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By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, HumorCity of Heroes has a feature missing in some other games: a space to write your character's biography, or 'bio' as it is often called (not to be confused with the other meaning of bio, which causes characters to go afk in the mi...

 CA - Mosiondz goes on to say that based on Cryptic's experience with their earlier superhero MMO (City of Heroes and City of Villains) they estimate that there ...

 - The company has brought a number of successful titles, some of which are Lineage®/Lineage II, City of Heroes/City of Villains, Guild Wars/Guild Wars ...

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By Adrian Bott City of Heroes has no open PvP as such. It all takes place either in the Arenas, through the Arena kiosks in Pocket D, via friendly 'instant' base raids, or (most commonly) in one of the four designated PvP zones. Each one of these has a different theme, and features a minigame whose rewards hav...

By Alexis Kassan A few of weeks ago, there was another double XP weekend in City of Heroes and City of Villains. In fact, not only was it double experience from each "arrest," but it also provided twice the Influence (or Infamy for you villainous folks out there) such that you got double of most everything you...

Double Rewards Weekend - coh.nofuture.org.uk

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By Krystalle Voecks Filed under: Super-hero, Screenshots, City of Heroes, City of Villains, One Shots One of the things we really enjoy in City of Villains is the ability to take on (and take down) some of the characters from the primary City of Heroes game. Wondering just what we mean by that? Read on for the sco...

By Adrian Bott The news broke last night on the City of Heroes forums that a company had been doing a survey for NCsoft which related to potential future content. The list of what was mentioned looks, as one player said, like a wish-list compiled of all the various CoX player requests over the years. For exam...

City of Heroes patch tweaks, refines, and fixes - Massively

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By Adrian Bott Now that City of Heroes/Villains players have automated Zone Alerts to tell them when a given zone event is going down, we thought it would be fun to hit the streets and document some of them for you. We got in a little over our heads at times, but everyone survived, just about.

 - Aug 8, 2008 If you want a chance to properly flex those superpowered muscles of yours in either City of Heroes or City of Villains, you might find it useful to find out ...

By Samuel Axon Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, News items NCsoft released a new patch for City of Heroes/City of Villains and published the update notes on its website yesterday. Like this post's title implies, most of the changes are tweaks, refinements, and fixes....

City of Heroes - 7/22/08 patch notes - Qj.net

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By Enrico S. Fixed rare crash when chatting in a Supergroup channel. CITY of HEROES. Powers. Blasters. Blasters / Psychic Blast / Psionic Dart - This power s long help should now accurately state that this power deals moderate damage. ...

By Enrico S. Fixed rare crash when chatting in a Supergroup channel. CITY of HEROES. Powers. Blasters. Blasters / Psychic Blast / Psionic Dart - This power s long help should now accurately state that this power deals moderate damage. ...

By Tim Y. Yup - we're reminding the residents of NCSoft's City of Heroes and City of Villains MMORPGs that their game's Matrix Machinima Contest is ending this August 10. For the guys tuning in just now, CoH's Machinima contest invites you to tap ...

By Adrian Bott The player base has welcomed the news. Previously, the only ways to get respecs were through veteran rewards, occasional unpredictable developer awards, trials, or crafting them through found Invention recipes. This is big news for those who like to test out alternative builds for a cha...

By Samuel Axon Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Business models, News itemsNCsoft announced yesterday that players of City of Heroes are now able to purchase respecs (opportunities to rollback character development decisions they've made in their characters' lifetime...

By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Events, in-gameYesterday, the City of Heroes test server was host to a terrible event. In one city zone after another, both in Paragon and the Rogue Isles, the dead rose to devour the living. The skies turned blood red, and hordes of...

Video Gamers Immortalized in Space by NCsoft press release), CA - More information about NCsoft can be found at www.PlayNC.com. NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, PlayNC, Lineage, City of Heroes, City of Villains, ...

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 CA - Jul 28, 2008 That developer is now revealed as Cryptic Studios, the successful force behind NCSoft's City of Heroes and City of Villains superhero MMOs and currently at ...

Cryptic announces Star Trek MMO - Globe and Mail

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 CA - Jul 28, 2008 But now Cryptic Studios, the developer of City of Heroes, City of Villains, and the upcoming Champions Online, has picked up the torch for Trekkers. ...

By Massively Staff Let's face it, getting time cards for your favorite game is a necessity. It's up there with the milk, bread, and eggs that you need for your daily survival. We have enough stories about MMO withdrawal to fill a shopping cart, so why not sell our addiction where we can easily grab it?

 MA - Cryptic Studios' most famous project prior to this was the pair of City of Heroes and City of Villains, so the team does have experience in the MMO space. ...

By Massively Staff Plenty of MMOs use instances. Although it's pretty fundamental to the genre that a massively multiplayer game will involve shared spaces and content, sometimes it makes sense for a game to create either separate versions of common spaces, or private sub-spaces where the environment is...

By Massively Staff Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, PatchesIGN have been talking to NCSoft at ComicCon, and have come away with a few pieces of intel about City of Heroes Issue 13. Most surprising is how it's described as the last free Issue for 2008. There's only been one issue so far t...

 CA - That meant that players who bought City of Heroes could create Villains of their own and those who bought City of Villains could do the same. ...

By Tim Y. It's the same step that NCSoft is about to take, as it merges the City of Heroes and City of Villains MMORPGs into one world Link: City of Heroes and City of Villains merged into one universe More spandex-clad adventures await as Sony ...

E3: Cities of Heroes & Villains to merge - Boomtown

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By Tim Y. It's the same step that NCSoft is about to take, as it merges the City of Heroes and City of Villains MMORPGs into one world Link: City of Heroes and City of Villains merged into one universe More spandex-clad adventures await as Sony ...

E3: Cities of Heroes & Villains to merge - Boomtown

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 - If there was any doubt, take a look at latest title from developers of well-known City of Heroes/City of Villains MMO series. For the past year Cryptic ...

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By Victor B. The Rogue Isles and Paragon City are finally going to get the chance to coexist. We've just learned that NCsoft has completed the merging of City of Heroes and City of Villains, creating one whole game from the two halves. ...

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By Victor B. The Rogue Isles and Paragon City are finally going to get the chance to coexist. We've just learned that NCsoft has completed the merging of City of Heroes and City of Villains, creating one whole game from the two halves. ...

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E3: Cities of Heroes & Villains to merge  Denmark - Jul 16, 2008 Big news from NCsoft concerning the popular MMORPGs City of Heroes and City of Villains. NCsoft has announced that the two cities are about to merge and ...

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By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, MMO industryNCsoft have finally taken the step of merging City of Heroes and City of Villains into one game universe. All current subscribers who only had access to either CoH or CoV will have access to all the features of both. All c...

 UK - NCsoft has now removed the barrier where players had to have a City of Villains serial code to make a villain, and vice versa. Additionally, Heroes now have ...

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City of Heroes şi City of Villains unite - ComputerGames.ro

CITY OF HEROES/VILLAINS MERGE - GameIndustry.com

Two games merged into one, giving all players access to both Paragon City and the Rogue Isles.

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 UK - Jul 16, 2008 Champions will be Take Two's first MMO. Cryptic is best known for its work on the City of Heroes and City of Villains online games, made for NCsoft. ...

By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Events, real-world, MMO industryIf there's one thing that characterizes the City of Heroes community, it's the willingness of the developers and community staff to interact with the players and fans. Following on from the suc...

By Matt Warner NCsoft is taking a whirlwind summer tour across the Globe. First stop is in San Diego, California at Comic-Con where games, geeks, and comics will collide on July 23-27. The NCsoft booth (#5920) will feature game stations set up for attendees to play CoX, Exteel, Tabula Rasa and other NCsof...

By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Classes, PatchesNobody likes nerfs. Well, that's not entirely true; if we're honest, there can sometimes be a touch of schadenfreude involved in watching the smug and overpowered get nerfed, just like with any other come-uppa...

 - Jul 10, 2008 Cryptic Studios is best known as the creative minds and muscle behind City of Heroes and City of Villains. Champions Online will be the first MMO, ...

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By Mike Fahey City of Heroes developer Cryptic Studios have found a publisher for their next superhero MMO, Champions Online - none other than 2K Games. The MMO, in development for the Xbox 360 and PC (though Microsoft hasn't approved the concept yet), will mark 2K's first entry into the MMO market.

By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of VillainsThe City of Heroes crew have finally announced the Veteran Rewards for players who've been subscribed for 51 and 54 months. Those who've been around for 51 months get the Tried and True badge, along with all the City of Villains pre-...

By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Classes, Lore, RumorsIt's a month and a half since City of Heroes Issue 12: Midnight Hour went live, and by now the developers will have been hard at work on Issue 13 for some time. While there has been little in the way of concrete inf...

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, 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...

City of Heroes is Going to Comic Con! - City of Heroes

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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...