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Year 2009

 

Rate Video: City of Villains Soundtrack - The GutterVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Jun 7

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By rss@youtube.com (tippo1449) Author: tippo1449 Keywords: City of villains heroes sound track soundtrack grandville The Gutter grand ville Added: June 7, 2009

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Original at YouTube external link    Mon, May 11

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By rss@youtube.com (DarknessRifter) Author: DarknessRifter Keywords: city of heroes city of villains villains robots mastermind tour gameplay attacker minions Added: May 11, 2009

Rate Video: City of Heroes - New Features Trailer

Original at iFilm external link    Fri, Apr 17

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All new features going into City of Heroes and City of Villains should keep players busy for months or even years to come! Runtime: 00 hrs 03 min ... www.spike.com

Rate Video: Last Lyte vs. WM Coh/CovVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at truveo.com external link    Wed, Apr 8

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Last Lyte vs. WM in Siren's Call. This is a City of Heroes/City of Villains video that I made a while ago. Please Enjoy!!! www.truveo.com

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Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Mar 1

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By rss@youtube.com (S67Snail) Bruce willis 6 slots his full auto Author: S67Snail Keywords: City of heroes villains full auto corruptor blaster assault rifle Added: March 1, 2009

Rate Video: Die a hero, live a villain

Original at MSN video external link    Wed, Feb 18

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Design your own hero and missions in "City of Heroes" and "City of Villains." Msnbc.com's Todd Kenreck speaks with NCSoft's Joe Morrissey about ... video.msn.com

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Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Feb 6

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By rss@youtube.com (Raura) Just an amusing little graphical error that I ran across. Screenshots really don't do it justice. Author: Raura Keywords: City of Heroes City of Villains Firefox Windows 7 Bugs Added: February 6, 2009

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Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Jan 31

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By rss@youtube.com (odojang) This 3rd City of Heroes/City of Villains movie is my first attempt at character portrait within that game setting (City of villains specifically for this one). it is also my first attempt with sound/music mixing and editing. Author: odojang Keywords: City of Heroes; Villains

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Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Jan 19

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By rss@youtube.com (andriusk1) City of Heroes/City of Villains new trailer Author: andriusk1 Keywords: City of Heroes/City Villains new trailer Added: January 19, 2009

Rate Video: City Of Villains Tutorial (In-Game)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Jan 16

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By rss@youtube.com (werewolf36) A well explained tutorial, with the basic stuff you need to know. City Of Villains/City Of Heroes is an incredibly huge and very good online MMORPG. Author: werewolf36 Keywords: City Of Villains Heroes CoH CoV Great MMO RPG MMORPG Online Game Games Gaming Super Villain Hero Heroe

Rate Video: Chris Lena presents Champions Online Part 1 of 1 TCS E3 071708 03Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Jan 3

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By rss@youtube.com (alfredgiovetti) Chris Lena discusses Champions Online developed by Cryptic Studios and Published by 2K Games. Chris Lena is a producer with Cryptic Studios who worked on City of Heroes and City of Villains. Champions Online is a massively multi-player online game (MMOPG) which involves thousands of peo...

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Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Dec 24

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By rss@youtube.com (mzst) More bizarre things are happing in City of Heroes and City of Villains. This phenomenon is called of City of BIZARRE. Author: mzst Keywords: City of heroes Bizarro villains bizarre Added: December 24, 2008

Rate Video: City of Villains - Moment of Silence; PvP TournamentVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Dec 20

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By rss@youtube.com (ClassyTheBrute) A few guys from MoS get together and have a tourney. I have no rights to City of Villains, Alexander the Great by Iron Maiden, or Fraps. Author: ClassyTheBrute Keywords: CoH CoV City of Villains Heroes Comics Tournament PVP MoS Added: December 20, 2008

Rate Video: City of Heroes / City of Villains: For saleVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Dec 9

By rss@youtube.com (tbg1980) I am selling my CoH/CoV account. Dont have time for this game any more so I hope someone else can enjoy it as much as I have. If you are interested please contact me Keywords: Coh Cov "for sale" "City of Heroes" "City of Villains" freedom mmorpg online game games gamer ncsoft "tabula rasa" "dung...

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Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Nov 8

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By rss@youtube.com (Xiakoda) My Fire/Rad Corr going against ARCH-A. City of Villains / Infinity 4 1/2 minutes Relentless Author: Xiakoda Keywords: City of Heroes Villains Noxy Arch-A CoX CoV CoH Fire/Rad Corruptor Added: November 8, 2008

Rate Video: City of bizarre - Halloween.Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Dailymotion external link    Thu, Nov 6

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During the Halloween strange things happen in City of Heroes and City of Villains. This phenomenon is called of City of ... www.dailymotion.com

Rate Video: Corrupter VS Ballista (EB)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Oct 28

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By rss@youtube.com (FlyingCarcass007) This video is of my corrupter battling Ballista 1, a Longbow elite boss, in the game City of Villains. Note: The movie plays at double the speed of normal gameplay. Author: FlyingCarcass007 Keywords: City of Villains Heroes CoV CoH Corrupter Elite Boss Added: October 28, 2008

Rate Video: Corrupter VS Spinnerette (Elite Boss)Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Oct 26

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By rss@youtube.com (FlyingCarcass007) This video is of my lv 21 radiation blast/kinetics corrupter, Baron Bad, battling Spinnerette, an EB hero in City of Villains. In this battle, I was forced to drastically change tactics midway through the fight. Keywords: City of Villains Heroes CoV CoH Elite Boss Corrupter

Rate Video: City of Villains 2008 Halloween Zombie InvasionVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Oct 24

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By rss@youtube.com (FlyingCarcass007) This video is of my lv 50 ss/ea brute fending off attacks by the mindless undead in City of Villains. Author: FlyingCarcass007 Keywords: City of Villains Heroes CoV CoH Brute Halloween Event Zombie Invasion Added: October 24, 2008

Rate Video: City of bizarreVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Oct 21

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By rss@youtube.com (mzst) Just bizarre things happening in COH and COV. Author: mzst Keywords: COV COH City of Villains Heroes bizarre Added: October 21, 2008

Rate Video: City of Heroes / City of Villains: Issue 13 - PowersetsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, Oct 16

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By rss@youtube.com (CastersRealm) New Powersets Video for City of Heroes Issue 13 Author: CastersRealm Keywords: City of Heroes Villains Issue 13 Power and Responsibility MMO ncsoft 13: Powerset Powersets Floyd Grubb Pain Domination shields Added: October 16, 2008

Rate Video: City of Villains PvP - PostmortalVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Wed, Oct 8

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By rss@youtube.com (graffx3x) Yes, this is a Rad/Cold Corruptor. No, I don't claim to be a skilled duelist, or a great PvPer. Enjoy. Author: graffx3x Keywords: City of Heroes Villains CoH CoV Radiation Cold Corruptor PvP Arena 1v1 VORI the Rogue Island Added: October 8, 2008

Rate Video: Dr, Blisspott vs Malta - CoV Mastermind gameplayVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Sep 21

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By rss@youtube.com (TheMightyCult) Because I just hit 50 with my main villan, I decided to make a video of him doing a newspaper mission. Nowt special, just steamrolling some Malta. Toon is Dr. Blisspott, bots/dark, Union server (EU). City of Villains / CoV. Keywords: City of heroes villains level 50 mastermind malta rogue isles...

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Original at YouTube external link    Sun, Aug 31

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By rss@youtube.com (dewheatley) A promo file for the Handprints Supergroup on City of Heroes and City of Villains MMORPG. Author: dewheatley Keywords: city of heroes villains handprints Added: August 31, 2008

Rate Video: CoX Base BugVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Aug 19

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By rss@youtube.com (ransim) A bug I encountered while using the City of Heroes/City of Villains base editor. Attempting to move the entrance room while your standing in it results in falling off the map and taking damage. Author: ransim Keywords: city of Added: August 19, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Aug 15

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By rss@youtube.com (joshdude101) One night in RV, quick and easy Author: joshdude101 Keywords: city of heroes villains wow dc universe warhammer game trailers pvp pwnage joshdude101 reborn epic VEAT Added: August 15, 2008

Rate Video: Gridlock - A City of Heroes Machinima Contest EntryVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Wed, Aug 13

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This is a contest entry for GameTrailers.com -The Matrix Machinima Contest: Get In Touch With Your Dark Side. Contestants are asked to use the online games City of Heroes & City of Villains to create a two to four minute piece of machine cinema, illustrating your dark side.

Rate Video: Rogues Gallery - City of Villains MachinimaVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Aug 12

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By rss@youtube.com (shadowolf2k) 5 powerful villains to The Revenant's rogues gallery turn to their most desperate measures yet, so much that they're latest crimes are now out of The Revenant's hands... Done by me and my awesome sister! Our first machinima, we submitted it to the City of Heroes/Villains Matrix Machinima co...

Rate Video: Hitting level 50 - City of VillainsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, Aug 11

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By rss@youtube.com (davcar94) My first 50 and I was on a Liberate TV mission. Author: davcar94 Keywords: 50 level lvl first liberate tv city of villains heroes COH COX COV Added: August 11, 2008

Rate Video: City of Villains tutorial part 2 of 3Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Aug 1

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By rss@youtube.com (bigdude1o1) Part 2 of my CoV tuorial Author: bigdude1o1 Keywords: City of Heroes CoH Villains CoV gears war xbox360 360 halo hot chicks naked ps3 cats knox spam funny smosh Added: August 1, 2008

Rate Video: Bean Salad vs +4 TsooVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Jul 26

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By rss@youtube.com (LiliaceaeCox) Bean Salad shows that the Tsoo are lame. Author: LiliaceaeCox Keywords: City of Villains Heroes CoV Dominator Added: July 26, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Jul 26

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By rss@youtube.com (LiliaceaeCox) Bean Salad level 36 Plant/Thorny Dominator solos a spawn of +4 CoT in an Ice Mistral SF set for four. Author: LiliaceaeCox Keywords: City of Villains Heroes CoV Dominator Added: July 26, 2008

Rate Video: Heroes VS VillainsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Jul 8

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By rss@youtube.com (jabbajaw94565) Cinematics from the games "City Of Heroes" & "City Of Villains". Only the cinematics from "Marvel Ultimate Alliance" are better then this here. Sit back & enjoy, true believers! Keywords: city of heroes villains marvel secret invasion skrulls nick fury oakland pyrate pirate pu...

Rate Video: City of Villains Ninja/Dark Mastermind PART 1Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Jun 27

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By rss@youtube.com (puddle01) Level 50 Ninja/Dark/Ghost Widow Mastermind whaling on Space Nazis in a mission set for 2 players. Author: puddle01 Keywords: COV COH City of Villains Heroes Mastermind Ninja Ninjas Added: June 27, 2008

Rate Video: Virtue 2v2 tournie, City of Villains PvPVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, May 30

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By rss@youtube.com (arudthestud) 3 Members of LoL Virtue PvP and one random in the Lethal Lottery tournament. Author: arudthestud Keywords: CoV CoH 2v2 Mind/Ice City of Heroes Villains PvP Added: May 30, 2008

Rate Video: City of VillainsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, May 26

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By rss@youtube.com (32media) A preview for the Marvel RPG's defenders team featuring the videos of city of heroes and villains Author: 32media Keywords: jeu vidéo Added: May 26, 2008

Rate Video: City of Villains - Issue 12 - Dual Blades - Talsorian BladesVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Mon, May 26

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By rss@youtube.com (Pureshadow) Just playing with Sony Vegas, first time using it. Author: Pureshadow Keywords: city of heroes villains dual blades issue 12 talsorian Added: May 26, 2008

Rate Video: City of Heroes - Costume Contest Union ServerVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sun, May 11

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By rss@youtube.com (CrimsonFletcherette) Short vid from a cossie contest on May 9 2008. Unfortunately I arrived late and did not have time to shoot more takes, and the contest was also disturbed by Ultimate Healer, a player previously banned for griefing. Seen in this short clip is the following heroes in alphabetical order: Antith...

Rate Video: How to create Skeletor in City of VillainsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Fri, Apr 18

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By rss@youtube.com (PlayerVersusPlayer) Watch in perfect clarity at: This video shows how you can make Skeletor in City of Villains. Something I found quite funny. I am sure there are many other famous villains/heroes you can create with their character creator as the options are virtually endless.

Rate Video: O Wretched Man - City of Heroes MachinimaVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Apr 8

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By rss@youtube.com (lycaeuswm) Music video, based on the in-game story arc "Oh, Wretched Man." Music: "Home" - Daughtry Made with: City of Heroes/City of Villains Author: lycaeuswm Keywords: Wretch Ghost Widow City Heroes Machinima Added: April 8, 2008

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Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Apr 1

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By rss@youtube.com (snobahr) For relaxing after saving the world... or taking it over. Created with Windows Movie Maker and Fraps, using one of my masterminds on City of Villains. Music by Ray Lynch. Keywords: cox coh cov city heroes villains mastermind minions mercenaries mercs ray lynch livejournal commercial

Rate Video: City of Villains, Marriage counseling 101!Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Sat, Feb 16

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By rss@youtube.com (the420winner) A husband and wife battling it out in an arena match. Winne Author: the420winner Keywords: City of Villains Heroes Arena match marriage counsel Added: February 16, 2008

Year 2007

 

Rate Video: City of Heroes and City of Villains News, Trailers, Screenshots, Previews, Reviews, Guides -- City Of Heroes VaultVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Tue, Dec 4

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Unknown length - 2007-12-05 though, I sure do agree with number one! Cyric @ : PST Friday, August, 2007 Topic of the

Rate Video: City of HeroesVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Sun, Aug 19

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4 min - Aug 19, 2007 All new features going into City of Heroes and City of Villains should keep players busy for months or even years to come!

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Original at Google Video external link    Mon, Jun 11

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3 min - 2007-06-12 Ever wanted to play as a hero and save the city? How about as a villain and terrorize the populace surrounded by minions? City of Villains allows you to do just that, and if you already have City of Heroes, you can play both sides of the coin for the same monthly fee.

Rate Video: City of Heroes - City of Villains - Waromatic Vs. Lord RecluseVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Mon, Apr 2

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3 min - 2007-04-02 Soloing Lord Recluse. I wonder who will win? City of Heroes City of Villains

Rate Video: City of Heroes - City of Villains - Corporation FarmVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Tue, Mar 27

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30 sec - 2007-03-27 Simple video of the Corporation farming for XP in the game City of Villains. City of Heroes

Year 2006

 

Rate Video: Queens of King's Episode 1: PilotVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Video external link    Mon, Dec 25

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By Crazy Raven Productions Queens of King's" is the story of a group of superheroic friends trying to deal with life in the King's Row district of Paragon City. It is based on and set in the videogames "City of Heroes" and "City of Villains" by NC Interactive and Cryptic Games. In this episode, we meet Ellen "Cosmic Rewri...

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Rate Brian Bendis Reflects on Failed Marvel Universe MMO - Game Rant

Original at gamerant.com external link    Wed, Dec 2

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Game Rant (blog) Brian Bendis Reflects on Failed Marvel Universe MMO Game Rant (blog) You may recall that Cryptic Studios, the studio that created the successful City of Heroes and City of Villains mmorpgs, was working alongside Microsoft and ... and more »

Rate Un break dal lavoro: giochi spaziali online, il divertimento dalle stelle

Original at KataWeb News external link    Fri, Nov 27

Star Trek Online, sviluppato da Cryptic Studios, il team che già vanta la realizzazione di City of Heroes , Champions Online e City of Villains fa i più ...

Rate Real World Heroes gives titles for charity in City of Heroes

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Nov 26

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By Eliot Lefebvre Running between November 30th and December 24th, players who include their character information when they donate will be eligible for a limited-time special gold title for their character, marking them as a generous soul. The event is not being officially sponsored by the company, bu...

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Rate 'Star Trek Online' gets free-to-play open beta trial period

Original at Independent external link    Fri, Nov 20

Due to Cryptic Studios' good pedigree with previous superhero-themed online multiplayer games City of Heroes, City of Villains, and Champions Online, ... and more »

Rate City of Heroes Missionsarchitekt-Wettbewerb gestartet

Original at OnlineWelten external link    Thu, Nov 12

NCsoft startete für die Spieler von City of Heroes und City of Villains einen neuen Wettbewerb, bei dem sich die Mission-Architekten austoben dürfen. ...

Rate Mission Architect contest launched in City of Heroes

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Nov 12

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By Eliot Lefebvre If you like creating content, the Mission Architect system in City of Heroes offers a lot of venues for your creativity, and it's certainly one of the most-touted features of the game. Now, you might be able to get more than just the joy of having other people play through your creation as a pr...

Rate Aion: The Tower of Eternity verso il milione di copie in occidente

Original at GameStar Online external link    Mon, Nov 9

City of Heroes, City of Villains e Guild Wars generano rispettivamente il 4 e il 3% del totale dei profitti della compagnia. and more »

Year 2009

 

Rate How much is riding on City of Heroes: Going Rogue?

Original at Massively external link    Mon, Nov 2

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By Eliot Lefebvre At the six-year mark, City of Heroes is still moving forward, with City of Heroes: Going Rogue targeted for release in the second quarter of 2010. It's certainly not the oldest game to receive an expansion, but Vicarious Existence has an interesting point to be made: exactly how much is rid...

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Original at Gameswelt external link    Wed, Oct 14

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NCsoft Europe hat heute die Veröffentlichung der neuen Gratis-Erweiterung für 'City of Villains' und 'City of Heroes' bekannt ... gameswelt.de

Rate City of Heroes brings heroic treats and villainous tricks

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Oct 13

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By Eliot Lefebvre Facing off against legions of werewolves and zombies is certainly not out of the ordinary for a character in City of Heroes... but facing off against hordes of them in alliance with Jack-O-Lanterns, Eidolons, and Shivans can only mean one thing. The annual Halloween event is kicking off once...

Rate Guest author missions launch in City of HeroesVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Oct 13

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By Seraphina Brennan If you spend some time in Architect Entertainment today, be sure to drop your opinions on the three new missions down below in our comment box. Inquiring minds want to know how the missions are!Guest author missions launch in City of Heroes originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 13 Oct 20...

Rate Double experience and account reactivation weekend coming to City of Heroes

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Sep 30

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By Colin Brennan Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, News items So, if you were a City of Heroes/Villains subscriber in the past, this weekend is your chance to re-download the game and check out the cool new additions like Architect and Power Spectrum. Customizable power...

Rate City of Heroes announces Guest Author Program for Mission Architect

Original at Massively external link    Sat, Sep 5

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By James Egan When the devs introduced the Mission Architect to City of Heroes, it was their first step towards embracing player-generated content and adding new dimensions to the game experience. They've announced that the next step with Mission Architect is to have a Guest Author Program where "co...

Rate City of Heroes Issue 16 now in open beta

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Aug 27

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By James Egan If you're interested in checking out the ways you'll be able to extend that signature City of Heroes depth of avatar customization to your powers as well, see NCsoft's instructions on how to get into The Training Room (the City of Heroes test server) and you'll be tweaking the look of your E...

Rate Eric Burns-White: Six thousand words on video games is one way to say "I missed you all," right?

Original at Websnark external link    Tue, Aug 18

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City of Heroes The future still looks bright for City of Heroes. Their second paid expansion (and the first since '05's City of Villains), City of Heroes: Going Rogue promises to resolve many of those issues. New gameplay systems (including the long long long overdue capacity for heroes to...

Rate NCsoft and Paragon Studios announce HeroCon 2009 for October

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Aug 12

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By Lesley Smith Paragon Studios and NCsoft today announced that HeroCon has been expanded to a two-day convention and will be taking place on 24th- 25th October. This year's event, which is taking place in San Jose, California, is the 2nd HeroCon and offers a chance for fans of City of Heroes to meet up and s...

Rate SDCC 09: City of Heroes devs on the future of player-created content

Original at Massively external link    Sun, Jul 26

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By James Egan We caught up with City of Heroes game designers Joe Morrissey and Matt "Positron" Miller who shared with us a bit about how things have changed in the game in recent months, and gave us some info about the content and features on the way in Issue 16: Power Spectrum.Gallery: SDCC09: City of Her...

Rate Loyola University professor drives City of Heroes/Villains players crazy, all for sociology

Original at Massively external link    Mon, Jul 6

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By Colin Brennan Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Culture, PvP, News items, Academic, Virtual worlds Thanks Petterm, Scopique!]Loyola University professor drives City of Heroes/Villains players crazy, all for sociology originally appeared on Massively on Tue, 07 Jul 20...

Rate Without_Mercy Part 2Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Google Videos external link    Fri, Jul 3

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City of Villains PvP Videos AI » Without_Mercy Part 2 search by tag: Tags: two cov mmo hero heroes city of. videosai.com

Rate MMORPG EtiquetteVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at howcast.com external link    Wed, Jul 1

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player of the MMO, Massive Multiplayer Online game, City of Heroes and the expansion, City of Villains since the original CoH came out in April of ... howcast.com

Rate The 5th Column returns as City of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary goes live

Original at Massively external link    Mon, Jun 29

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By James Egan Issue 15: Anniversary also marks the return of The 5th Column and The Reichsman, and thus new missions at levels 45-50 -- with Villain Strikeforce and Hero Taskforce arcs, depending upon which side of the law you're on. NCsoft has more info about Issue 15 on their Anniversary overview site...

Rate Issue 15 Unleashed!

Original at CoH Vault external link    Mon, Jun 29

Last Friday, NCsoft opened Issue 15 Anniversary into the City of Heroes / City of Villains game world.The update promises an update to the game's...

Rate Top 5 mmo's to be released later this year

Original at Examiner.com external link    Thu, Jun 11

Early demos of the game seem very promising but one of its drawbacks that could hinder the release is that it conjures images of City of Villains/Heroes 3. APB - David Jones, developer of Grand Theft Auto is coming out with his own GTA style MMO. ...

Rate Champions Online Development Diary

Original at Videogamer.com external link    Thu, Jun 11

 UK By VideoGamer.com Staff - 11/06/2009 - 9:23am GMT Champions Online, the superhero MMO due out this September, is being developed by Cryptic Studios, the team behind City of Heroes and City of Villains, and the upcoming Star Trek Online. ...

Rate City of Heroes dev blog talks character customization

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Jun 10

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By Dev Blogger is proud to host a new dev diary from the folks at Paragon Studios. This particular dev diary was written by Christopher Bruce, Senior Lead Animator/VFX Artist for City of Heroes, and it pertains to the character customization options that have been improved with Issue 15. Enjoy!

Rate City of Heroes Ausgabe 15: Noch mehr Individualität

Original at OnlineWelten external link    Tue, Jun 9

 Germany City of Heroes und City of Villains bieten bereits jetzt schon eine breite Palette an Möglichkeiten, um sich einen individuellen Charakter zu erschaffen. Es kommen aber noch mehr Optionen wie zwei brandneue Kostüme und über 20 neue Gesichtstexturen. ...

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Original at fliiby.com external link    Tue, Jun 9

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A community member writes quot I have been a player of the MMO Massive Multiplayer Online game City of Heroes and the expansion City of Villains ... fliiby.com

Rate City of Heroes History in the Making 5th Anniversary ...

Original at strimoo.com external link    Sat, Jun 6

And 32 racks in on the fifth anniversary of the MMORPG City of Heroes City of Villains To usher it in with grand style I polled the COH COV f ... www.strimoo.com

Rate Worlds.com v. NCsoft Lawsuit On Shaky Ground?

Original at Virtual Worlds external link    Tue, Jun 2

7181690, a patent it argued conveyed rights to the system architecture behind NCsoft's avatar-based MMORPGs including City of Heroes, City of Villains, ... and more »

Rate Are you good? Or are you eeeevil?

Original at MSNBC external link    Sun, May 31    2 related articles

“Fable II,” “Fallout 3,” “Mass Effect” and “City of Heroes/City of Villains” all ask players to make a choice: Walk the white path of the righteous or walk the black path of the damned. And some of them are exploring the murky grays in between. ...

Rate City of Heroes senior designer Bruce Harlick on return of The 5th Column

Original at Massively external link    Fri, May 29

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By James Egan Have a look at Bruce Harlick's developer diary on City of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary, for more about what he describes as "a story that's worthy of the return of one of the biggest threats to ever hit Paragon City and the Rogue Islands."Gallery: City of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary

Rate City of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary open beta begins

Original at Massively external link    Thu, May 28

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By James Egan NCsoft has announced that City of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary has entered open beta. They write, "We are pleased to announce that City of Heroes content Update Issue 15: Anniversary has gone straight into Open Beta phase. Now is your change to celebrate the return of The 5th Column by playi...

Rate How To: City of Villains: The Zig Theme 1Video included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Thu, May 28

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By rss@youtube.com (Darkborn) Author: Darkborn Keywords: City of Villains Heroes CoX Zig Prison Escape Tutorial Added: May 28, 2009

Rate The Daily Grind: How do you choose a side?

Original at Massively external link    Fri, May 15

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By Lesley Smith This morning I'm finally getting 'round to installing City of Heroes. But while the game downloads and patches, I've been reading the manuals and trying to figure out which side I want to join. Normally I follow my friends or take the moral high-ground by picking the 'good' side.

Rate City of Heroes Goes Rogue: New CoH Expansion Announced

Original at news.mmosite.com external link    Wed, May 13    3 related articles

By news@mmosite.com How does a hero fall into darkness? How can a villain be redeemed? There's only one way to find out... NCsoft today announced the development of City of Heroes Going Rogue, the first major expansion for the City of Heroes franchise since the launch of City of Villains in 2005.

Rate Champions Online - Preview

Original at Gameswelt external link    Tue, May 12    2 related articles

 Germany Immerhin haben die Jungs uns mit City of Heroes und dem Ableger City of Villains schon einen ähnlichen Titel beschert. Wie schlägt sich der Neuling im Vergleich zu den Vorgängern und was hat das Spiel Neues zu bieten? Wobei Neuling im Grund nicht das ...

Rate Eric Burns-White: It's my second post in two days. Ergo, it's about City of Heroes.

Original at Websnark external link    Tue, May 12

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On the other hand, an accidental leak (which actually seems accidental, this time) has revealed the first paid expansion since City of Villains is on the horizon. City of Heroes: Going Rogue is going to cost money, but will also include at least one and perhaps many new zones, plus a new "ali...

Rate Heroes and villains go rogue in new City of Heroes expansion

Original at Joystiq external link    Tue, May 12

 CA by David Hinkle { May 12th 2009 at 2:45PM } What is left for a company that has released City of Heroes and City of Villains, two MMO titles focused on both sides of the hero/villain spectrum? Why, it's City of Toeing the Line Between Good and Evil, ...

Rate City of Heroes - Going Ro...

Original at Atomicgamer external link    Tue, May 12    3 related articles

Paragon Studios released this short trailer for Going Rogue, the first major expansion for the City of Heroes franchise since the launch of City of Villains in 2005. As the name implies, Going Rogue will blur the line between heroes and villains in the ...

Rate NCsoft announces City of Heroes: Going Rogue expansion

Original at Massively external link    Tue, May 12

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By Shawn Schuster For the first time ever, Heroes can become Villains, and Villains can become Heroes. This is yet another groundbreaking game mechanic that the Paragon Studios folks have introduced in a recent whirlwind of exciting new features. Look out Champions Online and DC Universe Online; City of H...

Rate Paragon Details Exploits of Mission Architect in City of Heroes

Original at Softpedia external link    Fri, May 8

 Romania By Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor Paragon, the NCsoft-powered development team that is running City of Heroes/City of Villains at the moment, offered players a very interesting tool in Mission Architect, which basically allows anyone to create story ...

Rate Champions Online Press Weekend Impressions

Original at Escapist Magazine external link    Tue, May 5

 NC - John Funk If you're familiar with Cryptic's first two superhero mmos, City of Villains and City of Heroes - now in custody of ncsoft - you'll probably have an idea of how complex the character creation process can be. First, you need to choose an archetype - do ...

Rate City Of Heroes Five Year Anniversary Discussed

Original at Inside Mac Games external link    Thu, Apr 30

MM: We've released the Architect Edition, a new boxed version including both City of Heroes and City of Villains, and it's on the shelves right now. We're also doing a free re-activation period from Tuesday April 28th, through Sunday, May 3rd, ...

Rate Samuraiko releases City of Heroes: History in the Making video

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Apr 29

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By Lesley Smith It's a fascinating video which is superbly edited and features a catchy soundtrack. You also get to see twenty of the biggest in-game happenings which seems to revolve around the demise of numerous villains and a couple of heroes. This is one of those cases when a video says more than a thousa...

Rate City of Heroes 5 anniversary homage contest announced

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Apr 29

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By Lesley Smith One Free Year Subscription to City of Heroes One City of Heroes Wedding Pack One City of Heroes Super Booster I: Cyborg One City of Heroes Super Booster II: Magic One City of Heroes Hero Gear Kit One City of Heroes 5 Year Anniversary T-Shirt

Rate City of Heroes Reactivates Accounts for Anniversary

Original at Shacknews external link    Wed, Apr 29

To celebrate City of Heroes' fifth anniversary, NCSoft has reactivated all expired retail and trial City of Heroes and City of Villains accounts for free until 11:59pm EST Sunday. Retired heroes and villains have five days to uphold/crush justice in ...

Rate Massively Exclusive: An anniversary chat with Matt Miller

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Apr 28

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By Krystalle Voecks You've got five great years of City of Heroes under your belt. What's it been like watching your MMO grow and develop over that time? How about staying together through everything your team has been through, to finally becoming Paragon Studios?

Rate City of Heroes celebrates their 5th Anniversary with Issue 15

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Apr 28

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By Krystalle Voecks In addition to this, the Paragon Studios team is adding in a series of costume-changing emotes for players, supplementing the ones recently introduced in the Magic super booster. Also, for those of you who are as addicted to the character creation part of the game as we are, there are 20 new...

Rate The Daily Grind: Your favorite Heroic or Villainous memories?

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Apr 28

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By Krystalle Voecks Has it really been five years since we started patrolling the streets of Paragon City, searching for villains to defeat in City of Heroes? Our calendar says yes, even if those first memories seem like yesterday. In the last five years, we've seen lots and lots of missions, defeated tons of e...

Rate City of Heroes: Architect Edition giveaway

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Apr 28

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By Elizabeth Harper Everyone's favorite superhero MMO, City of Heroes, turns five years old today! And while NCsoft is holding their own celebrations, at Massively we're marking the occasion by giving away three copies of the game's new Architect Edition (worth approximately $20). So for those of you who'...

Rate City of Heroes spill the beans on their 5th birthday celebrations

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Apr 24

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By Lesley Smith Yes another one of NCSoft's MMOs is celebrating its birthday this week and this time it's City of Heroes. Celebrating its fifth birthday on April 28th and continuing through May, the devs have plenty planned in an attempt to reward existing players and tempt back lapsed heroes and villain...

Rate Atari and Cryptic Studios Announce Ship Date For Champions Online ...

Original at Gameinfowire.com external link    Fri, Apr 24    5 related articles

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From Cryptic Studios, the creators of the acclaimed City of Heroes and City of Villains, comes one of the most exciting new MMOs of 2009... Champions Online! Powered by the groundbreaking Cryptic Engine and based on the award winning Champions setting ...

Rate Une date de sortie pour Champions Online

Original at JeuxOnLine external link    Fri, Apr 24    5 related articles

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 France From Cryptic Studios, the creators of the acclaimed City of Heroes and City of Villains, comes one of the most exciting new MMOs of 2009... Champions Online! Powered by the groundbreaking Cryptic Engine and based on the award winning Champions setting ...

Rate NCsoft MMOs Come to Steam

Original at Softpedia external link    Thu, Apr 23

 Romania Probably the most attractive of the three videogames offered is City of Heroes, which has been expanded with City of Villains. The game allows players to create their own superhero, complete with powers, energy source, enemies and stated goals. ...

Rate NCSoft adds its titles to Steam

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Apr 22

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By Lesley Smith If you're one of those gamers who prefers the digital minimalist approach as opposed to having game boxes everywhere then you're in luck. MMO-giant NCSoft have announced they will be offering their titles -- including City of Heroes, Guild Wars, and Lineage -- via Steam. They're also plan...

Rate City Of Heroes Fans Create Thousands Of Missions

Original at Inside Mac Games external link    Tue, Apr 21

We did some data mining of our own," he adds, "and 3800 surpasses the amount of content that we, the developers, have made for all of City of Heroes and City of Villains combined. In just one day our users did more than we could in almost five years. ...

Rate City of Heroes profiteert van fantasie gebruikers

Original at Fragland external link    Mon, Apr 20

 Belgium Op één dag hebben de abonnees meer missies in elkaar gebokst voor City of Heroes en City of Villains dan zijn team kon op bijna vijf jaar. I feel like everything we have worked on has really been worth it when I see that within 60 minutes we had 360 ...

Rate ‘Champions' goes onlineVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at fr.truveo.com external link    Sat, Apr 18    5 related articles

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Champions Online" is the latest MMO from Cryptic Studios, creators of the "City of Heroes", and "City of Villains" games. Msnbc.com's Todd ... fr.truveo.com

Rate City Of Heroes: Issue 14 Architect Is A Success

Original at Cinema Blend external link    Fri, Apr 17

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User-created content isn't entirely new in MMO games, it's just not a wide-spread feature. Issue 14: Architect for City of Heroes/City of Villains offers gamers the ability to create Mission Arcs for other players, including quests and custom-designed ...

Rate Gimme My Tights!

Original at chuckinabox.com external link    Mon, Apr 13

Yes, I’m getting sucked back into CoX (no - you dirty minded sods, CoX is what we who play the game call City of Heroes and City of Villains ... chuckinabox.com

Rate A Mountain of Missions

Original at Massively external link    Mon, Apr 13

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By Tim Dale A four day weekend spent largely in the new City of Heroes Mission Architect suite has been something of a startling eye opener for me. Like a great many people, I was always of the opinion that when it comes to User Generated Content, there was basically nothing an MMO could do wrong; the more...

Rate Releases for April 12 - April 18

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sat, Apr 11

I mean, you can now pick up the original City of Heroes, City of Villains, and additional content that lets you make and personalize your own missions in this complete edition. It’s your world now, superhero wannabe, so defend it or conquer it. ...

Rate Paragon City streets unusually quiet as meta-humans flock to Architect Entertainment

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Apr 10

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By Tateru Nino So far, it seems, NCsoft's City of Heroes/Villains Issue 14 Mission Architect feature has been a cracking success. The zones containing Architect Enterprises have been stuffed to overflowing with users learning the system, creating missions and trying missions out.

Rate NCSOFT AND CITY OF HEROES GIVE POWER TO THE PLAYERS

Original at Australia.TO external link    Thu, Apr 9

 Australia NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, PlayNC, Lineage, Guild Wars, Aion, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Paragon City, Rogue Isles and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. ...

Rate City of Heroes shows off Issue 14 Architect in new video

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Apr 9

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By Krystalle Voecks Brian Clayton, general manager and Executive Producer for City of Heroes/Villains said "We are very excited for City of Heroes to be the first-ever MMO to offer this revolutionary new system to our players. Within two weeks of opening the beta version of Mission Architect to our communit...

Rate City of Heroes: Issue 14 Launches

Original at Lord of the Rings Online WarCry external link    Thu, Apr 9

City of Heroes and City of Villains players can now get their hands on Issue 14: Mission Architect which allows players to create and share custom content within the game. Find out more about this unique game aspect below: BRIGHTON, United Kingdom ...

Rate City of Heroes Issue 14: Architect is live

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Apr 8

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By James Egan Much of our recent coverage of City of Heroes has focused on the Mission Architect, and with good reason. Issue 14 brings player-created content into the superhero MMO, placing the tools the developers have used to create missions in the hands of the players. Essentially, players can crea...

Rate April Fools' 09: City of Heroes goes old school

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Apr 1

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By Shawn Schuster Have you ever felt that the character customization options in City of Heroes are just too much? Sometimes they can just be too overwhelming, right? I mean, who wants to sit there and make a character that looks different from everyone else? Seriously, that's such a burden. So NCsoft has so...

Rate Star Trek Online Developer Chat Transcripts

Original at vault.ign.com external link    Wed, Apr 1

I'm the executive producer on star trek online and I've been at Cryptic Studios for over 6 years now.. before we got City of Heroes out I was producer on that project, City of Villains, and now I am where I am, the EP on Star Trek Online. ...

Rate Aion Interview And Some New Supersized Concept Art

Original at news.mmosite.com external link    Fri, Mar 27

 Los Angeles This game has balanced player desires for PvE and PvP very well. Q: We've seen other MMOs "go vertical" in terms of zone layout - the "Recluse's Victory" area in another NCsoft title (City of Heroes / City of Villains) is a great example. ...

Rate Massively: The Daily Grind: Are you going to check out the I14 ...

Original at Zergwatch external link    Thu, Mar 19

 NJ The wait is over for many City of Heroes and City of Villains players - Issue 14: Architect is now out on the test server as an open beta, just ready for you to jump in and try your hand at creating missions and story arcs. ...

Rate The Daily Grind: Are you going to check out the I14 open beta?

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Mar 19

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By Krystalle Voecks The wait is over for many City of Heroes and City of Villains players - Issue 14: Architect is now out on the test server as an open beta, just ready for you to jump in and try your hand at creating missions and story arcs. In the mood to create a mission where players get to battle your very own evil...

Rate Marvel Comics to Bring Heroes to Computer Gamers

Original at ClickZ News external link    Wed, Mar 18

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MTV.com  NY City of Heroes" and later "City of Villains" were developed and released by ncsoft. Both were unlicensed, meaning neither were attached to a partner such as Marvel to offer a fan base, marketing, or other form of support. In the licensed playground ...

Rate City of Heroes Issue 14 open beta has begun

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Mar 18

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By James Egan City of Heroes has announced the open beta phase for Issue 14: Architect, which allows players to customize their own missions, at long last bringing player-created content to the superhero (and supervillain) MMO. The NCsoft announcement reads: "Now is your chance to play and give feed...

Rate Animation Director

Original at Gamasutra Jobs external link    Mon, Mar 16

 CA Founded in 1997, NCsoft is home to Lineage, the world’s most successful online role playing game and also to Lineage II, City of Heroes and City of Villains, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions™, Guild Wars Nightfall. In coming months, NCsoft is poised to ...

Rate Worlds.com To Extend Virtual World Lawsuit To Second Life, WoW

Original at Slashdot external link    Thu, Mar 12

Specifically, the suit claims that NCsoft has infringed on patent 7181690, "System and Method for Enabling Users to Interact in a Virtual Space" through its games, including City of Heroes, City of Villains, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, Guild Wars, ...

Rate How To: LacunaFurlong Cybering TutorialVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at YouTube external link    Tue, Mar 10

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By rss@youtube.com (hpstrolamus) Author: hpstrolamus Keywords: City of Heroes Lacuna LacunaFurlong CoH CoV Dominator Mind/Fire FotM Duel City of Villains Velocity ABH Blaster Fire/Eng PvP Test Server Arena Added: March 10, 2009

Rate A ding world: Unswerving player

Original at Zergwatch external link    Sat, Mar 7

 NJ In City of Villains/Heroes I have now received the Unswerving badge, which is the 33 month veteran reward marker. The veteran rewards at this point are two: I have not really done much respecs on the characters I pley regularly nowadays, ...

Rate City of Heroes Architect Allows Players to Create Story Arcs

Original at Softpedia external link    Mon, Mar 2

 Romania By Andrei Dumitrescu, Games Editor City of Heroes/City of Villains is at the moment the only super hero MMO on the market and it has carved a nice niche on the market. Now, the developers are trying to spice up the attractiveness of the MMO by allowing ...

Rate City of Heroes Mission Creator Explained

Original at Slashdot external link    Sat, Feb 28

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Kotaku is running an article with details on an update to City of Heroes which will allow players to create their own missions and publish them for others to play. Quoting: "The Mission Architect for City of Heroes and City of Villains actually appears ...

Rate The City Of Heroes Mission Architect Explained

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Feb 27

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By Mike Fahey As the Issue 14: Architect update for City of Heroes draws closer to release, NCsoft drops new information and screenshots explaining how players will go about adding their own original content to the game. City of Heroes Issue 14: Architect

Rate Full details on Mission Architect system for City of Heroes

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Feb 26

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By Kyle Horner Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, News items Today, NCsoft has lifted the veil on their Mission Architect system coming in the free Issue 14 update for City of Heroes -- which is currently looking at a March 2009 release.

Rate DC Universe Online Created Heroes Trailer And Screen-Caps

Original at Cinema Blend external link    Wed, Feb 25

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Players can actually create their own character, as it was outlined when the game was originally announced. Well, we have some new screen-captures and a new trailer up featuring custom characters. Unlike City of Heroes/City of Villains, ...

Rate Guild Wars 2 Delayed Until At Least 2010: Updated

Original at Escapist Magazine external link    Tue, Feb 17

 NC While City of Heroes and City of Villains are doing ok, the pricey-to-develop Tabula Rasa is all but dead. NCSoft's Profits were down 40% during 2008, to $20 million. Not a bad haul, but not a great one overall. Then again, maybe Guild Wars 2's new ...

Rate The mother of invention: Innovation in MMOs at NYCC - Part 2

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sun, Feb 15

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 - After all, Cryptic brought together MMOs and superheros for the first time with their 2004 release City of Heroes (and it's pseudo-sequel City of Villains. ...

Rate NCsoft Releases 2008 Fiscal Year Results

Original at Lord of the Rings Online WarCry external link    Sat, Feb 14    3 related articles

The percentage breakdown of sales by game title shows Lineage, Lineage II with 29% and 42%, respectively, followed by Aion with 10%, City of Heroes/City of Villains with 7% and Guild Wars with 5%. NCsoft expects to reach a 36% to 44% year to year ...

Rate NCSoft Fiscal Year 2008 Results

Original at GamersDailyNews external link    Sat, Feb 14    3 related articles

 TN The percentage breakdown of sales by game title shows Lineage, Lineage II with 29% and 42%, respectively, followed by Aion with 10%, City of Heroes/City of Villains with 7% and Guild Wars with 5%. NCsoft expects to reach a 36% to 44% year to year ...

Rate NCsoft full-year revs rise 5%

Original at GameSpot external link    Fri, Feb 13    3 related articles

 - Feb 13, 2009 The recently launched Aion amounted to 10 percent of that breakdown, followed by City of Heroes/City of Villains with 7 percent and Guild Wars with 5 ...

Rate NCsoft Announces 2008 Fiscal Year Results

Original at SYS-CON Media external link    Fri, Feb 13    3 related articles

 NJ The percentage breakdown of sales by game title shows Lineage, Lineage II with 29% and 42%, respectively, followed by Aion with 10%, City of Heroes/City of Villains with 7% and Guild Wars with 5%. NCsoft expects to reach a 36% to 44% year to year ... NCsoft full-year revs rise 5% GameSpot

Rate New York Comic Con gaming round-up

Original at Atomic external link    Sun, Feb 8

 Australia This new MMO is set to give City of Villains/Heroes a serious run for its caped money. The news from Comic Con is that the game is going to bring a lot of fresh ideas to the MMO genre. Probably the announcement that excited us most is that once players ...

Rate NYCC: Cryptic Studios Star Trek / Champions Online Panel

Original at comic Book Resources external link    Sun, Feb 8

 Ca - He then pulled things back a bit to talk about the history of Cryptic Studios. He talked about the success of both “City of Heroes” and “City of Villains” ...

Rate City of Heroes

Original at Macworld external link    Fri, Jan 30

 CA - The City of Heroes Mac edition not only comes with the original City of Heroes, but the devious sequel, City of Villains. Whether you choose to play as a ...

Rate City Of Heroes Mac Special Edition Trailer Available

Original at Inside Mac Games external link    Tue, Jan 27    1 related articles

 TN - The game allows Intel Mac owners to join in the action as a hero or villain. The Mac version features both City of Heroes and City of Villains as well an ...

Rate Twice the experience for Paragon's heroes this weekendVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Jan 23

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By Krystalle Voecks The good news is that if you're looking to escape all those worldly frustrations this weekend, City of Heroes has just the treat for you. All the Heroes and Villains of Paragon, recently having taken on Day Jobs of their own, are getting a break in the form of a weekend stuffed full of double ex...

Rate City of Heroes/City of Villains

Original at Ferrago external link    Wed, Jan 21

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Rate Is City of Heroes in-game advertising missing its mark?

Original at Massively external link    Mon, Jan 19

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By Shawn Schuster Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Business models, Culture, Economy, Events, in-game, MMO industry

Rate City Of Heroes/City Of Villains New PC/Mac Trailer

Original at Cinema Blend external link    Mon, Jan 19

 - Jan 19, 2009 The trailer is just a media spot to keep (or get) people interested in City of Heroes and City of Villains. NCSoft has been releasing several of these ...

Rate DC Universe Online Interview with Creative Director

Original at news.mmosite.com external link    Mon, Jan 19

 Los Angeles - MMOsite: Frankly speaking, this game reminds me of City of Heroes and City of Villains. What impacts have these past comic book games had on the development ...

Rate Video: Die a hero, live a villain

Original at vodpod.com external link    Sun, Jan 18    2 related articles

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Design your own hero and missions in "City of Heroes" and "City of Villains". Msnbc.com's Todd Kenreck speaks with NCSoft's Joe Morrissey about ... vodpod.com

Rate Crunch numbers like the bones of villains in City of Heroes

Original at Massively external link    Sat, Jan 17

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By Colin Brennan Back in Issue 12, City of Heroes added the ability to see the exact statistics of your heroes to the game -- a feature that had been shrouded in mystery since the game's inception. Until that fateful patch, no one knew exactly how the statistics system in CoH worked or how things were calculat...

Rate Third video out for City of Heroes and VillainsVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Jan 16

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By Krystalle Voecks Thanks to the team at NC NorCal, we have a bit of superhero and supervillain fun for your Friday. They're winding up their three-video set to celebrate the launching of the Mac client for City of Heroes and City of Villains with this video titled "I'm a Hero, I'm a Villain: Sidekick." This time...

Rate John Layman Talks "Champions Online"

Original at comic Book Resources external link    Thu, Jan 15

 Ca - I came to Cryptic after “City of Heroes” and “City of Villains” launched, and never had anything to do with those games. Cryptic was looking for an actual ...

Rate Video: Champions goes online

Original at vodpod.com external link    Wed, Jan 14    5 related articles

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Champions Online" is the latest MMO from Cryptic Studios, creators of the "City of Heroes", "City of Villains" games. Msnbc.com's Todd Kenreck ... vodpod.com

Rate NC NorCal brings on another Hero vs Villain video

Original at Massively external link    Mon, Jan 12

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By Krystalle Voecks To celebrate the Mac client going gold, NC NorCal has produced a trio of videos showing off City of Heroes in the style of the Mac commercials. Last week we got to meet their hero and their villain, who gave us a few giggles as they introduced themselves. This week, NC NorCal has expanded it just...

Rate Pair accused of assault over Wii Christmas gift

Original at MSNBC external link    Mon, Jan 12    5 related articles

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 - Champions Online" is the latest MMO from Cryptic Studios, creators of the "City of Heroes", "City of Villains" games. Msnbc.com's Todd Kenreck spoke to ...

Rate City Of Heroes Mac Special Edition Released For Intel Macs

Original at Inside Mac Games external link    Mon, Jan 12    1 related articles

 TN - The super hero themed massively multiplayer online game features both City of Heroes and City of Villains as well an exclusive Valkyrie costume set. ...

Rate NCsoft Sued for Infringing on ‘Virtual Space’ Patent

Original at GotGame external link    Fri, Jan 9

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 California - According to Virtual Worlds News, Worlds claims “NCsoft has infringed on patent 7181690… through its games, including City of Heroes, City of Villains, ...

Rate Hands on with the City of Heroes Mac Client

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Jan 8

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By Colin Brennan Filed under: Betas, Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Hands-on Recently NCsoft gave us the chance to get our hands on the beta version of the City of Heroes Mac client, letting us finally run around Paragon City and the Rogue Isles from the comfort of Mac OS X.

Rate City of Heroes Mac client goes gold

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Jan 8

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By Krystalle Voecks To celebrate this momentous occasion, those Very Silly People at NC NorCal have produced a very special video for the Mac fans in the house. Of course, anyone who owns a Mac (or a TV for that matter) has undoubtedly seen a similar video, but it took the City of Heroes & City of Villains deve...

Rate City of Heroes converted to Mac News

Original at Eurogamer external link    Thu, Jan 8

 UK - Jan 8, 2009 It includes all content for the City of Heroes and City of Villains released to date, 30 days of play time and some exclusive items. City of Heroes joins ...

Rate Slow night with City of Villains & Rock Band 2

Original at West Karana external link    Mon, Jan 5

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By Tipa Tonight, I went back and played some more City of Heroes. it has changed a LOT just in the past few months. It has Rest XP now, and day jobs, and one mission that just threw DO enhancements at me. I upgraded near every power. With all the new recipes I got, there’s going to be some evenings spent at the...

Rate All Your Worlds Are Belong to Us

Original at Mobility Site external link    Mon, Jan 5

 AL - and celebrities is suing NCsoft, maker of several big-time MMOs such as City of Heroes, City of Villains and Guild Wars for patent infringement, ...

Rate Patentstreit um virtuelle Welten

Original at Heise Online external link    Sat, Jan 3

 Germany - NCsoft soll dieses Patent unter anderem in seinen Spielen City of Heroes, City of Villains, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, Guild Wars und Lineage verletzen. ...

Rate Why you should be playing City of Heroes: Emotes

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Jan 2

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By Krystalle Voecks Filed under: Super-hero, Screenshots, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Opinion, Humor, Why You Should Be Playing Sure, almost all MMOGs have emotes. They've been there forever. But much like the incredibly involved character creator, City of Heroes boasts a wide range of very silly and...

Rate One Shots: Friends for the Holidays

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Dec 31

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By Krystalle Voecks Ah, the winter months, when folks love to gather together and hang out by the fireplace while the snow rages outside. Of course, if you're in a place where there is no such thing as snow during December like I am, you can enjoy it vicariously in games like City of Heroes and City of Villains! Thi...

Rate NCsoft Accused of Violating MMOG Patent

Original at PC Magazine external link    Wed, Dec 31

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In the Complaint Worlds.com claims NCsoft games such as City of Heroes, City of Villains, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage II, ... Accusations Follow NCsoft Overclockers Club NCsoft Hit with Patent Infringement Lawsuit Softpedia

Rate Worlds.com Files Potentially Massive MMO Patent Suit Against NCsoft

Original at 1UP.com external link    Tue, Dec 30

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Destructoid  NY - In the Complaint Worlds.com claims NCsoft games such as City of Heroes, City of Villains, Dungeon Runners, Exteel, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage II, ... Worlds.com Files Suit Against NCsoft Virtual Worlds News all 24 news articles

Rate Our Top 10 List - Sleeper Hits of 2009

Original at Planet Xbox 360 external link    Tue, Dec 23

 MI - Dec 23, 2008 Having a history developing MMOs in the past – City of Villains and City of Heroes – Cryptic Studios hopes to advance the MMO genre even further with their ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: City of Heroes wins Massively.com Award.

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Fri, Dec 19

It's nearing the end of the year and Massively.com has recently announced their "Best of 2008 Awards." NCsoft and the City of Heroes Development Team were pleased to hear that City of Heroes made it on the list as the "Most Improved Game of 2008." We appreciate the accolade and we're working ha...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: City of Heroes Holiday Promotion!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Fri, Dec 19

Introducing City of Heroes Holiday Special Offer* In the spirit of the holidays, we are offering additional months when you subscribe for a 6 or 12 month plan. These can be "stacked" one time on top of your current subscription plan. To take advantage of this offer log in to your PlayNC® Accou...

Rate Massively: City of Heroes saves the day on the Mac

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Thu, Dec 18

Filed under: Betas, Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, MMO industry, News items Mac users, have no fear! City of Heroes is here! Yes, the original superhero MMO is swooping down onto Apple computers everywhere as NCsoft releases the City of Heroes Mac open beta test, with a rel...

Rate City of Heroes saves the day on the Mac

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Dec 18

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By Colin Brennan Mac users, have no fear! City of Heroes is here! Yes, the original superhero MMO is swooping down onto Apple computers everywhere as NCsoft releases the City of Heroes Mac open beta test, with a release date set for January of 2009. Now Mac users can join in the fight for Paragon City or create...

Rate Global Online Game Awards Presented in Korea World of Warcraft is ...

Original at Softpedia external link    Wed, Dec 17

 Romania - Dec 17, 2008 City of Heroes/City of Villains from NCSoft, initially developed by Cryptic, received the award for the Adventure/Action genre, while FIFA 09 from EA Sports ...

Rate City of Heroes open beta released for Mac

Original at MacNN external link    Wed, Dec 17    2 related articles

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 CA - Dec 17, 2008 NCsoft has launched an open beta of its City of Heroes and City of Villains for the Mac. The game allows players to design and create either a superhero or ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Hit the Slopes this Holiday with City of Heroes!!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Wed, Dec 17

Heroes & Villains alike are hitting the slopes attempting to set new speed records on our enhanced ski slopes. Come out and join the festivities and be rewarded as well as gain opportunities to share with others in the holiday spirit. Find out more details about the winter event here! By...

Rate City Of Heroes 'Mac' Open Beta

Original at GayGamer.net external link    Wed, Dec 17

Bang! Pow! Kaboom! Mac MMO gamers rejoice, City of Heroes: Special Mac Edition is now in open beta. Go sign up for access now if you want to play a caped crusader or cranky criminal on your fancy new MacBook. The Special Mac Edition includes both City of Heroes and City of Villains, of course, an...

Rate Massively's best of - Most improved game of 2008

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Dec 16

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By Michael Zenke In short, it's been an awesome year for the Heroes and Villains of Paragon City, and with Issue 14 Architect planned for next year, it looks like 2009 is on track to rock, too. Hats off - and capes on - for the City of Heroes & City of Villains developers!%Gallery-9156%Continue reading Ma...

Rate NCsoft's MMORPG Holiday Plans

Original at Kotaku external link    Mon, Dec 15

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By Mike Fahey NCsoft rings in the holiday cheer as they announce the Christmas celebration plans for their MMORPGs City of Heroes, Guild Wars, and Lineage II, featuring everything from fuzzy earmuffs to grand theft Santa. City of Heroes Winter Event 2008 Guild Wars Wintersday 2008

Rate Massively: Eurogamer gets their hands on Issue 13 of City of Heroes

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Fri, Dec 12    3 related articles

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, Reviews, Hands-on Eurogamer recently went in-depth with the City of Heroes huge Issue 13 update, checking out the new day jobs, leveling pact, and dual-spec options. However, not everything was rainbows and sunshine...

Rate WarCry Network : Latest News: City of Heroes: Winter in Paragon City

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Thu, Dec 11

City of Heroes/City of Villains players have a host of new events in which to participate. Paragon City has gone frosty and there's lots to do and stuff to earn. See what's happening in the icy environs of Paragon City by clicking below.

Rate Massively: Winter arrives in City of Heroes on December 15th

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Thu, Dec 11

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Contests, Culture, Events, in-game Beginning on December 15th, 2008 and running until January 4th, 2009, City of Heroes and City of Villains will be celebrating their Winter Event as only your favorite superhero MMO could. All...

Rate Atari acquires City of Heroes/Villains dev

Original at Fragland.net external link    Tue, Dec 9

They've just announced they've acquired Cryptic Studios, the guys behind NCSoft's City of Heroes and City of Villains MMOs. "The acquisition of Cryptic ... Cryptic strategy for Atari Variety Infogrames Acquires MMOG Developer Cryptic Studios Digital Media Wire

Rate Champions Online Developer Cryptic Studios Acquired by Atari

Original at 1up.com external link    Tue, Dec 9

By Chris Pereira Consolidation in the videogame industry continues today. Atari has announced that it has fully acquired Cryptic Studios, the developer behind City of Heroes and City of Villains that is currently at work on superhero MMO Champions Online, Star Trek Online, and a third, unannounced gam...

Rate Atari acquires City of Heroes developer

Original at GameSpot external link    Tue, Dec 9

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Cryptic has previously developed City of Heroes and City of Villains for Korean publisher NCSoft, which have earned the company over $100 million in ... Atari acquires City of Heroes/Villains dev Fragland.net Cryptic strategy for Atari Variety Atari Gobbles Up Cryptic Escapist Magazine

Rate Atari Buys City of Heroes Developer Cryptic Studios

Original at Shacknews external link    Tue, Dec 9

MMORPG developer Cryptic Studios has been acquired by Atari, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting. Cryptic Studios, which developed City of Heroes and City of Villains for NCSoft, had been known to be developing Champions Online and Star Trek Online, but the company has an additional game in...

Rate Atari adquiere Cryptic Studios

Original at HardGame.net external link    Tue, Dec 9

3D Juegos  Spain - Dec 9, 2008 Cryptic Studios fueron los creadores de City of Heroes y City of Villains, uno de los MMO más populares de NCsoft, además de tener en producción 3 juegos ... Atari compra Cryptic Studios MeriStation Atari compra Cryptic Studios 3D Juegos

Rate Massively: The 26 Shields of City of Heroes

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Fri, Dec 5

Filed under: Super-hero, Galleries, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, News items When we logged into City of Heroes to check out the new Shield powerset released in yesterday's Issue 13 patch, the one thing that we were not expecting was to find 26 shield types to choose from. It to...

Rate NCsoft Launches City of Heroes Issue 13: Power and Responsibility

Original at IGN external link    Thu, Dec 4

 CA - Dec 4, 2008 Both products include the complete City of Heroes and City of Villains games, as well as a set of exclusive bonus items. Customers receive the first month ...

Rate City of Heroes Issue 13 goes live

Original at Eurogamer external link    Thu, Dec 4

 UK - Dec 4, 2008 It will include the complete City of Heroes and City of Villains games, all the free updates, some exclusive items and a subscription-free month of play. ...

Rate Massively: One Shots: Happy Prestige refund day!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Wed, Dec 3

Filed under: Super-hero, Screenshots, City of Heroes, One Shots With Issue 13 hitting the live City of Heroes and City of Villains servers yesterday, many of the players who are fond of base building were immensely happy to see a refund of Prestige; the "cash" that allows players to buy mo...

Rate 'City of Heroes' Rolls Out Issue 13: Power and Responsibility Update

Original at WorthPlaying.com external link    Wed, Dec 3    6 related articles

 CA - Dec 3, 2008 Both products include the complete City of Heroes and City of Villains games, as well as a set of exclusive bonus items. Customers receive the first month ...

Rate Loading... Playing MMOGs Offline - Ten Ton Hammer

Original at Ten Ton Hammer Headlines external link    Wed, Dec 3

By Ethec Loading... today highlights City of Heroes / City of Villains new Day Jobs system in Issue 13 and looks at the pros and cons of offline training and bonuses. We also have an exclusive Day Jobs video from NCSoft and a post-'Shadow Odyssey' interview with top EQ2 devs that you won't want to miss. All...

Rate Massively: City of Heroes Issue 13 goes live!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Wed, Dec 3

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches Months in the making, delayed when the Mission Architect was pushed to next year, finally finally, City of Heroes Issue 13 is live! Yesterday saw the servers go down for one of the largest content pushes ever by the NCsoft...

Rate City Of Heroes Launches Issue 13: Power And Responsibility

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Dec 3

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By Mike Fahey City of Heroes introduces new ways to build up your superhero persona as NCsoft launches their latest free update, Issue 13: Power and Responsibility. City of Heroes is rated "16+". For more information about City of Heroes go to http://eu.cityofheroes.com/.

Rate City of Heroes Issue 13 goes live!

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Dec 3

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By Michael Zenke Months in the making, delayed when the Mission Architect was pushed to next year, finally finally, City of Heroes Issue 13 is live! Yesterday saw the servers go down for one of the largest content pushes ever by the NCsoft development team. The patch notes are up on the official site, and the...

Rate Cryptic Studios "looking at" making games for PlayStation 3 - PS3 ...

Original at Qj.net external link    Wed, Nov 26

Cryptic Studios is behind the established MMOs, City of Heroes and City of Villains. What gamers expect to see on the PlayStation 3, however, are Star Trek Online and Champions Online, which are more likely to make the jump to consoles. ...

Rate Cryptic Studios "looking at" making games for PlayStation 3

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Wed, Nov 26

 - Nov 26, 2008 Cryptic Studios is behind the established MMOs, City of Heroes and City of Villains. What gamers expect to see on the PlayStation 3, however, are Star Trek ...

Rate Cryptic "looking at" PS3 development

Original at CVG Online external link    Wed, Nov 26

 - Nov 26, 2008 The independent developer behind City of Heroes and City of Villains recently put out an advert for a PS3 programmer, sparking reports it could take its ...

Rate Van Hemlock: The Armour of Frost...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Nov 24

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Round we go again, and this time, I'm back in City of Heroes. While I've been playing the game on and off for a good few months, a recent change in the wind has seen me move over the Forces of Justice, and City of Heroes proper, on the Union server and whole new gang of rather unconventional superh...

Rate Lighthouse Steps Down as CoX CM | Ten Ton Hammer

Original at Ten Ton Hammer Headlines external link    Sun, Nov 16

By Morvelaira Lighthouse, the Community Manager for City of Heroes and City of Villains for the last two years has stepped down to seek other opportunities outside of NCSoft. Time. What a funny thing. In retrospect it seems like it was only just ...

Rate Community manager for City of Heroes resigns

Original at Massively external link    Sat, Nov 15

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By Kyle Horner After making a statement about PvP changes in City of Heroes that didn't sit very well in the development team, community manager Lighthouse has decided to step down from his job and pursue other opportunities outside of NCsoft. Lighthouse had apologized for and retracted the statement...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Boomtown Interviews Positron About Issue 13 Features!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Thu, Nov 13

Boomtown one of Europe's premiere gaming news and gaming communities resource outlets recently caught up with Senior Lead Designer Matt "Positron" Miller. Catching the cape of this Hero is no small feat so Boomtown's interviewer Jakob Paulsen worked to unravel as many mysteries as pos...

Rate City of Heroes Issue 13: Power and Responsibility enters Open Beta

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Nov 7

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By Adrian Bott A couple of days ago, the latest free expansion for City of Heroes was opened up to public testing. Although the main feature that was originally planned, the Mission Architect, has been put back to issue 14, it's still quite a sizeable package. The main features of the new expansion are a Day...

Rate Opinion: City of Heroes / City of Villains: Letter from Positron: Issue 13 Enters Open Beta!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Thu, Nov 6

Good day everyone! As you can all see now, Issue 13: Power and Responsibility is now in Open Beta. This means that anyone and everyone who has an active City of Heroes account can try out the issue on the Training Room server. We're just a few short weeks away from releasing this to the Live serve...

Rate Opinion: Ten Arguments Against Evil

Original at Kill Ten Rats external link    Mon, Nov 3

By Zubon Zubon I always characterize City of Villains as what City of Heroes would have been with another year to work on it. But we aren’t playing it as much at City of Heroes, or at least we don’t seem to be. Why is that? There is less content. It is good content, but once [...]

Rate Massively.com giveaways: City of Heroes Ultimate Hero packs ...

Original at MMORPG external link    Mon, Nov 3    3 related articles

MMO players, you all know and love City of Heroes. NCsoft currently runs the only superhero MMO on the market, and over the years the developers of City of Heroes/City of Villains have taken this game to some pretty interesting places. ...

Rate Loading... Mac Daddy | Ten Ton Hammer

Original at Ten Ton Hammer Headlines external link    Mon, Nov 3

Loading... is all about gaming on a Mac today, as NCSoft just announced it would publish a Mac version of City of Heroes and City of Villains. Five new Ten Ton Hammer guides, exclusive interviews with Perfect World and Age of Conan devs ...

Rate Massively.com giveaways: City of Heroes Ultimate Hero packs

Original at Massively external link    Mon, Nov 3

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By Michael Zenke MMO players, you all know and love City of Heroes. NCsoft currently runs the only superhero MMO on the market, and over the years the developers of City of Heroes/City of Villains have taken this game to some pretty interesting places. To celebrate the game and its players we have five fantas...

Rate WarCry Network : Latest News: City of Heroes: Issue 13 Missions ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Sun, Nov 2

Senior game designer Bruce Harlick has penned a great new article about the development of missions in City of Heroes/City of Villains Issue 13. It's a fascinating look into the creative process behind the quests. ...

Rate WarCry Network : Latest News: City of Heroes Coming to Mac

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Sun, Nov 2    2 related articles

Mac users will delight in the news that City of Heroes/City of Villains is coming their way via NC Soft and its partnership with TransGaming. Read the official word by clicking "read more".

Rate Behind City of Heroes

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Oct 31

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By Maggie Greene Rock, Paper, Shotgun has published a developers diary from senior game designer Bruce Harlick, one of the minds behind NCSoft's City of Heroes; it's an interesting look at the development process for the forthcoming Issue 13 update. It's a bottom-up glimpse into what's gone into design...

Rate Splitting the Halloween fight

Original at A ding world external link    Fri, Oct 31

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By sente All in all it has been some fairly good gaming. Not that much in each game (except perhaps Guild Wars), but sizeable chunks of fun.        Lately the somewhat limited game time I have had has been split between all three MMOs I currently play - City of Villains/Heroes, Guild Wars and Age of Cona...

Rate A ding world: Splitting the Halloween fight

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Fri, Oct 31

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Since it is Halloween season most games has some Halloween events. In City of Villains/Heroes it is the usual trick and treat knock-on-door from last season, with all the disguises as various villains. The added part for this year was the Zombie invasion, which is pretty much like the RIkti...

Rate Daily Game Industry News - Daily MMO Game News -

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Fri, Oct 31

Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Champions Online , DC Universe Online City of Heroes kicked off the MMO superhero genre back in 2004. For several years it's led the field, due to being the only superhero ...

Rate Blog of Heroes: City of Macintoshes

Original at hill-kleerup.org external link    Thu, Oct 30

City of Heroes (CoH) is a MMORPG where you get to play a super-hero fighting crime and chaos in Paragon City. City of Villains (CoV) is the same thing, only playing bad guys. Together they are sometimes referred to as "CoX". Spiffy! ...

Rate Massively: Mega-makeover for City of Heroes site

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Thu, Oct 30

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains. Alex 'Lighthouse' Von Minden's cryptic hints of changes in the pipeline were unravelled yesterday when the brand new City of Heroes website was unveiled. ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Battle of Good vs. Evil Coming ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Thu, Oct 30    2 related articles

Today, October 30th, 2008, NCsoft announced a partnership with TransGaming, Inc. to bring the award-winning City of Heroes franchise to the Apple® Macintosh® computer platform for the company's western territories. ...

Rate City Of Heroes Goes Mac

Original at Kotaku external link    Thu, Oct 30

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By Mike Fahey NCsoft and TransGaming Announce City of Heroes for the Mac The City of Heroes Mac Special Edition digital product will be sold at the PlayNC store and at GameTree Online. City of Heroes is rated "T" for Teen. For more information about City of Heroes go to http://www.cityofheroes.com.

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Matt Miller talks with Gamezone ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Wed, Oct 29    3 related articles

In a recent article, City of Heroes Lead Designer Matt "Positron" Miller, along with Senior Designer Floyd Grubb, talk with Gamezone.com about features of the coming free expansion, Issue 13: Power and Responsibility. Here's an excerpt: ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Dev Diary: Issue 13's New Missions

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Wed, Oct 29

Gaming website Ten Ton Hammer.com presents an exclusive first look at a Development Diary from City of Heroes Senior Game Designer Bruce Harlick titled Designing the New Missions in Issue 13: Power and Responsibility. ...

Rate City of Heroes: New Site Merges Heroes and Villains

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Tue, Oct 28    3 related articles

By Anonymous NCsoft has launched a new and redesigned site for City of Heroes and City of Villains, bringing both sides of the game under one roof. Read More......(read more)

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Welcome to the Redesigned City ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27    3 related articles

We'd like to welcome you to the newly re-designed City of Heroes Website! The new website incorporates all the elements from the old CityofHeroes.com and CityofVillains.com under one roof! Be sure to visit the below new sections to read ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Next Free Expansion Announced ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27

NCsoft NorCal is pleased to announce the thirteenth free expansion to come to City of Heroes® since it's launch: Issue 13: Architect! Issue 13 introduces astounding new systems, content, challenges and features! To read the announcement ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Additional Hero-Con Event Details!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27    1 related articles

As we close in on this fall's gathering of super powered game players, Hero-Con '08, the City of Heroes Community Team has been busy revealing additional details about the action packed event. If you're not familiar with Hero-Con, ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Castle Comments on Issue 13 ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27    3 related articles

Once we have the final visual FX, we do another balance pass, and then send it off for testing. Click here to read the full article on Massively.com. To discuss this announcement on the Official City of Heroes Message Forums, ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Dev Diary: Designing Issue 13's ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27

Whatever you choose, Badges and Accolades await in addition to other bonuses! Click here to visit the Feature Update section and read the Dev Diary! To discuss this article, please join us on the Official City of Heroes Message Forums.

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Issue 13's New Powersets

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27    3 related articles

find out more information in our website Game Update section: Issue 13: Power and Responsibility. Click here to visit MMORPG.com and view the Video. To discuss this article, please join us on the Official City of Heroes Message Forums.

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: IGN Talks with Matt "Positron ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27

City of Heroes Development Team Lead Designer Matt "Positron" Miller talks with IGN.com about fully merging the two titles and the current status of the game. The article covers a lot of ground, starting with some game lore and then on ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Gaming Site Interviews Provide Additional Details

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27    3 related articles

Brian Clayton: No. However, unparalleled character customization is a hallmark of the City of Heroes franchise and after the great response we got from our community, we decided that it was worth the extra time to allow our players this level of character customization within the Missio...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Change your Calendar with the ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27

It's a new month and a good opportunity to change your desktop to the October City of Heroes 4 year anniversary Calendar! Click here to view the 4 year anniversary calendar wallpaper page. Choose the October calendar and save the image ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Castle Talks Powers on w00t ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27

It's a 41 minute podcast, but if you are interested in these changes, it's well worth the listen! Click here to visit w00t studios and listen to the podcast! To discuss this podcast on the Official City of Heroes Message forums, ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: The Rikti Invasion Force Returns!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27

Brace yourselves as the full fury of the Rikti Invasion Force is set to descend upon Paragon City™ and the Rogue Isles™ starting on Friday, September 26th and continuing through Thursday, October 2nd. For details or to discuss this ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: PvE Power Changes, by Senior ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27

A big part of the game is the balance of all the Archetypes, their respective power sets and how they compare. Maintaining a level of equity between everything is a continual goal. In this article, NCsoft NorCal Senior Designer Floyd ...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Ask a Dev! Read The Latest From The CoH Dev Team!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27

The latest installment of the "Ask a Dev" article series is now available! In September we introduced Senior Designer Bruce Harlick and collected questions from the game's community for him. In today's installment, Bruce serves up answers and insight as he responds to those questions. A...

Rate City of Heroes / City of Villains: Issue 13: So big it can't be contained in a single update!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 27

The Leveling Pact: A new innovation to MMOs, this groundbreaking system allows you and a buddy to create new characters and have your XP be permanently in sync, whether both characters are online or not. You will always be the same level, even if your buddy plays ten times more often than you...

Rate WarCry Network : Latest News: City of Heroes Rogue Island Race

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Thu, Oct 23

City of Heroes/City of Villains players needing more to do on Halloween may be interested in the Rogue Island Death Race for low-level villains. The race is slated for Friday, October 31st. Grab the details by clicking below.

Rate Video Game News - Matt Miller chats about Issue 13 for City of Heroes

Original at GameZone external link    Thu, Oct 23

City of Heroes and City of Villains (otherwise known as CoX) is one of those massively multiplayer online gaming experiences that need to be experienced. With a couple of upcoming superhero-based MMOs looming around the corner, ...

Rate City of Heroes Battles Zombie Invasion This Halloween

Original at 1UP.com external link    Wed, Oct 22

 NY - Oct 22, 2008 By Shawn Sines, 10/22/2008 City of Heroes and City of Villains. Having beaten off waves of werewolves, vampires, and other horrendous hordes of supernatural ...

Rate WarCry Network : Latest News: City of Heroes: Pain Domination ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Wed, Oct 22

Lots of great new things are in the works for City of Heroes/City of Villains players. Issue 13 is packed with new features including a new power set, Pain Domination, and the inclusion of shields. We've got a boatload of screenshots ...

Rate Artist David Nakayama Joins CoX Team - Ten Ton Hammer

Original at Ten Ton Hammer Headlines external link    Wed, Oct 22    3 related articles

By Morvelaira While we don't know what David is working on, my bet is there's something special going on behind the scenes at NCSoft. There's now three concept artists working on City of Heroes/City of Villains, where a year ago there were none. ...

Rate Artist David Nakayama joins City of Heroes team

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Wed, Oct 22    3 related articles

By Anonymous Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , MMO industry Comics artist David Nakayama, who has done an immense amount of work for Draw the World Together, has joined the NCsoft NorCal team as a concept artist for City ...

Rate Halloween for Heroes! (or Villains)

Original at CoH Vault external link    Tue, Oct 21

From Zombies to Temporary Outfits to Old Bosses Returning, City of Heroes is looking to make a Halloween Event to remember.Check out their official...

Rate Zombies run amok in City of Heroes

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Sun, Oct 19

By Anonymous Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Events, in-game Halloween has come early to City of Heroes. Among the now-traditional trick or treating, collecting temporary costume powers and hunting down roaming giant ...

Rate City of Heroes - Community Site: Halloween Event On Now!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Sat, Oct 18    1 related articles

2008 Halloween Event Has Begun! As a special thank you to all City of Heroes and City of Villains players we've begun this year's Halloween Event early! We've had such a great weekend at Hero-Con with the players that came...

Rate Video showcases new CoX powersets for Issue 13

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Wed, Oct 15    4 related articles

By Anonymous Filed under: Super-hero , Video , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Classes The two new powersets in City of Heroes Issue 13: Power and Responsibility are Pain Domination and Shield Defense. Pain Domination finally gives Villains a ...

Rate Massively: City of Heroes PvP changes explained at length

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Tue, Oct 14    4 related articles

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, PvP Floyd 'Castle' Grubb clearly does not know the meaning of fear. He's now unveiled a detailed breakdown of the foreshadowed changes to powers in City of Heroes PvP, and they're so radical it will probably be like playi...

Rate City of Heroes PvP changes explained at length

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Tue, Oct 14    4 related articles

By Anonymous Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Patches , PvP Floyd 'Castle' Grubb clearly does not know the meaning of fear. He's now unveiled a detailed breakdown of the foreshadowed changes to powers in City of Heroes ...

Rate A ding world: Back to nature, one strike at a time

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 13

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When playing various characters in MMORPGs I often prefer those whose abilites make them a bit fuzzy in terms of role. This is one reason I prefer City of Villains to City of Heroes; the archetypes do not quite fit in traditional roles to the extent that they might do on hero side.

Rate Lord British is in Space Right Now

Original at g4tv.com external link    Mon, Oct 13

 CA - Richard Garriott is the games developer who most notably brought us the Ultima series, but also Tabula Rasa, City of Heroes, and City of Villains. ...

Rate Massively: Rewards for CoX PvP definitely planned, says Castle

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Oct 13

Filed under: Betas, Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, PvP It's been a strange week for City of Heroes news. The lid of the Issue 13: Power and Responsibility Closed Beta pressure cooker remains firmly on, with nothing escaping, and yet the developers have been slight...

Rate Rewards for CoX PvP definitely planned, says Castle

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Mon, Oct 13

By Anonymous Filed under: Betas , Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Patches , PvP It's been a strange week for City of Heroes news. The lid of the Issue 13: Power and Responsibility Closed Beta pressure cooker remains firmly on, ...

Rate Massively: CoX Lead Dev to rattle the d20s for charity

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Sun, Oct 12

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Events, real-world, MMO industry Most City of Heroes players know that many of their Devs love good old fashioned pen-and-paper RPGs. They've chimed in on mechanics discussions and discussed the games they run. Now, as part of He...

Rate CoX Lead Dev to rattle the d20s for charity

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Sun, Oct 12

By Anonymous Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Events, real-world , MMO industry Most City of Heroes players know that many of their Devs love good old fashioned pen-and-paper RPGs. They've chimed in on mechanics ...

Rate City of Heroes 'day jobs' dev diary

Original at Boomtown external link    Thu, Oct 9    1 related articles

City of Heroes 'day jobs' dev diary  Danmark - Oct 9, 2008 NCsoft har sendt os en udvikler dagbog, som kommer ind på en af de nye features i den kommende gratis udvidelse til City of Heroes/City of Villains. ...

Rate City of Heroes Issue 13 enters Closed Beta

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Thu, Oct 9

By Anonymous Filed under: Betas , Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Classes , Patches City of Heroes Issue 13: Power and Responsibility has now been patched to the Test Server, where a small but dedicated group of people will be ...

Rate City of Heroes Challenges Players to Create Their Own Hero Costume

Original at 1UP.com external link    Fri, Oct 3    1 related articles

 NY - Oct 3, 2008 Entries will be judged primarily on the innovative use of the Costume Creators for City of Heroes and City of Villains. The other criteria judges will be ...

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

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Thu, Oct 2    4 related articles

By Anonymous Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Game mechanics , Patches , PvE As the wait intensifies for City of Heroes Issue 13: Power and Responsibility to go into closed Beta, powers guy Floyd 'Castle' Grubb has ...

Rate Massively talks with NCsoft about CoH changes, Austin studio shakeup

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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...

Rate Massively: Massively talks with NCsoft about CoH changes, Austin studio shakeup

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Wed, Oct 1

Filed under: At a glance, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Guild Wars, Tabula Rasa, Guild Wars 2, Massively meta Massively 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...

Rate City of Heroes Good Versus Evil Giveaway - Ten Ton Hammer

Original at Ten Ton Hammer Headlines external link    Tue, Sep 30

By Ralsu City of Heroes was such a resounding success when it launched in 2004 because the title was a unique massively-multiplayer online game that enabled players to experience life as a superhero--complete with super powers. Thirteen months later, City of Villains allowed gamers to explore...

Rate Massively: Villain Patron Powers to get overhaul in CoX Issue 13

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Sep 29    1 related articles

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, PvP When the announcement broke that the Mission Architect feature for City of Heroes was being moved to Issue 14, some additional features were listed for Issue 13, including revamps to some of the powers. We got to quiz...

Rate City of Heroes Issue 13 zu umfangreich - Aufteilung der Features ...

Original at OnlineWelten external link    Mon, Sep 29

 Germany - Als vor zwei Wochen die Neuerungen zu den Titeln City of Heroes und City of Villains, welche mit Issue 13: Architekt eingeführt werden sollen, ...

Rate City of Heroes/City of Villains

Original at GamesIndustry.biz external link    Mon, Sep 29

 UK - NCsoft Europe today announces that City of Heroes - Issue 13: Architect is too big to be a single issue, and will now be two issues. ...

Rate Villain Patron Powers to get overhaul in CoX Issue 13

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Mon, Sep 29    1 related articles

By Anonymous Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Patches , PvP When the announcement broke that the Mission Architect feature for City of Heroes was being moved to Issue 14, some additional features were listed for Issue 13 ...

Rate City of Heroes Architect Mission Creator Delayed as NCsoft Adds ...

Original at GamingNexus external link    Thu, Sep 25

After an overwhelming amount of feed back from the City of Heroes/City of Villains community, NCsoft has delayed releasing the new Architect Mission Creator with the Chapter 13 update. Lead Designer Matt “Positron” Miller promises ...

Rate Super Boosters and beyond in City of Heroes

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Sep 25    3 related articles

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By Adrian Bott recently had the chance to talk with City of Heroes executive producer Brian Clayton and Lead Designer Matt Miller about a multitude of CoX topics. One of the points we covered was the downloadable optional content, such as the recent Cyborg Pack.

Rate Massively: A new era for PvP in City of Heroes

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Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Events, in-game, Patches, PvP, Massively Interviews Massively recently had the chance to talk with City of Heroes executive producer Brian Clayton and Lead Designer Matt Miller about a multitude of CoX topics. It was clear to u...

Rate Massively: City of Heroes Mission Architect moving to next year!

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Thu, Sep 25

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Events, in-game, Patches. They didn't know it when they woke up this morning, but City of Heroes fans are about to have a really great day. That headline might make you think ...

Rate Massively: Brian Clayton and Matt Miller on Power and ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Thu, Sep 25    6 related articles

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, Massively Interviews. Right now the news is breaking about a major change to the City of Heroes issue release schedule. The Mission Architect feature is being moved to ...

Rate City of Heroes Upcoming Mission Architect Pushed Back to Issue 14 at Ten Ton Hammer

Original at Ten Ton Hammer Headlines external link    Thu, Sep 25

By Cody Bye Extra! Extra! Read all about it! According to an official announcement from the City of Heroes / City of Villains development team, the highly publicized Mission Architect feature that allowed players to create their own custom mission won't be making it into Issue 13 of the CoX franchi...

Rate A new era for PvP in City of Heroes

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By Anonymous Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Events, in-game , Patches , PvP , Massively Interviews Massively recently had the chance to talk with City of Heroes executive producer Brian Clayton and Lead Designer Matt ...

Rate Brian Clayton and Matt Miller on Power and Responsibility in City ...

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Thu, Sep 25    6 related articles

By Anonymous Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Patches , Massively Interviews Right now the news is breaking about a major change to the City of Heroes issue release schedule. The Mission Architect feature is being moved ...

Rate City of Heroes Mission Architect moving to next year!

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Thu, Sep 25

By Anonymous Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains , Events, in-game , Patches They didn't know it when they woke up this morning, but City of Heroes fans are about to have a really great day. That headline might make you think ...

Rate Stephen Hawking Sending DNA Into Space To Promote The Archon X ... - Medical News Today

Original at Medical News Today external link    Wed, Sep 24    6 related articles

Stephen Hawking Sending DNA Into Space To Promote The Archon X ... press release), UK - NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, PlayNC, Lineage, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, Guild Wars Nightfall, Guild Wars: Eye ...

Rate Stephen Hawking Sending DNA into Space to Promote the Archon X ... - Space Ref

Original at Space Ref external link    Tue, Sep 23    6 related articles

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press release) Stephen Hawking Sending DNA into Space to Promote the Archon X ... press release) - Sep 23, 2008 More information about NCsoft can be found at www.PlayNC.com. NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, PlayNC, Lineage, City of Heroes, City of Villains, ...

Rate Stephen Hawking Sending DNA into Space to Promote the Archon X ... - Business Wire

Original at businesswire.com external link    Tue, Sep 23    6 related articles

Stephen Hawking Sending DNA into Space to Promote the Archon X ... Business Wire (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, ...

Rate Massively: The Daily Grind: Do you use builds?

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Sep 22

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, The Daily Grind. This blogger was intrigued, on looking through a copy of the Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition Player's Handbook, to see that each character class had two ...

Rate Massively: The Daily Grind: How important is goal-oriented PvP?

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Sat, Sep 20

Filed under: Age of Conan, City of Heroes, City of Villains, EVE Online, PvP, The Daily Grind At its most basic, PvP in an MMO is just the ability - under set conditions - to punch your fellow players in the face. In a game world where open competition is the rule, PvP doesn't necessarily have to...

Rate Massively: The five most annoying griefs in CoX, and how they were quashed

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Fri, Sep 19    4 related articles

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Exploits, PvP, PvE, Opinion As a rule, we don't like to highlight griefing behavior here at Massively. For the most part, it's not only puerile, it's tedious. But our ongoing mission to highlight aspects of City of Heroes lore...

Rate WarCry Network : Latest News: City of Heroes/Villains: Cyborgs ...

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Wed, Sep 17    3 related articles

City of Heroes/City of Villains players have a couple of new options available in the NC Soft store: Cyborgs and a 30-day Jetpack. Find out how to get them after the jump.

Rate City of Heroes: Correspondent Septermber Overview

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Wed, Sep 17

By Anonymous MMORPG.com City of Heroes Correspondent Michael Mcnutt writes this overview of the most recent happenings in the world of City of Heroes é City of Villains including some tips for Issue 12 and a look ahead at Issue 13. Read More. ...

Rate Patch: City of Heroes / Villains updated

Original at OGRank.com external link    Wed, Sep 17

The City of Villains / City of Heroes client has received a small patch to resolve a few pending issues with Base rent and the global chat. Here are the complete patch notes.

Rate City of Heroes - Community Site: Server Maintenance, Tuesday Sep. 16th

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Tue, Sep 16

On Tuesday, September 16, 2008 all North American City of Heroes / City of Villains game servers will come down starting at 4 AM Pacific (7 AM Eastern) to patch the game to the new version 17.20080821.4T2. Estimated downtime for...

Rate Patch: Server Maintenance, Tuesday Sep. 16th

Original at City of Heroes external link    Mon, Sep 15    2 related articles

On Tuesday, September 16, 2008 all North American City of Heroes / City of Villains game servers will come down starting at 4 AM Pacific (7 AM Eastern) to patch the game to the new version 17.20080821.4T2. Estimated downtime for...

Rate Massively: Some new details gleaned of City of Heroes Issue 13

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Tue, Sep 9    2 related articles

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Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains. Carolyn Koh of MMORPG.com has recently had a chat with several of the City of Heroes developers, in particular the infectiously enthusiastic Joe 'Hero 1' Morrissey, ...

Rate Some new details gleaned of City of Heroes Issue 13

Original at Daily MMO Game external link    Tue, Sep 9    2 related articles

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By Anonymous Filed under: Super-hero , City of Heroes , City of Villains Carolyn Koh of MMORPG.com has recently had a chat with several of the City of Heroes developers, in particular the infectiously enthusiastic Joe 'Hero 1' Morrissey, ...

Rate Bangai-O Spirits Elite Design Contest

Original at IGN external link    Tue, Sep 2

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 CA - Sep 2, 2008 Years later, Shane joined Cryptic Studios to work on the incredible City of Heroes and City of Villains Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games, ...

Rate Eric Burns-White: Man, I hope that if you log your character out on City Hall's steps or in front of the doors to the tram, your day job is "panhandler."

Original at Websnark external link    Sun, Aug 31

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I have to admit, I am way looking forward to this system. I'm already speccing out story arcs and the missions to develop them. This is a chance to actually gamemaster in City of Heroes, and I'm very excited for this. In particular, it's a chance to really fill out City of Villains content -- to gi...

Rate Building 101: City of Heroes

Original at Crispy Gamer external link    Wed, Aug 27

 Ny - Aug 27, 2008 For those of you who are still playing City of Heroes / City of Villains and those of you that walked away out of boredom or disinterest we have some ...

Rate Next City Of Update Brings Mission Creator, Day Jobs

Original at Kotaku Australia external link    Tue, Aug 26

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 Australia - 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 ...

Rate Hero-Con '08 Particulars Announced at Ten Ton Hammer

Original at Ten Ton Hammer Headlines external link    Thu, Aug 21

By Medeor Shop at our Community store to get just released collectibles for City of Heroes and City of Villains. * Receive free gifts and in game rewards. * Enter to win in some of our fabulous contests hosted by a panel of celebrity judges: ...

Rate City of Heroes/Villains Patch Notes

Original at Lord of the Rings Online WarCry external link    Tue, Aug 19    3 related articles

 - The latest patch for City of Heroes/City of Villains has been applied to all servers. The final patch notes have also been published: * Fix for rare bug ...

Rate Best MMORPG review - online rpg games

Original at PC Game Reviews external link    Mon, Aug 18

City of Heroes and City of Villains are 2 completely separate games. They are targeted at those of us who love comic books. Which one is for you? Well I guess it depends on whether you are out to save the world or destroy it. ...

Rate Champions Online

Original at gamespy.com external link    Sat, Aug 16

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 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 ...

Rate Olympic Gold Medalist Jumps in Fight to Save Humanity

Original at Doghouse Boxing external link    Fri, Aug 15

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 Canada - More information about NCsoft can be found at www.PlayNC.com. NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, PlayNC, Lineage, City of Heroes, City of Villains, ...

Rate NCsoft Sees $US 5.9M Net Income This Quarter

Original at Kotaku Australia external link    Wed, Aug 13

 Australia - Lineage and Lineage II both saw a drop in sales compared to last quarter as did Guild Wars, while City of Heroes and City of Villains as well as Tabula Rasa ...

Rate American Gladiator Matt Morgan to Send DNA to Space - Ad-Hoc-News

Original at ad-hoc-news.de external link    Wed, Aug 13    2 related articles

Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung), Germany - Aug 13, 2008 More information about NCsoft can be found at www.PlayNC.com. NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, PlayNC, Lineage, City of Heroes, City of Villains, ... NCsoft auctions the opportunity to send one's DNA into space TMCnet

Rate NCsoft Ushers in a New Age in Lineage II Gameplay - PR-Inside.com

Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) external link    Wed, Aug 13    1 related articles

NCsoft Ushers in a New Age in Lineage II Gameplay PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - Aug 13, 2008 NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, PlayNC, Lineage, The Chaotic Throne,Gracia, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, ...

Rate American Gladiator Matt Morgan to Send DNA to Space

Original at MarketWatch external link    Wed, Aug 13    2 related articles

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Kotaku Australia  - Aug 13, 2008 More information about NCsoft can be found at www.PlayNC.com. NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, PlayNC, Lineage, City of Heroes, City of Villains, ... NCsoft auctions the opportunity to send one's DNA into space TMCnet all 48 news articles

Rate NCsoft Announces 2008 Second Quarter Consolidated Sales of US$78.6 ...

Original at MarketWatch external link    Tue, Aug 12    1 related articles

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411mania.com  - Aug 12, 2008 NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, Lineage, Gracia, Guild Wars, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Aion, Tabula Rasa, Point Blank, Punch Monster, Dragonica, ... NCsoft Ushers in a New Age in Lineage II Gameplay MarketWatch all 31 news articles

Rate Rock Stars to Send DNA Into Space - PR-Inside.com

Original at PR Inside (Pressemitteilung) external link    Tue, Aug 12    2 related articles

Rock Stars to Send DNA Into Space PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - Aug 12, 2008 NCsoft, the interlocking NC logo, PlayNC, Lineage, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions, Guild Wars Nightfall, Guild Wars: Eye ...

Rate Star Trek Online finally leaves space dock

Original at The Tech Herald external link    Mon, Aug 11    5 related articles

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 IN - Aug 11, 2008 Along with Star Trek Online, California-based Cryptic has also helmed acclaimed PC titles such as ‘City of Heroes’ and ‘City of Villains’. ...

Rate City of Heroes: Saga of the Reichsman

Original at Massively external link    Fri, Aug 8

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By Adrian Bott Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Fan art, LoreThe Reichsman is an enigma. There probably hasn't ever been another character in City of Heroes history whose popularity was so disproportionate to his presence in the game. Game developer Joe 'Hero 1' Morrissey has...

Rate City of Heroes and City of Villains Training Room server gets new ...

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Fri, Aug 8

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 - 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 ...

Rate City of Heroes and City of Villains Training Room server gets new ...

Original at Qj.net external link    Fri, Aug 8

By Charles D. 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 all the latest changes made to the Training Room Server. ...

Rate <b>City of Heroes</b> patch tweaks, refines, and fixes

Original at MMO Clerks external link    Wed, Aug 6

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. ...

Rate City of Heroes/City of Villains: August 5 patch notes released

Original at Qj.net external link    Tue, Aug 5

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. ...

Rate City of Heroes/City of Villains: August 5 patch notes released

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Tue, Aug 5

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. ...

Rate City of Heroes: Matrix Machinima contest deadline reminder

Original at Qj.net external link    Mon, Aug 4

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 ...

Rate City of Heroes: Matrix Machinima contest deadline reminder

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Mon, Aug 4

By Tim Y. Grand Prize: A 2009 Model Year Toyota Matrix S model filled with a year's subscription to City of Heroes and City of Villains, an XBox 360, a Playstation 3, a Nintendo DS gaming console, and tons of super hero video games ...

Rate Video Gamers Immortalized in Space by NCsoft - PR-USA.net

Original at pr-usa.net external link    Thu, Jul 31    6 related articles

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

Rate Video Gamers Immortalized in Space by NCsoft - Business Wire

Original at businesswire.com external link    Wed, Jul 30    6 related articles

Video Gamers Immortalized in Space by NCsoft Business Wire (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, ...

Rate City of Heroes developer steps in to take Star Trek to the MMO ...

Original at Mobile Digest external link    Tue, Jul 29    2 related articles

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 UK - Cryptic Studios is an MMO developer, who you may know from such massively multiplayer online games as City of Heroes and City of Villains. ... Cryptic announces Star Trek MMO Globe and Mail Cryptic Studios Secures the rights to Star Trek Online Gamespy.com Star Trek Online Announced IGN

Rate Cryptic Studios Secures the rights to Star Trek OnlineVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Gamespy.com external link    Mon, Jul 28    2 related articles

 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 ...

Rate Star Trek Online Announced

Original at IGN external link    Mon, Jul 28

 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. ...

Rate Cryptic announces Star Trek MMO

Original at Globe and Mail external link    Mon, Jul 28    2 related articles

dBTechno  Canada - Jul 28, 2008 Cryptic Studios, the folks behind City of Heroes and City of Villains, announced today that they have licensed rights to develop Star Trek Online, ... Star Trek Online Announced IGN all 70 news articles

Rate Star Trek Online beaming up to PC, consoles

Original at Ars Technica external link    Mon, Jul 28

 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. ...

Rate Brief glimpse of City of Heroes Issue 13

Original at Massively external link    Thu, Jul 24

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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...

Rate SDCC 08: City of Heroes: Issue #13 First Look

Original at IGN external link    Thu, Jul 24

 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. ...

Rate MMORPG Weekend Warrior: Batarangs and lightsabres at E3, and ...

Original at Qj.net external link    Sun, Jul 20

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 ...

Rate MMORPG Weekend Warrior: Batarangs and lightsabres at E3, and ...

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Sun, Jul 20

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 ...

Rate City of Heroes şi City of Villains unite

Original at ComputerGames.ro external link    Fri, Jul 18

 Romania - Jul 18, 2008 What's different here is that NCsoft has taken down the barrier where players had to have a City of Villains serial code to make a villain, and vice versa. ...

Rate Electronic Entertainment Expo 2008: City of Heroes y City of ...

Original at HardGame.net external link    Thu, Jul 17

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 Spain - Jul 17, 2008 Ya es oficial: NCsoft® acaba de fusionar completamente City of Heroes® y City of Villains® en un solo universo. Todos los suscriptores actuales que sólo ...

Rate CITY OF HEROES/VILLAINS MERGE

Original at GameIndustry.com external link    Thu, Jul 17

 DC - Jul 17, 2008 What’s different here is that NCsoft has taken down the barrier where players had to have a City of Villains serial code to make a villain, and vice versa. ...

Rate E3: City of Heroes & Villains smelter sammen

Original at Boomtown external link    Wed, Jul 16

E3: City of Heroes & Villains smelter sammen  Danmark - Jul 16, 2008 NCsoft har annonceret, at City of Heroes og City of Villains smelter sammen til ét univers - dermed behøver du kun betale ét abonnement i fremtiden, ...

Rate PC And Xbox 360 Players Battle In New Take-Two MMO

Original at Tom's Games external link    Wed, Jul 16    5 related articles

 CA - Jul 16, 2008 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 ...

Rate PC and Xbox 360 players battle in new Take-Two MMO

Original at TG Daily external link    Wed, Jul 16    5 related articles

 - 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 ...

Rate City of Heroes and City of Villains Merge Completed

Original at gamershell.com external link    Wed, Jul 16    2 related articles

NCsoft readies the number 1 super-powered MMO for mor.

Rate City of Heroes and City of Villains merged into one universe

Original at Qj.net external link    Wed, Jul 16    2 related articles

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. ...

Rate City of Heroes and City of Villains merged into one universe

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Wed, Jul 16    1 related articles

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. ...

Rate E3: Cities of Heroes & Villains to merge

Original at Boomtown external link    Wed, Jul 16

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 ...

Rate Heroes and Villains Living Together

Original at Ve3d.com external link    Wed, Jul 16

 - Jul 16, 2008 NCsoft has announced the complete merger of its City of Heroes and City of Villains titles into one game universe. Current subscribers who only had one of ...

Rate City of Heroes AND Villains

Original at gamezine.co.uk external link    Wed, Jul 16

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 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 ...

Rate It's All Access For City Of Heroes And City Of Villains

Original at MCV external link    Wed, Jul 16    1 related articles

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

Rate It's All Access For City Of Heroes And City Of Villains

Original at Develop external link    Wed, Jul 16    2 related articles

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

Rate Cryptic finds publishing Champion in Take Two

Original at Develop external link    Wed, Jul 16    5 related articles

 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. ...

Rate 2K Games to Publish Champions Online MMO on Xbox 360, PC

Original at TheHDRoom external link    Thu, Jul 10    5 related articles

 - 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, ...

Rate 2K publishing Champions Online

Original at Videogamer.com external link    Thu, Jul 10    5 related articles

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Cryptic is best known as the creator of the City of Heroes and City of Villains MMO titles. "2K Games is a terrific publishing partner for Champions Online ... 2K Games to Publish Cryptic Studios' Upcoming MMO Champions Online GameZone

Rate 2K signs up footy MMO

Original at CVG Online external link    Thu, Jul 10    5 related articles

Cryptic is also known for City of Heroes and City of Villains MMO titles and this project is based on the Champions pen-and-paper RPG. ... 2K Games to Publish Cryptic Studios’ Upcoming MMO Champions Online™ Business Wire (press release)

Rate New CoX patch takes some of the punch out of Energy Melee

Original at MMO Clerks external link    Wed, Jul 9

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Classes, Patches. We knew this one would be controversial. There’sa new patch hitting the CoX live servers today. Along with some welcome fixes for the buff icon issues players ...

Rate New Game Patch Available

Original at City of Villains external link    Wed, Jul 9    5 related articles

On the morning of Wednesday, July 9th we pushed out a new patch to City of Heroes and City of Villains. The patch includes some powers revisions, the new unlockable Rularuu claws along with bug fixes and corrections. For all...

Rate New Game Patch Available

Original at City of Heroes external link    Wed, Jul 9    3 related articles

On the morning of Wednesday, July 9th we pushed out a new patch to City of Heroes and City of Villains. The patch includes some powers revisions, the new unlockable Rularuu claws along with bug fixes and corrections. ...

Rate New CoX patch on Test makes stunning changes

Original at MMO Clerks external link    Tue, Jul 1

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, PvP, PvE. A 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 ...

Rate City of Heroes/ Villains gets nerfed behemoths in new patch

Original at Qj.net external link    Tue, Jun 24    6 related articles

By Victor B. There's a new patch out for City of Heroes and City of Villains today, so if you noticed the servers going down earlier, that was probably NCsoft putting in the patch. Some notable additions for this patch include the nerfing of the ...

Rate Massively: New CoX patch brings /sync command live, nerfs Behemoths

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Tue, Jun 24    6 related articles

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Bugs, Patches. The CoX servers went down today to apply the latest patch, which is mostly a collection of fixes. It's notable for the inclusion of a player-side means to address ...

Rate New CoX patch brings /sync command live, nerfs Behemoths

Original at MMO Clerks external link    Tue, Jun 24    6 related articles

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Bugs, Patches. The CoX servers went down today to apply the latest patch, which is mostly a collection of fixes. It’s notable for the inclusion of a player-side means to address ...

Rate New CoX patch puts the wallop back in Martial Arts

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Filed under: City of Heroes, City of Villains, Classes, Patches, PvE. City of Heroes Dev Back Alley Brawler has been a very busy guy of late. When he’s not fending off incoming questions like a tank herding Rikti monkeys, he’s working ...

Rate Patch: City of Heroes - Community Site: Game Update - Tuesday, June 10th

Original at VirginWorlds MMO external link    Mon, Jun 9    2 related articles

All North American City of Heroes / City of Villains servers will come down on Tuesday, June 10th starting at 6 AM Pacific (9 AM Eastern) to update to the latest game version, number 17.20080528.1. Patch Notes documenting the changes...

Rate City of Heroes/Villains (PC)

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 UK - City of Heroes / City of Villains Combined Edition include both award-winning titles in one box. The only question is whether to protect Paragon City as a ...

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By Shawn Schuster Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Game mechanics, Patches, Reviews, OpinionIf you haven't noticed, recently Eurogamer has been doing a series of re-reviews for the most popular MMOs, especially older ones. The City of Heroes/City of Villains games are a perfe...

Rate City of Heroes Issue 12: Midnight Hour released

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Thu, May 22    3 related articles

 - 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: Matt Miller Interview Warcry.com all 6 news articles

Rate NCsoft Covers New Ground in City of Heroes

Original at MPOGD.com external link    Wed, May 21    6 related articles

 IL - May 21, 2008 The “Good Versus Evil Edition” includes the complete City of Heroes and City of Villains games, as well as a set of exclusive bonus items. ...

Rate Patch: City of Heroes: Issue 12 released - Eurogamer

Original at Eurogamer external link    Wed, May 21    3 related articles

City of Heroes: Issue 12 released  UK - May 21, 2008 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 ...

Rate MMOGs make profits for NCsoft - GameSpot

Original at GameSpot external link    Thu, May 15

MMOGs make profits for NCsoft  - May 15, 2008 Guild Wars took 9.5 billion won ($9 million) and 12 percent of sales, and City of Heroes/City of Villains took 5.4 billion won ($4.7 million) and 7 percent ...

Rate CoH, CoV Issue 12: Midnight Hour open beta phase goes live

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Wed, May 7

By Charles D. NCsoft recently announced that the open beta test phase to its next free expansion to City of Heroes and City of Villains is finally here. Superpowered entities of all types can now log into the Training Room and try out the many ...

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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. ...

Rate Massively Speaking Podcast Episode 2

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By Michael Zenke Filed under: World of Warcraft, Betas, Podcasts, Age of Conan, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Lord of the Rings Online, Culture, Events, real-world, Events, in-game, PvP, Massively SpeakingMassively Speaking Episode 2 runs down news and features from Massively.com for the week of...

Rate City of Heroes & Villains EU Client

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City of Heroes® / City of Villains™ Combined Edition includes both award-winning titles in one. The only question is whether to protect Paragon City as a crime fighting hero or help the evil Lord Recluse™ bring it to its knees!

Rate City of Heroes update: Villain Epic Archetype video

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Fri, Apr 18

By Ryan C. If you're one of the many spandex-wearing superheroes in NCsoft's City of Heroes, or one of the hordes of aspiring overlords in City of Villains, then you'd better take this news update for the important warning that it is. ...

Rate City of Heroes and City of Villains update: the Rikti invasion is back

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Thu, Apr 17

By Ryan C. If you're one of the many paragons of justice/injustice playing in NCsoft's heroic MMORPG, City of Heroes/City of Villains, then consider this a fair warning through the game's official website: An ancient evil is about to once more ...

Rate City of Heroes and City of Villains update: the Rikti invasion is back

Original at Qj.net external link    Thu, Apr 17

By Ryan C. If you're one of the many paragons of justice/injustice playing in NCsoft's heroic MMORPG, City of Heroes/City of Villains, then consider this a fair warning through the game's official website: An ancient evil is about to once more ...

Rate Opinion: CoX In-game Ads: Content control

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Apr 8

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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...

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

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By Jonathan Northwood DJ Templar: Speaking about revenue, the initial announcement states that all the all the revenue generated by ad sales in this program go towards City of Heroes development, City of Villains development, and there's been some people that say "well sure it is, it's being used for all sort...

Rate Podcast: CoX In-game Ads: How to make 'em, where to see 'em

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By Jonathan Northwood Filed under: Podcasts, City of Heroes, City of Villains, InterviewsDJ Shecky: Alright. And as a followup to that, I had a couple of people -- namely one of our other DJs -- had come up with the thought of "is there going to be a separate little piece of software that's going to be installed for t...

Rate Podcast: CoX In-game Ads: Opting in for reinvestment

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By Jonathan Northwood Filed under: Podcasts, City of Heroes, City of Villains, InterviewsDJ Templar: Gotcha. One of the pastimes with some of the people on the forums has been taking the monthly fee that each person pays, the current total subscriber count that's been reported, multiply that, and say "okay, N...

Rate Podcast: CoX In-game Ads: Selective placement, self-promotion

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Apr 8    4 related articles

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By Jonathan Northwood Filed under: Podcasts, City of Heroes, City of Villains, InterviewsDJ Shecky: Somebody posted this one up on the Cape forums. Obviously there's a limited amount of places that ads can be placed in the Rogue Isles, etcetera. Are you going to be adding in more billboards? For instance, one of...

Rate Podcast: CoX In-game Ads: The wrapup

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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?

Rate Podcast: The Cape envelops in-game advertising

Original at Massively external link    Sat, Apr 5

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By Jonathan Northwood Filed under: City of Heroes, City of Villains, Interviews Yesterday, The Cape Radio -- specifically DJs Templar and Shecky -- took the time to interview Brian Clayton, the General Manager of NCsoft NorCal studio, Matt "Positron" Miller, the Senior Lead Designer for City of Heroes, and...

Rate Dr. Brainstorm unveils new addition powersets for City of Heroes ... - GameZone

Original at GameZone external link    Fri, Mar 28

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GameZone Dr. Brainstorm unveils new addition powersets for City of Heroes ... GameZone, MI - Mar 28, 2008 Now before I go on, a lot of Brute players have been asking for Ice-based powers, and I should point out that in the City of Villains beta, ...

Rate TVG Exclusive: City Of Heroes/Villains Issue 12 - Total Video Games

Original at Total Video Games external link    Fri, Mar 28

TVG Exclusive: City Of Heroes/Villains Issue 12  UK - Now before I go on a lot of Brute players have been asking for Ice-based powers, and I should point out that in the City of Villains beta, there were... ...

Rate City of Heroes, City of Villains downtime for Live Update

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Mon, Mar 3

By Tim Y. In case you were hoping that the City of Heroes and City of Villains' downtime from last week wouldn't be happening again for a long time, we've got some bad news. NCsoft has sent an announcement stating that they will be shutting each ...

Rate Eric Burns: The Obligatory Champions Online Post

Original at Websnark external link    Sat, Mar 1

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I want this game to be downright awesome. I want this game to be better in every way than City of Heroes. Not because I don't like City of Heroes. I love City of Heroes. But I want the gaming experience of this next generation MMORPG to be amazing. I want to be able to do all the things I've yearned to do i...

Rate NCsoft Europe Establishes a Firm Distribution Network in the ... - Gamespy.com

Original at Gamespy.com external link    Wed, Feb 27

NCsoft Europe Establishes a Firm Distribution Network in the ...  CA - Netville in addition distribute the super powered MMO, City of Heroes / City of Villains and the award winning Guild Wars franchise from ArenaNet; ...

Rate City of Heroes Spring Fling

Original at Gaming Today external link    Fri, Feb 15

By Shawn Sines City of Heroes "XP Curve Smoothing" Q&A; FileFront And City of Heroes / City of Villains Exclusive; Manticore Returns to City of Heroes; City of Heroes Turns 3 This Weekend; NCsoft Takes Over City of Heroes.

Rate Cryptic bringing Champions Online to PCs, consoles - GameSpot

Original at GameSpot external link    Wed, Feb 13

Cryptic bringing Champions Online to PCs, consoles  - Feb 13, 2008 Like a combination of Cryptic's two other MMORPGs, City of Heroes and City of Villains, the game will let players be both superheroes and supervillians ...

Rate City of Heroes/City of Villains Interface Update On Way

Original at gameslave external link    Wed, Feb 13

City of Heroes/Villains developers NCsoft have released a short press release featuring an interview with programmer CW Bennett who talks through a small...

Rate City of Heroes, City of Villains get detailed stats for items - MMORPG blog

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Wed, Feb 13

City of Heroes, City of Villains get detailed stats for items  - Feb 13, 2008 A recent interview with programmer CW Bennett over on Curse Gaming revealed some details behind a newly-added feature to NCsoft's City of Heroes and City of ...

Rate New City of Heroes / City of Villains Q&A

Original at GameZone external link    Tue, Feb 12

NCsoft has released a new Q&A for their superhero MMORPG, City of Heroes.

Rate City of Heroes: Still Rockin!

Original at City of Heroes external link    Mon, Feb 11

RevolutionSF, an online magazine dedicated to celebrating the best in science fiction, fantasy, comics and gaming, takes a long look at City of Heroes and City of Villains. In their recent article, they contrast the good and the bad of. ...

Rate City of Heroes: Double EXP weekend coming up

Original at Breaking News from Curse external link    Tue, Feb 5

By Zyuu (Zyuu) City of Heroes/City of Villains is having a Double XP weekend coming up. If you've been thinking of leveling up your CoH/CoV characters, this XP weekend is a perfect time to do so. Start: Friday, February 8, 2008 at 8:59am PST / 11:59am ...

Rate City of Heroes Double XP Weekend

Original at Gaming Today external link    Mon, Feb 4

By Shawn Sines City of Heroes Serving Up Double XP Weekend and More; FileFront And City of Heroes / City of Villains Exclusive; City of Heroes Turns 3 This Weekend; Manticore Returns to City of Heroes; Call of Duty 4's Double XP Weekend for the PS3.

Rate City of Villains / Heroes people sound off.

Original at inventionsleeps (Livejournal) external link    Sun, Feb 3

Underverse. I'd love to hear from meet up with some f-listers in game. Please let me know if you are playing Heroes, Villains or both and what servers you are on. I am most active on Freedom and Guardian servers.

Rate City of Heroes state of the game '08

Original at Massively external link    Sat, Jan 12

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By Kyle Horner Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, News items The team behind City of Heroes have put up their 2008 state of the game announcement. It consists of all sorts of gooey fun bits, so listen on in for all of the scoop.

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Rate The leet CoV trailerVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at Massively external link    Tue, Nov 20

By Amanda Rivera Have you ever wondered what our super heroes would sound like if they spoke more like we do in game? Well, Kill Ten Rats has reminded us about an oldy-but-goody remix of the City of Villains trailer, leet-speak style. I'm not sure how I missed this one, but I am sure those of you who play CoX will...

Rate The Daily Grind: NCsoft takes over Paragon City

Original at Massively external link    Wed, Nov 7

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By Mike Schramm Filed under: City of Heroes, City of Villains, MMO industry, New titles, Opinion, The Daily Grind, Marvel Universe OnlineNews broke (right here on Massively, by the way) yesterday that NCsoft has bought up the City of Heroes and City of Villians IPs from creator Cryptic, and it's free st...

Rate Time Travel Comes To Paragon City

Original at Kotaku external link    Wed, Oct 3

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By Mike Fahey Through the mysterious Menders of Ouroboros, players gain the ability to "Flashback", that is to travel through time and relive major events from the history of Paragon City™ and the Rogue Isles™. Heroes who travel back in time will embark on missions such as preventing the Circle of Thor...

Rate City of Heroes/ City of Villains Issue 10: Invasion now out

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Wed, Jul 25

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By Enrico S. NCsoft Europe and Cryptic Studios have released the newest expansion to City of Heroes/City of Villains Issue 10: Invasion. For the first time, CoH and CoV players can join forces to repel an assault by the evil Rikti. In lieu of this expansion's release Cryptic Studio s lead designer for Ci...

Rate City of Heroes/City of Villains Issue 10 Invasion teaser videoVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Tue, Jul 3

By Ryan C. In this video, we see the latest in hardware that the returning Rikti's bring to the table - ranging from new weapons and blasters that go KABLAMMO to the hovering machines of death, armed to the teeth and itching to ventilate hero and villain costumes. Not very nice of them, but as defenders...

Rate City of Heroes/City of Villains Issue 10: Invasion now in open beta

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Fri, Jun 29

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By Enrico S. The latest expansion of NCSoft's City of Heroes/City of Villains Issue 10: Invasion has hit open beta. Those who have been keeping up would have probably been waiting for this event. The Rikti have returned and they're really pissed off.

Rate Issue 10: Invasion for CoH/CoV announced

Original at MMORPG blog external link    Wed, Jun 13

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By Ryan A. Issue 9: Breakthrough for MMO video games City of Heroes/City of Villains has been out for more than a month now. As always, the expansion added a lot of new facets to the game such as improved crafting, consignment houses, a new Hamidon Encounter, and additional new missions to CoH.

Rate Transformers Producer plans City of Heroes Movie

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By orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) The game was released in 2004, has since spawned a sequel/expansion called City of Villains which allows plays to create their own super villains, and has been turned into a comic book published by Top Cow Prods. I’ve never really understood the MMORPG world. For those that don’t know, that...

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By Mike Fahey Using the highly anticipated Invention system, players acquire and collect valuable resources in the form of Salvage and Invention Recipes. These will be used together to invent powerful new enhancements, costume pieces, new powers, gadgets, and more. This creates a world of new possi...

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Rate City of Heroes/Villains Issue 8 Now Live

Original at Kotaku external link    Sat, Dec 2

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By fdemarco NC Soft has announced that the latest free expansion for City of Heroes/Villains, Issue 8: To Protect and Serve, is now live. New features include: Safeguard Missions (Heroes Only), Police Band (Heroes Only), Pocket D Arenas (Heroes and Villains) and Faultline Reborn (Heroes Only). Add...

Rate NCSoft Austin Sacks 23 Percent of Staff

Original at Kotaku external link    Fri, Jun 23

By Brian Crecente Site f13.net, which first reported on the firings, blamed the firings on Auto Assault. The site, quoting an unnamed developer-only message board, wrote that the car-themed massively multiplayer online game has less than 10,000 subscribers. That compares to City of Heroes and City of Vil...

Year 2005

 

Rate City of Heroes Cosplay

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By Brian Crecente City of Heroes second annual costume contest wrapped up recently. This year, Ncsoft asked gamers to submit a screenshot of their hero from the game and a second picture of the gamer dressed like the hero s arch enemy from City of Villains. Halloween Contest [City of Heroes]

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Rate Numbers Up For City of Heroes/City of Villains

Original at Total Format Forums external link    Thu, Feb 14

By Detomah Programmer CW Bennett explains how the development team behind City of Heroes/City of Villains is implementing an update to the game’s User Interface (UI) to include the numbers behind the game’s combat system. ...

Rate Numbers Up For City of Heroes/City of Villains

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By Detomah Programmer CW Bennett explains how the development team behind City of Heroes/City of Villains is implementing an update to the game’s User Interface (UI) to include the numbers behind the game’s combat system. ...

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