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A ding world: Back to Hyboria

11 Oct 2008 11:31:35 PDT

When I originally started to play Age of Conan I never continued past the initial month. Not because the game was buggy (although it had its share of problems), but I did not really feel any urge to get in and play the game - too many frustrating bits and pieces, plus that I also had Issue 12 for Ci...

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Back to Hyboria

11 Oct 2008 11:21:40 PDT

Written by sente
When I originally started to play Age of Conan I never continued past the initial month. Not because the game was buggy (although it had its share of problems), but I did not really feel any urge to get in and play the game - too many frustrating bits and pieces, plus that I also had Issue 12 for Ci...

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Day Jobs!

10 Oct 2008 07:25:29 PDT

Day Jobs, a new feature for City of Heroes, rewards players even when they aren't playing the game. It's called offline character progression and while other games have done this before, City of Heroes takes it to a whole new level. Simply put, Day Jobs reward players with additional powers...

Original story at City Of Heroes .

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Re-learning to love City of Heroes

09 Oct 2008 13:24:19 PDT

Written by Rockjaw
While I worked for NCsoft I never stopped playing City of Heroes (Well - not altogether), but of course I was privy to a lot of behind the scenes information. Which meant often, very little came as a complete and total surprise. ...

Original story at To the Blogmobile! .

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City of Heroes:First Impressions

07 Oct 2008 09:00:41 PDT

Written by Shamus
The character creator in CoH is the antithesis of the one in Tabula Rasa. When it comes to concept, appearance, and gameplay, CoH offers so much variety and so many possibilities that at first I was paralyzed with choice. ...

Original story at shamusyoung.com .

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Floyd 'Castle' Grubb delivers the goods on CoX power changes

02 Oct 2008 17:00:00 PDT

Written by Adrian Bott
Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Game mechanics, Patches, PvEAs the wait intensifies for City of Heroes Issue 13: Power and Responsibility to go into closed Beta, powers guy Floyd 'Castle' Grubb has provided a breakdown of some of the main PvE powers changes. No...

Original story at Massively .

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City of Heroes news and blogs - October 12, 2008

12 Oct 2008 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit City of Heroes news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• West Karana: EQ2: Dear SOE. Can I sit down now? PLEASE? -- from VirginWorlds MMO News
• EQ2: Dear SOE. Can I sit down now? PLEASE? -- by Tipa from West Karana
• How Should Our Civilization Be Remembered? -- from MarketWatch
• Morality in Star Wars Games -- from online RPG game
• City of Heroes Issue 13 enters Closed Beta -- by Adrian Bott from Massively
• City of Heroes and the People Who Play It -- by Andrew Korzik from Game Design as Cultural Practice
• Top 10 mmorpg games (p2p) -- by LoveOtter from EVE Online Information Portal
• CoH Bruce Harlick Ask a Dev Response - Ten Ton Hammer -- by Medeor from Ten Ton Hammer Headlines
• CoX's Bruce Harlick talks mission building, moral choices -- by Adrian Bott from Massively
• Is WAR “meh”? -- by Excelsias from Looking For Grog!

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Massively talks with NCsoft about CoH changes, Austin studio shakeup

01 Oct 2008 15:00:00 PDT

Written by Michael Zenke
Filed under: At a glance, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Guild Wars, Tabula Rasa, Guild Wars 2, Massively metaMassively and NCsoft have had the chance to touch base several times in the last week or so, and we wanted to be sure to put it all together in one place. If you're a fan of NCsoft's ga...

Original story at Massively . Related stories include: Rikti Invasion Will Continue Until Oct. 2 [City of Heroes] - Allakhazam.com News (full)

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Opinion: Still more I13 stuff

26 Sep 2008 05:26:24 PDT

The Massively Interview with Posi: Brian Clayton and Matt Miller on Power and Responsibility in City of Heroes - Massively My thought? Meh. I mean, actually this is a plus and an encouragement to do arcs (vs police band missions), but anything that adds additional complexity to the marke...

Original story at hill-kleerup.org .

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Brian Clayton and Matt Miller: Page 3

25 Sep 2008 11:15:00 PDT

Written by Adrian Bott
Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, Massively Interviews Alternate Builds Brian Clayton: Like any good superhero story. Matt Miller: Like any good superhero story, or episode of LOST. Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Original story at Massively .

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City Of Heroes Mission Creator Somewhat Delayed [City Of Heroes]

24 Sep 2008 23:30:00 PDT

Written 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

Original story at Kotaku . Related stories include: City Of Heroes - Issue 13: So Big It Can't Be Contained In A Single Update! - Games to Play Online , Kill Ten Rats: Architect Mechanics - VirginWorlds MMO and ... hill-kleerup.org , Kill Ten Rats , Gaming Nexus

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The MMO Showdown: CoH, WoW, and EVE

21 Sep 2008 09:30:00 PDT

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...

Original story at Kotaku Australia .

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Will Cryptic make a good Star Trek MMO?

20 Sep 2008 16:44:03 PDT

Written by Relmstein(noreply@blogger.com)
Cryptic is a young studio having only released one MMO, but they seemed to have gained a lot of experience from it. Even though the game design for City of Heroes/Villains was grindy they did try out a lot of new ideas. Not all of them worked out they way they intended, but it doesn't mean they wer...

Original story at The Many Relms of Relmstein .

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The Week in Gay Geek: "City of Heroes" may get even gayer, Stephen Fry goes "Dork", and more!

04 Sep 2008 13:17:43 PDT

Written by LyleMasaki
Overall, the Mission Architect system certainly sounds promising since we'll be able to "weave characters and story throughout multiple missions in a single arc" which should allow for some pretty deep missions. However, one aspect that has my attention is how player-created mission...

Original story at AfterElton.com .

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NCSoft Seeds Retail Game Cards With Exclusive Goodies [City Of Heroes]

27 Jul 2008 23:30:00 PDT

Written 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.

Original story at Kotaku .

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For those of you interested

10 Jul 2008 17:26:38 PDT

No more heroes? Don't tell that to Cryptic Studios, the renowned massively multiplayer online game developer that created City of Heroes. Next up for Cryptic is Champions Online, a new superhero MMOG based on the classic pen-and-paper role-playing game from Hero Games. We stopped by Cry...

Original story at City Of Heroes .

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CoX Issue 13: All your base are belong to us?

05 Jun 2008 11:30:00 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Massively .

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Opinion: CoX In-game Ads: Content control

08 Apr 2008 12:30:00 PDT

Written by Jonathan Northwood
DJ Templar: Speaking of advertisers, you did mention that -- because City of Heroes/City of Villains carries a Teen Rating by the ESRB -- certain more mature advertisers such as tobacco companies and alcohol and that sort of thing wouldn't be included. Do you have -- I know this is early day...

Original story at Massively .

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Opinion: CoX In-game Ads: The bandwidth/revenue equation

08 Apr 2008 12:30:00 PDT

Written by Jonathan Northwood
Filed under: Podcasts, City of Heroes, City of Villains, InterviewsDJ Shecky: Do you guys have an idea yet of what sort of bandwidth consumption this is all going to wind up taking? Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Original story at Massively .

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Podcast: CoX In-game Ads: The wrapup

08 Apr 2008 12:30:00 PDT

Written by Jonathan Northwood
Filed under: Podcasts, City of Heroes, City of Villains, InterviewsDJ Shecky: I think this is a good spot for us to collect our thoughts, and go over and make sure that we've covered all these questions before we start to wrap things up. What about you guys?

Original story at Massively .

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City of Heroes Gets Optional In-Game Ads [City Of Heroes]

03 Apr 2008 08:40:00 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Cryptic Announces Champions Online [Game Announce]

20 Feb 2008 13:20:01 PST

Written 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...

Original story at Kotaku .

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Character Contemplations 3: Assimilation (Kinetics/Psychic Blast Defender)

02 Nov 2007 22:02:21 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Kill Ten Rats .

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Character Contemplations 2: Zubon (Empathy/Electricity Blast Defender)

23 Oct 2007 22:02:44 PDT

Written by Zubon
Empathy displays the best and the worst of City of Heroes Defenders. In some ways, it stands as a monument to cowardice, the old tank/healer/damage trinity that we see in most games. The developers left that in City of Villains, and you can see the tentatives steps away in other forms of Defen...

Original story at Kill Ten Rats .

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Time Travel Comes To Paragon City

03 Oct 2007 07:40:51 PDT

Written 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...

Original story at Kotaku .

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GDC 07: City of Heroes Issue 9

08 Mar 2007 12:20:55 PST

Written 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.

Original story at Kotaku .

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