City of Heroes

City of Heroes Issue 21: Convergence Overview

Posted on Oct 27, 2011

Issue 21: Convergence will be City of Heroes first content update since making the switch to free-to-play and today we have new details as to what will be included. Up first is the new zone called the First Ward, which was already announced over the summer. The First Ward holds Emperor Coles biggest secret and players will [...]

City of Heroes Freedom Launches

Posted on Sep 23, 2011

NCSoft has just announced that City of Heroes Freedom has launched and has begun the process of converting all old accounts into Premium accounts. Over the next few days all in-activate accounts will be re-enabled as Premium accounts with players previously saved characters still intact so returning veterans can pick up where they left off. Also announced [...]

City of Heroes: Freedom Beta Launches Today

Posted on Aug 09, 2011

In under 2 hours, City of Heroes: Freedom, the new Free2Play version, will be available to beta testers along with Issue 21. European players will have to wait a bit longer as their beta doesn’t kick off until tomorrow. For those of you who want to participate and checkout what COH: Freedom and Issue 21 have [...]

City of Heroes: First Ward Overview

Posted on Jul 12, 2011

The next game update, Issue 21: Convergence, is heading to City of Heroes and with it it brings a new zone, the First Ward.  Today Cryptic released an overview of the history of the First Ward and what players can expect from it. The quick version is below, but if you want to read the full story [...]

City of Heroes: Power Set Proliferation 3.0

Posted on Jul 06, 2011

Senior game designer for City of Heroes, Phil “Synapse” Zeleski, today revealed the next batch of Power Set Proliferation heading to Paragon City, which you can view below.  For those of you wondering about the Dominators, don’t worry, they should be included in the next batch of proliferation in Issue 21. For more a more detailed explanation about these new changes, [...]

City of Heroes Going Free to Play!

Posted on Jun 21, 2011

Less then one month ago I proclaimed the pay-to-play business model was dead, since then more high profile MMO games have jumped ship and turned to the free-to-play model, two in the last 24 hrs.  Below you can see that LEGO Universe will be moving to f2p this August and Fallen Earth announced it was going f2p last week. [...]

City of Heroes At San Diego Comic Con

Posted on Jun 10, 2011

The City of Heroes team will be attending this year’s San Diego Comic Con, at NCSoft’s booth #5345 in the San Diego Convention Center. From Thursday July 21 to Sunday July 24, Paragon Studios will be conversing with fans, showing off their game, and giving out special costume codes. The Mk-VI Victoria is a deadly assassion, whose [...]

City of Heroes: Going Rogue – European Launch Trailer Released

Posted on Aug 17, 2010

City of Heroes: Going Rogue is the widely anticipated next expansion to the City of Heroes franchise developed by NCsoft.  This content was released today and is the second paid addition to the popular superhero/villain MMO.  It adds fresh new dimensions to existing characters and yet more customization options for new players. Characters can now become evil [...]

City of Heroes Talks Issue 18 and Going Rogue

Posted on Aug 12, 2010

Cryptic Studio’s City of Heroes was full of news this week, addressing both the impending Issue 18: Shades of Gray update and giving a bit more of the background for the Going Rogue expansion. Issue 18 is currently being sent out to CoH players via automated download, although it’s not available on the live servers [...]

City of Heroes: Going Rogue – Praetorian Clockwork Reveal

Posted on Aug 05, 2010

NCsoft revealed the newest enemy group, the Praetorian Clockwork, in the upcoming expansion for City of Heroes – Going Rogue.  If freaky robots cleaning your home, cooking you meals and keeping the streets clean and safe appeal to you, then this is the enemy for you.  If a company ever puts that out as a propaganda, I’m [...]