City of Heroes Articles
Paragon Studios and the City of Heroes team have announced that current subscribers will be able to log in and try out the City of Heroes: Freedom iteration of the game beginning Tuesday, September 13th.
The Paragon Studios team is hard at work preparing for City of Heroes Freedom, the F2P edition of the game set to go live soon. One way to get players excited about Freedom is by revealing some of the gear that devs are designing, refining and finalizing and that will be available in the Paragon Market. First up is the Beam Rifle power set.
Paragon Studios and NCSoft have announced that a new "Declaration of Freedom" promotion is now live. The City of Heroes game client is on sale for $1.99 from now through August 29th. In addition, the team announced that all new subscribers will be given 400 Paragon Points per month between now and when the CoH Freedom, the free-to-play version of the game, goes live in late 2011. Players can use points to purchase items in the shop.
Excited for the Time Manipulation Power Set to come your way in City of Heroes? Then it seems that this piece of news is most definitely for you! Over at the Official City of Heroes Website, the latest Intrepid Informer (Issue #9) details and outlines the details behind the new power set.
Folks looking to get a head start look at the City of Heroes Freedom F2P edition of the game and at new features coming with Issue 21 will want to check out the VIP Beta that is scheduled to launch later today in North America and on August 10th in Europe. The team has posted detailed instructions about installing the beta client and much more.
Did you miss out on Comic-Con but want to know everything that was said at the City of Heroes panel? Gamespot's got your back! They've put up a video of the panel, in its entirety, over at their site. Check it out
The news has already come out of SDCC from fans who were in attendance for some new information coming out of City of Heroes. Fan and forum poster, Archon Helios, has detailed everything they've seen out of SDCC for City of Heroes thus far. Check it out!
Be sure to log in to City of Heroes next weekend, July 28th to 31st as the game hosts a double XP weekend! In addition to offering double the XP to those who need it, the weekend will also include bonuses to Influence and Prestige.
Now that information is coming out about Issue 21: Convergence, the debut issue of City of Heroes: Freedom, the CoH team is anxious to give us more info about the release. Yesterday, they released an Overview of the Praetorian First Ward Zone, check it out and let us know what you think!
The latest issue of the "Intrepid Informer, a dev blog published on the official City of Heroes website, features Paragon Studios' Phil "Synapse" Zeleski as he lays out what players can expect with the continuation of powerset proliferation Issue 21: Convergence.
With all of the changes coming through the pipeline for City of Heroes: Freedom, one of the most talked about appears to be the upcoming and completely revamped tutorial for the game. This week on The Intrepid Informer, the CoH team takes a look at that new tutorial and gives you an introduction to it.
The much-anticipated Incarnates Ascend update for City of Heroes is now live according to the official CoH site. Incarnates Ascend brings new fashions, the Keyes Island Incarnate Trial, lore pets and merit rewards into the game.
Now that the announcement has come down on "Freedom", read the first Producer letter since the massive announcement rocked the game. The letter touches on Freedom and why it came about, Issue 21: Convergence and why they believe it's going to be their best one yet.
Paragon Studios has announced a new iteration of its flagship title. Called City of Heroes Freedom, players will have the opportunity to play content for free or take advantage of premium packages. The team plans to launch CoH: Freedom and Issue 21: Convergence later this year. Folks attending the San Diego ComiCon will be able to check out the game as well.
The other day, the City of Heroes team added a news item that was simply a torn out article of an in-game newspaper, it's prominent headline pronouncing to "Keep Galaxy City Clean". The article then goes on to talk about litter in the city. On the right hand side, there's an article about meteors hitting the ground. Could this be a teaser for a coming event, expansion, or chapter? There's plenty of speculation on the forums already!