City of Heroes

By ludwigk CoH already had the best features for allowing players of disparate levels to play together. I hope these features show up in other MMOs, particularly whatever ropes me in next. Mission editor sounds like a PL'ing dream, ...

By Mike Fahey Shield and Pain Domination powersets Merit Reward system Day Jobs (that include a suite of new costume pieces) Additional Cimerora and Midnight Squad mission arcs Leveling Pact Multi-Builds PvE & PvP Powers rebalancing Villain Patron Power Respec Supergroup Base Repricing

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By Maggie Greene Tis the season for non-MMO players dipping their toes in the vast MMO waters; the guys at Man vs. Horse have done a bang up look at City of Heroes, EVE Online, and the ubiquitous WoW. It's always looking at veteran gamers coming to a new genre, and the series is a quick, funny, engaging read. It's a...

By Brian Crecente NC West is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation, a world leading publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games including Lineage/Lineage II, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa®, and Aion®: The Tower of Eternity™. More...

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By Mike Fahey Remember that user-created-content for City of Heroes and City of Villains that I got so excited about back in April? The innovative feature that allows players to create and share their own in-game missions is officially on its way in Issue 13: Architect. Players will be able to pick the m...

By Mike Fahey Some of the top retailers in North America are participating in the new retail initiative that will include City of Heroes®, Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa® and Exteel™. Target, Best Buy and Rite Aid will be the first stores to offer the NCsoft Game Cards.

By Brian Crecente SAN FRANCISCO — Apr. 3, 2008— Leading independent game advertising provider Double Fusion has entered an agreement with NCsoft®, the leading developer and publisher of online computer games, to represent the successful comic-book inspired massively multiplayer online game, City o...

By Mike Fahey LOS GATOS, CA - February 20, 2008 - Cryptic Studios™, one of the leading independent developers of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs), announced today Champions Online™, their first ever self-developed and self-published MMORPG. Champions Online, based on t...

By Michael McWhertor The troubled development history of Star Trek Online may have gotten a shot in the arm, now that the MMO is rumored to be in development at Cryptic Studios. While rumored cancellation of Marvel Universe Online isn't exactly the best (still unconfirmed) news for the developer, having some...

By Brian Ashcraft Lineage, City of Heroes and Guild Wars publisher is staying hush hush about its upcoming project. Rumors started circulating last week when it was noticed that NCsoft Europe was hiring and had put a buncha concept art on its website. As MMO site Massively points out, the concept art has a mys...

By Brian Crecente If it turns out that they're exploring new ways to blend social networks and massively multiplayer online games, I'm so down with that. Seems like a potentially very cool idea and we all know that the world of MMOs could use a bit of a shake up.

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By Mike Fahey The new studio will be built around key members of the City of Heroes team from NCsoft and Cryptic Studios including the art, programming and design team leads. NCsoft will soon be announcing formal plans for the City of Heroes IP, which will include expansions and sequels to the popular co...

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By Mike Fahey Heroes and Villains also use the Ouroboros System to return to story arcs that they may have missed and replay hundreds of missions from earlier in the game. Players will even get to set mission parameters for these missions to earn special badges. Heroes and Villains will be auto-exemplar...

By Mike Fahey The only thing missing here is magical items. While tech-based characters are certainly suited for making gadgets, it would have been nifty for magic-based characters to be able to craft similar items, only with a more mystical theme.

By Mike Fahey Issue 9: "Breakthrough" City of Heroes/City of Villians 9th expansion Wednesday 24th January/...NCsoft Europe proudly brings you the the ninth free expansion to the City of Heroes® universe, introducing an entirely new level of depth and gameplay to the franchise.

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