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Tonight, when the clock strikes midnight, City of Heroes will sing its swan song and servers will go offline for the last time.
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NCSoft is gearing up to release Issue 22: Death Incarnate, the latest update for City of Heroes.
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NCSoft and Paragon have announced a slew of details for their Spring Fling/Valentine's Day Holiday in-game events and it looks like a ton of fun in Paragon City.
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NCSoft and Paragon have announced their annual Spring Fling in-game event for City of Heroes will be kicking off on February 8th.
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Paragon Studios and NCSoft have announced that City of Heroes' next update, Issue 22: Death Incarnate, is due to go live soon.
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NCsoft and Paragon studios reveal City of Heroes Freedom, a free-to-play version of their popular superhero MMO.
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NCsoft and Paragon Studios release Incarnates, the latest major update to City of Heroes.
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We take a look at what's coming to City of Heroes in Issue 20: Incarnates, coming soon.
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New task forces, free customizable auras, Praetoria live events and more await players with the latest free update to City of Heroes.
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Find out what deals NCsoft has in store for City of Heroes on November 29th.
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This new CoH booster pack features detailed capes!
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Check out a video preview of the content coming in November 3rd's Origins Booster Pack for City of Heroes.
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Get ready to try out Going Rogue for free this weekend as NCsoft welcomes back past subscribers.
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Paragon Studios goes Rogue in this latest City of Heroes expansion. Learn more about it here.
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Our friends at City of Heroes have sent us a new trailer for their upcoming expansion: Going Rogue!
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City of Heroes has announced a few guest authors creating content in the Architect system!
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The city of Heroes team has announced the launch of Issue 16: Power Spectrum!
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Find out all the super hero and villainy goodness going into the latest update to City of Heroes.
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NCsoft has released 5 new screenshots of the Power Customization feature coming in issue 16.
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NCsoft releases the third in their series of super boosters for City of Heroes.
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City of Heroes has received amazing praise for the new architect system; the first system that allowed players to create and distribute their own quest content in the MMORPG world! We recently reported that CoH has 25,000 Missions created in the beta phase of the Architect system and it has now grown well beyond that on the live server!
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City of Heroes announced Issue: 14 has been released, and contain the Architect system; making it the first MMORPG to allow for user created content! Users can chose from dozens of options including maps the missions will take place on, which enemies the player will face, and the factors that determine if the mission is successful or not.
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We recently received an update from the City of Heroes team! They new Content Update Issue 14 is making its debut in the game's open beta session! The biggest change to note is the new Mission Architect system.
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The wait is finally over for Mac users as NCsoft unleashes City of Heroes!
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NCsoft announces the open beta of their City of Heroes Mac client!
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NCsoft splits Issue 13 into two updates, delays Mission Architect until Q1 2009.
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The feature list for issue 13 to City of Heroes which will be released sometime in the (near?) future has been revealed by NCsoft.
Lead Designer of NCsoft Europe’s popular City of Heroes and Villains, Matt Miller, discusses many of the features that players can expect to enjoy in the forthcoming expansion, Issue 13: Architect.
I wanted to be the...
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IGN has an interesting report on City of Heroes from this year's Comic-Con. While Issue #12, which release recently, unlocked City of Villains for those who didn't own it but owned City of Heroes, or vice versa, Issue #13 -- details shared at Comic-Con -- contains something even more intriguing for would-be game designers.
In the free update,...
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Just now NCsoft announced that they have completely merged City of Heroes and City of Villains. Paragon City and Rogue Isles rejoice! All current subscribers who only had one of the games will now have access to the features of both. Furthermore, all City of Heroes and City of Villains games for sale at retail or online will grant access to...
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Next weekend you'll be able to experience double the experience, prestige, influence and infamy in City of Heroes. Starting on July 18th and continuing throughout the weekend both Heroes and Villains will get twice the value for arresting criminals or pursuing evil deeds. Rejoice!
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Are you a long-time member of NCsoft's City of Heroes? Your loyalty will not go unrewarded. The developers recently updated the CoH site with information regarding the 51-month and 54-month Veteran Rewards.
To summarize the Veteran Rewards Program you basically get rewards based on how long you've had an active account in City of Heroes. The...
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Earlier today a new build, 17.20080625.1T, was made available for testing on the Training Room. Full patch notes below.
Combined
Powers
Changes to root time for Energy Blast - Power Burst. This does not affect the activation time, it’s just something that was broken when 1st and 2nd tier blaster powers had their Activation times shortened.
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NCsoft sent us information about a cool contest where you can win… a brand new 2009 Toyota Matrix for making cool CoH machinima. Quite the prize!
On behalf of Toyota and GameTrailers.com we are proud to present the Matrix Machinima Contest: Get In Touch With Your Dark Side!
Make a Machinima video with City of Heroes / City of Villains and have...
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There's a City of Heroes reactivation weekend this.. weekend! Great time to check out the new Issue, number twelve.
Check out or recent City of Heroes features
NCsoft Covers New Ground in CoH
Eight Cimerora screenshots
Video of the 'Midnighters' and the invading Rikti alien
Six Midnight Squad Screenshots
Midnight Hour Dev Diary - Senior...
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Newest expansion takes players to ancient city to save the present day
AUSTIN, Texas, May 21, 2008t—NCsoft® Corporation, the world's leading developer and publisher of online computer games, today announced the release of City of Heroes® "Issue 12: Midnight Hour." The newest free expansion for current subscribers, Issue 12 brings to life a...
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NCsoft just now released eight new Cimerora screenshots.
Players step foot upon the ancient land of the Roman Cimeroran Peninsula, where they battle deadly creatures, defend an ancient city and ultimately come face to face with the enemy of time itself. Throughout this journey players uncover the mysteries of power and the origins that guide them...
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Check out this new video featuring the Midnight Squad, it was released by the City of Heroes team very recently.
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We've updated our City of Heroes gallery with six new Midnight Squad screenshots.
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Thursday 1st May - Brighton, UK/ ... Senior Designer and writer Joe Morrissey explains how he helped design and write the story for Issue 12 - the highly anticipated next chapter of NCsoft Europe's popular MMO franchise, City of Heroes/Villains.
Who’s idea was this anyway?
It’s pretty safe to say that if it’s not Positron’s fault… it’s mine.
Hi....
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Today marks the 4th year of service for City of Heroes, and the NCsoft NorCal team is celebrating it in a special way by introducing a 12-month calendar, with each month representing one of the 12 major issues released for the game.
Matt "Positron" Miller also got in on the excitement of the celebration by including a statement in the calendar...
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Friday 18th April/... NCsoft Europe is pleased to unveil a stunning new teaser video for City of Heroes Issue 12: Midnight Hour. The video showcases the new Villain Epic Archetypes, known collectively as the Soldiers of Arachnos. The video also introduces the Wolf Spider and Blood Widow archetypes, both of which have unique powers and skills. Also...
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Recently announced, City of Heroes Issue 12: Midnight Hour is now in Closed Beta. The duration of this beta is uknown, however, NCSoft say it will last for awhile.
Good morning everyone!
On Tuesday, April 8th we are starting the closed beta test of Issue 12: Midnight Hour. As we had announced previously the start of the closed beta would be a...
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This is pretty big news. NCSoft are introducing optional in-game ads for City of Heroes.
In-game advertising is something that we have carefully considered ever since the initial release of City of Heroes in 2004. From our perspective it always came down to a few fundamental questions: Will this technology make our game experience more...
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Heroes flock to online Mecca for Easter charity extravaganza!
Birmingham, 2nd April 2008 – Omega Sektor and NCsoft® Europe are pleased to announce the stunning success of the special Easter weekend gaming spectacular, CITY OF HEROES®: The Ultimate Heroic Weekend, which raised over £3,000 for charity.
The event, which ran from the 21st – 24th...
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Dr Brainstorm's Hypothetical Framework breakthrough explained plus complete list of Proliferated Powersets revealed; Agent Crimson's Longbow report on mysterious Crey lab explosion.
Monday 31st March/... Brighton, England – With anticipation for City of Heroes/Villains Issue 12: Midnight Hour gathering apace, NCsoft Europe can today reveal new...
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Wednesday 19th March/Brighton, UK… Level designer Melissa "War Witch" Bianco explains, in her exclusive Developer Diary, the improvements made to the City of Heroes Hollows Zone.
Hello there. I’m Melissa Bianco, Level Designer on the City of Heroes team, and some of you may know me as War Witch. Having worked on City of Heroes for over five years,...
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Matt Miller, Senior Lead Designer for City of Heroes at NCsoft NorCal], discusses what's happened since NCsoft fully acquired the franchise, and looks ahead to Issue 12: Midnight Hour and beyond.
It's been a very busy last four months or so for us since NCsoft acquired the City of Heroes franchise and we formed the NorCal studio in Mountain...
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The threat of the Rikti is returning to a City of Heroes server near you.
They will be back in force the following dates throughout the year:
March 7th through the 13th
April 25th through May 1st
June 13th through June 19th
August 1st through August 7th
Sept 26th through Oct 2nd
November 14th through November 20th
Prepare for a desperate...
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Every Hero Is Invited to the Centre's Biggest Ever Gaming Weekender!
Birmingham, 6 March 2008 – Today Omega Sektor and NCsoft® Europe announce a special Easter Weekend Gaming Spectacular that you won’t want to miss! CITY OF HEROES®: The Ultimate Heroic Weekend will run from 21st – 24th March and will include gaming, dancing, drinking and a chance...
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We have a long and interesting Q&A session with Programmer CW Bennett below. It mainly covers the new feature "Real Numbers". Grab something to drink and start reading!
Q: Can you tell us about yourself and what you on the COH dev team?
A: My name is CW and I'm a programmer on the City of Heroes/City of Villains development team. I've been...
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