City of Heroes

By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, ClassesBack Alley Brawler of City of Heroes has made a brief but encouraging comment on the official forums, hinting strongly at a new piece of Powerset Proliferation in Issue 13. Villains who had complained of not having access...

By Krystalle Voecks NCsoft wants to make it easier for their PlayNC shoppers looking to buy one or more of the following MMOGs in their stable: Tabula Rasa, CoX, Guild Wars, and other digital-boxed goods. They've gone so far they are now accepting PayPal as a payment option. Blizzard may have considered free-t...

 UK - NCsoft will have a booth (#642) where attendees can play Aion, as well as Exteel, Dungeon Runners, City of Heroes, Guild Wars and Richard Garriott’s Tabula ...

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By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Lore, RumorsThis month's desktop wallpaper for City of Heroes recalls Issue 3, A Council of War. This was one of the most content-packed issues, bringing (among other features) the Striga Isle zone, the Hess Task Force (still a f...

By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, PvP, PvEA new patch has gone to the City of Heroes test server today. Courtesy of the European CoX forums, we've been able to take a look at the patch notes a little in advance. It's another round of fixes and tweaks, and we're...

City of Heroes/ Villains gets nerfed behemoths in new patch - MMORPG blog

By Adrian Bott The first sign of the much-debated in game advertisements has now made it into City of Heroes. So far, there appears to be only one ad, a billboard-size poster advertising JETER CLUTCH sneakers. British players needn't worry about seeing this particular ad, as they won't be able to, whethe...

By Mike Fahey With Marvel Universe Online canned by Microsoft, the only hope comic book geeks like myself have to see their favorite men-in-tights in an MMO setting is Sony Online Entertainment's DC Universe Online for the PC and PS3. The latest issue of Edge magazine has the scoop on the heroes versus v...

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By Zubon I have yet to fiddle with The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ endgame PvE content. There seems to be a lot of it, and it is all group content. I hope the expansion does not consign it all to the dustbin, since I am not going to be able to get a raid together for something 10 levels below t...

By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Events, real-world, ComicsThe City of Heroes crew have fired up their travel powers to attend Comic Con, which runs from July 23rd to 27th in San Diego. The band of heroes in attendance includes Community Manager Alex 'Lighthous...

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By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Events, real-world, MMO industry, Champions OnlineJack 'Statesman Jackalope' Emmert is to be one of the Industry Guests of Honor at GenCon, to be held Aug. 14-17 in Indianapolis. Best known for his work on City of Heroes, in which...

By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of VillainsEnigmatic City of Heroes redname Ghost Falcon has drawn players' attention to an important point: the offer of two free character slots just for logging in won't last forever. When Issue 12: Midnight Hour went live, bringing with...

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 - The change I'm most excited about, though, is access to the 'real numbers' - City of Heroes started out as a very casual MMO - you didn't (and still don't) ...

By Luke Plunkett I say "probably" because, yes, this is from the same marketing leak we've been having so much fun with today. A new title listed on the site is called Powers & Titans, and is apparently for the PS3, 360 and PC. Described only as an "action game", you're a super hero able to choose your own pow...

By Shawn Schuster Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, Contests, Events, real-world, MMO industry, ComicsIn line with many amazing competitions from NCsoft Europe and their Draw the World Together children's charity, the most recent contest involves the UK's Daily Mirror. To celebrate the lates...

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Win a one-of-a-kind PC - hand painted by a top comic book artist - Mirror.co.uk

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By Christopher Grant Filed under: PC, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360The tireless crew at NeoGAF continue poring over the marketing survey tipped off to Xbox 360 Fanboy earlier today. One item that didn't quite make it all the way out into the open is "Powers & Titans" - from what we've been able to st...

By Kyle Horner You may or may not have heard, but we're coming to Planetside to kick some worldwide hide. At least that's the plan, but whatever happens -- win or lose -- I'm just excited to be a part of an epic, cataclysmic in-game event. It's the kind of thing I've always wanted to see more of but somehow I rare...

 UK - Cryptic was the original developer of superhero MMO City of Heroes, and is now working on the rival Champions Online. It is heavily rumoured to be the "Bay ...

By Zubon Zubon Issue 12 does what City of Heroes/Villains does well, and it does a lot of it. When I complain that there is not much there, it means that there is not much there for me, right now. If you are in the mood for the City of Heroes playstyle, this is possibly the [...]

 IN - Garriott, famous for the development of games such as Ultima, City of Heroes, and Tabula Rasa, is the vice chairman of Space Adventures and also the son of ...

 UK - Bursting onto the PC games scene, City of Heroes (www.discovercityofheroes.com) is the super powered MMO, set in an online world where thousands of players ...

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 UK - Even the four year-old Guild Wars and City of Heroes took considerably more, at KRW 9.481 billion (GBP 4702598) and KRW 5.416 billion (GBP 2685698), ...

 UK - Even Guild Wars and City of Heroes took in considerably more, with figures of £4702598 and £2685698 respectively. "The Lineage brand is certainly the ... Tabula Rasa is not in trouble, says NCsoft Eurogamer all 5 news articles

 - When compared to NCSoft's other games during that quarter, it comes closest to City of Heroes/City of Villains, which pulled in 5.4 billion Won. ...

By Zubon Zubon Something The Lord of the Rings Online™: Shadows of Angmar™ has that City of Heroes lacks is a sense of distance. There are a few huge zones in CoX, so you dread going all the way across Independence Port, Nerva, or a Shadow Shard zone, but for the most part movement is very fast. [...]

By Adrian Bott Bizarre as it may sound, that's the title by which the NCSoft developers have taken to calling City of Heroes Issue 13. Or so players learned while listening in to the Dyyno test over on mmorpg.com, in which lead developer Matt 'Positron' Miller took viewers on a tour of Cimerora and talked th...

By Mike Schramm Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-fi, Business models, Game mechanics, Free-to-play, Massively InterviewsTrion World Network is quite a company -- without releasing a single game, they've put together millions of dollars in venture capital and compiled a staff list that's got team member...

 - Cryptic, like SOE, has been responsible for a number of online role-playing games, including the superhero-themed City of Heroes and City of Villains. ...

 - By Andy Stott The Midnight Hour - the next chapter of NCsoft Europe's popular MMO franchise, City of Heroes & Villains - is now live on all servers. ...

Issue 12: Midnight Hour released for City of Heroes - The Gamers' Temple

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By Zubon Zubon Jeromai had a good comment that deserves a post in response. After listing all the stuff that City of Heroes has added in the past year, he asks: “Does ‘content’ just equal progress of story, or does it include all of the above?” I leaked terms. I started the post by discussing [...]

By Kyle Horner If you've got a deactivated City of Heroes account and that brand new Issue 12: Midnight Hour content is looking incredibly tempting, then fear not. NCsoft has given every City of Heroes account an automatic free weekend pass that started Thursday, May 22nd at 11am and will continue on unt...

 - May 22, 2008 NCsoft has just announced that Issue 12: Midnight Hour for City of Heroes and City of Villains has left the beta stage is now available for download. ... City of Heroes: Issue 12 Downloadable Comic Warcry.com City of Heroes: Matt Miller Interview Warcry.com all 6 news articles

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By Adrian Bott Midnight's Secrets' is available in high quality format on the Samuraiko Productions web site. The YouTube version follows after the break. Continue reading Samuraiko reveals CoX Issue 12 video Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

City of Heroes Issue 12 has launched  Denmark - NCsoft has released the 12th expansion (aka. issue) for their superhero/villain MMO City of Heroes. It's one of the largest expansions the game has received ...

City of Heroes Issue 12 review - rpg.boomtown.net

My return to City of Heroes - GAX

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City of Heroes & Villains Issue 12: Midnight Hour Released  UK - NCsoft today announced that Midnight Hour, the twelfth expansion to City of Heroes/City of Villains, has been released and is available for free for City of ...

Issue 12: Midnight Hour released for City of Heroes - The Gamers' Temple

NCsoft Covers New Ground in City of Heroes - Develop

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Issue 12: Midnight Hour launched, offering new characters, powersets and other distractions.

NCsoft Covers New Ground in City of Heroes - Business Wire (press release) - Business Wire

Issue 12: Midnight Hour launched, offering new characters, powersets and other distractions.

Issue 12: Midnight Hour released for City of Heroes - The Gamers' Temple

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City of Heroes: Issue 12 released  UK - The latest free content update to NCsoft's superhero MMO, City of Heroes/City of Villains, is now live on all servers. Issue 12: Midnight Hour presents a ...

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By Akela Talamasca Filed under: Super-hero, Galleries, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Culture, Events, real-world, Crafting, News itemsAs they've done previously, the NCsoft Europe team spent the past weekend at the Bristol, UK Comics Expo, where they once more teamed up with the Draw the World Toge...

City of Heroes Issue 12 Midnight Squad Trailer  UK - May 16, 2008 NCsoft today released a new trailer for Midnight Hour, showcasing the twelfth expansion to the City of Heroes/Villains universe. The stars of this issue are ...

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City of Heroes & Villains Issue 12: Midnight Hour Details Announced - Gamers Hell - Gamers Hell

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By Adrian Bott Filed under: Betas, Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, PvP, PvECity of Heroes Issue 12: Midnight Hour, now in Open Beta, brings with it a vast assortment of Quality of Life fixes and tweaks. Continue reading CoX Issue 12 starts work on improving PvP

G4 TV City Of Heroes Turns 4/Opens Story G4 TV, CA - The City of Heroes/City of Villains MMO family is celebrating their 4th year in business, and that's definitly something to be proud of. ... City of Heroes Celebrates 4 Year Anniversary IGN all 2 news articles

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Champions Online: New Interview Posted Warcry.com - In the interview we hear about issues with making an MMO for both the PC and Xbox360, as well as differences between Champions on City of Heroes. ... Champions Online Preview Warcry.com all 2 news articles

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City of Heroes: Happy 4 Year Anniversary and Major Feature News! Warcry.com - Today, April 28 4 years ago City of Heroes launched, and since then many features have been brought into the game. Lead Designer Matt "Positron" Miller ...

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City of Heroes summer trade shows schedule revealed  - The City of Heroes team recently announced that it will be going around North America to do its run of trade show events for the summer to help promote the ... City of Heroes Team Hittin' the Road Warcry.com all 2 news articles

City of Heroes Issue 12: Villain Epic Archetypes Trailer/Screens  UK - NCsoft today released a trailer and a new batch of screenshots from Midnight Hour, showcasing the twelfth expansion to the City of Heroes/Villains universe. ...

Issue 12: Midnight Hour released for City of Heroes - The Gamers' Temple

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By Maggie Greene BRIGHTON, England (10th April 2008) - NCsoft®, the world-leading, publisher of massively multiplayer online games such as Guild Wars®, Lineage® II and City of Heroes®, today announced that it was stepping up its fight against the growing menace of intellectual property theft. This ac...

The best MMO April Fools  UK - Apr 2, 2008 Superhero MMO City of Heroes emphasised its comic-book heritage with the announcement of visual sounds. "A lot of people are building their own computers ...

By Ryan C. Eagerly awaiting the upcoming update for NCsoft's City of Heroes MMORPG, Issue 12: Midnight Hour? Then here's something that should get you even more pumped - the details about how the game's User Interface and Costume Creator are ...

By Zubon Hey, this is about my character, why is it in the second person? Because you need to try this playstyle. If you want to see why City of Heroes is a different game from other MMOs, nothing will show you better than Kinetics. If you decide it is not your style, you will still want someone else on your...

By Ceasar S. No longer keeping within the safe zone of tried and tested IPs, 10 veteran developers of MMO titans like World of Warcraft, EVE Online, City of Heroes, Dark Age of Camelot, Lord of the Rings Online, EverQuest and Ultima Online have now come together to form a new MMO developer studio called...