heroes will be attending this coming summer:

    Reported on Apr 25, 2008
  • Villain Epic Archetypes Video

    The City of Heroes team has released an epic-sized (4 minutes!) game play video explaining Villain Epic Archetypes that will go live with Issue 12.

    Reported on Apr 18, 2008
  • Return of the Rikti

    NCsoft has announced that the Rikti Invasion Force is planning to invade Earth once again. Luckily the Rikti are polite invaders and have called in advance to let us know when they plan on launching their attacks.

    Reported on Apr 17, 2008
  • Optional Additional Character Slot

    NCsoft has announced their new Optional Additional Character Slot feature that will see players gain access to two new character slots with options for more should the player choose.

    Reported on Apr 16, 2008
  • Optional In-game Advertising in CoH

    Ncsoft has announced that they have partnered with Double Fusion to provide optional in game advertising in City of Heroes / Villains, with the revenue generated from the ads to be reinvested into the game.

    Reported on Apr 03, 2008
  • Powerste Proliferation

    NCsoft has published the details of the new Powerset Proliferation in City of Heroes and Villains, which will give characters access to powers and abilities that were previously not available to their class.

    Reported on Apr 02, 2008
  • Visual Sounds in Paragon City

    Biff! Bam! Ka-Pow! NCsoft has announced they will be adding comic book style "visual sounds" to City of Heroes.

    Reported on Apr 01, 2008
  • 30,000 More 14 Day Trial Keys!

    MMORPG.com is happy to announce that NCsoft has given us an additional 30,000 free trial keys for City of Heroes/City of Villains! Get yours now!

    Reported on Mar 21, 2008
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