City of Heroes devs have announced that a reactivation weekend for all former players is planned for October 7-10, 2010. During the weekend, all players will have access to the new areas and quests implemented with the Going Rogue expansion released earlier this month.
Reported on Sep 28, 2010A new in-house developer diary has surfaced on the Going Rogue website that discusses the alignment system. Penned by Shawn "Pit" Pitman, the article goes into the creation of the alignment system and discusses how players can potentially start with one alignment but completely alter it to the opposite end through a series of choices made is story-driven missions.
Reported on Sep 27, 2010MMORPG.com's Joe Iulani recently attended PAX Prime and had the chance to sit in on the City of Heroes panel titled "Going Rogue...and Beyond". Utilizing a new way to report the panel's contents, Joe lets readers "see" the content of each of slides presented during the panel. Feast your eyes on Joe's City of Heroes PAX Panel.
Reported on Sep 22, 2010NCsoft and MMORPG.com are proud to present the City of Heroes Going Rogue™ Free 7-Day Key Giveaway. The free 7-day trial includes City of Heroes®, City of Villains®, and the brand new City of Heroes Going Rogue™ expansion. NOTE: These 7-day free trial codes are only valid for North American players.
Reported on Sep 20, 2010NCSoft and City of Heroes devs are celebrating the launch of the new 'party pack', a new set of emotes that can be purchased in the NCSoft Store. Devs have plans to give away party pack keys on the official forums, the City of Heroes Facebook page and through the City of Heroes Twitter feed.
Reported on Sep 13, 2010Those crazy devs at Paragon Studios have announced a new 'Party Pack' coming soon for City of Heroes players. The pack contains a bunch of nifty new emotes including soccer, basketball and air guitar! The Party Pack will be available on September 14th for $7.99.
Reported on Aug 31, 2010Paragon Studios has announced a new contest for creative-types. Players have a month to create a new loading screen and, if chosen, to see their artwork immortalized in the game. Devs have provided all of the information and templates that are necessary to make the loading screen. The contest runs from August 20-September 20, 2010.
Reported on Aug 23, 2010MMORPG.com has teamed up with NCsoft to bring our community an amazing sweepstakes event with over $2500 in prizes! From now until Aug 31, 2010 at 9PM EST you can enter for a chance to win one of 63 total prizes including 5 ATI Radeon 5870 Video cards!
Reported on Aug 17, 2010City of Heroes second paid expansion, Going Rogue, goes live today and we've put together a one-stop-shop for all your Going Rogue video needs.
Reported on Aug 17, 2010Today marks the ambitious game redefining launch of the City of Heroes expansion Going Rogue. MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller had the chance to interview Paragon Studio heavy hitters Matt Miller, Melissa Bianco, Jesse Caceres, and David Nakayama about the fundamental changes coming with Going Rogue, about their thoughts on the Moral Alignment System and more.
Reported on Aug 17, 2010Going Rogue, the second paid expansion to NCsoft and Paragon Studios super-powered MMORPG City of Heroes went live today and we're bringing you a hot new trailer to drum up the launch day excitement!
Reported on Aug 17, 2010The City of Heroes development team at Paragon Studios has published the final video documentary before the release of the expansion, Going Rogue. Called "A Brave New World", the infectious excitement of the team for the world they've created shines through. The team spends time talking about the re-invention of the game, the updated graphics, the new skills, quests and lots more.
Reported on Aug 12, 2010The City of Heroes development team has announced that Razer is sponsoring a live developer chat on Monday, August 16th. The chat comes on the eve of the release of the Going Rogue expansion. The chat will be hosted either directly at the CoverItLive.com site or via an applet on the CoH Facebook page.
Reported on Aug 11, 2010City of Heroes Issue 18: Shades of Gray is a free expansion for the game that sets the groundwork for the upcoming Going Rogue paid expansion. Shades of Gray can now be preloaded by players as they exit a play session. When servers are updated with Issue 18, the content will be installed.
Reported on Aug 10, 2010Paragon Studios is giving a lucky City of Heroes fan the chance to attend this year's PAX convention in Seattle this September. To enter the contest, folks are being asked to compose a haiku showing their excitement about the City of Heroes: Going Rogue expansion. Simple, right?
Reported on Aug 10, 2010City of Heroes denizens will love the latest in innovation from the Praetorian Clockworks. This progressive group has overhauled and reworked its clockwork companions to do all sorts of things for the average hero and all in mirror-finished chrome.
Reported on Aug 05, 2010MMORPG.com correspondent Carolyn Koh had the chance to take a look at the upcoming City of Heroes expansion, Going Rogue, with Paragon Studios' Lead Designer Melissa Bianco. During the overview, Carolyn got a firsthand look at Praetoria, a fully realized and populated city. Check out all of the new information about Going Rogue in Carolyn's latest article.
Reported on Jul 29, 2010The City of Heroes: Going Rogue expansion is set to feature some nifty new power sets including the Kinetic Melee set. The Kinetic Melee power set uses an attacker's power against him and heroes wielding this set mold the power with their hands in a very Kung Fu-esque way before hurling it at an opponent. They are able to knockback, knock down and stun foes.
Reported on Jul 29, 2010Paragon Studios has let us know that they have released the latest 'vi-doc', a video feature produced in house, to introduce City of Heroes players to the denizens of the city of Praetoria. ViDoc #3 gives players a look at the Going Rogue expansion with its awe inspiring new power set effects. The video also gives a close up look at Emperor Cole, Desdemona and Maelstrom.
Reported on Jul 28, 2010NCsoft and Paragon Studios are partnering with MMORPG.com to give away twenty key codes redeeming for one of the awesome new Super Booster V: Mutant booster packs.
Reported on Jul 15, 2010