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New City of Heroes content update released

by John Callaham Jun 30th 2009 @ 9:00AM

This apparently sneaked up on us (NCsoft usually sends over a press release) but a few days ago the latest content update for their super hero MMO City of Heroes was released. Titled Issue 15: Anniversary, the update adds five new missions each for Heroes and Villains. It also has new costume choices, new costume emotes, new character faces and new features and changes to the recently released Mission Architect tool.

NCsoft also announced that there will be a Double XP weekend coming up next month; specifically from July 31-August 4. Of course we are still waiting for more info on the upcoming new commercial expansion pack Going Rogue.

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City of Heroes videos teach DIY mission construction

by Steven Wong Jun 26th 2009 @ 5:30PM

Those who are still a little confused or intimidated by the City of Heroes Mission Architect system, which allows users to create customized content for the game, need not worry anymore. These three videos will teach you the fundamentals of finding, playing and creating a custom story arc. The first video is shown above and the rest can be seen after the jump.

Download HD City of Heroes Mission Architect Tutorial #1 (129 MB)
Download HD City of Heroes Mission Architect Tutorial #2 (130 MB)
Download HD City of Heroes Mission Architect Tutorial #3 (91 MB)
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Gallery: City of Heroes Issue 14 Mission Architect

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City of Heroes goes rogue in expansion trailer

by Steven Wong May 12th 2009 @ 1:45PM

NCsoft today announced the development of City of Heroes Going Rogue, a retail expansion for City of Heroes and City of Villains. The expansion explores the grey area between good and evil and will expand the City of Heroes world to include an alternate dimension, Praetoria, where evil versions of the game's signature characters reside. No further information about the expansion has been announced, but fans can check out the official website.

Download HD City of Heroes: Going Rogue Teaser Trailer (115 MB)

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New City of Heroes commerical expansion, Going Rogue, revealed

by John Callaham May 12th 2009 @ 8:00AM

NCsoft is preparing a major new commercial expansion for their five year old super hero MMO City of Heroes. News of the expansion, titled Going Rogue, was leaked out via an email blast that apparently was sent a tad too early. However, forum posts from the game's developer Paragon Studios have confirmed that Going Rogue is indeed a real and upcoming project.

Going Rogue will expand the game's territory to a new alternate universe with a city called Praetoria and like the classic Star Trek episode "Mirror Mirror" it depicts heroes in the normal City of Heroes universe as villains and vice-versa. An all new alignment system "explores the shades of gray that lie between Heroes and Villains" in the expansion. A teaser site for Going Rogue has already launched with a CGI trailer. There no word yet on a release date for this new expansion

[Via Kotaku]

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City of Heroes reveals first details on next free expansion

by John Callaham Apr 28th 2009 @ 12:00PM

As we reported last week, NCsoft and developer Paragon Studios are celebrating the fifth anniversary of their super hero MMO City of Heroes this week. However in addition to all of the in-game celebrations and the reactivation of old accounts for free this week, the dev team have also revealed the first details on the next free expansion for the game.

Issue 15 is titled Anniversary and will feature a number of new content additions to the game's subscribers such as new missions, new costumes, new character faces and more. In addition Issue 15 will also include updates to the game's newly launched Mission Architect feature will allows gamers to make their own missions and storyline for City of Heroes. More info on Issue 15: Anniversary can be found at the City of Heroes web site.

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City of Heroes to celebrate fifth anniversary next week

by John Callaham Apr 25th 2009 @ 9:00AM

It seems like there is a ton of anniversaries surrounding MMO games this month. We've already reports on Guild Wars' fourth birthday bash and Lord of the Rings Online's second anniversary launch events. Now NCsoft's super hero MMO City of Heroes is prepping for its fifth birthday with some special in-game events.

Details are still shrouded in secrecy but the team at the newly named Paragon Studios have plans for a major chaotic in-game event that starts on Monday and runs until Tuesday. Special contests will also be a part of the fifth birthday festivites and all expired accounts in good standing will be able to play for free beginning on Monday through May 2.

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NCsoft games to be added to Steam service

by John Callaham Apr 22nd 2009 @ 6:00PM

Valve's PC gaming download service Steam continues to add to its list of participating developers and publishers. Today, NCsoft announced that a number of their titles will be made available to Steam customers for the the first time along with future releases.

Starting today, NCsoft's MMO games in the City of Heroes, Guild Wars and Lineage series will all be available to download via Steam. That includes the just released Mission Architect version of City of Heroes. In addition, the upcoming fantasy MMO title Aion will also be made available for purchase and download via Steam. Aion is currently scheduled for release in the US in late 2009. At the moment you can get Guild Wars: Game of the Year Edition on Steam for a 10 percent discount and Lineage II for a 50 percent discount.

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City of Heroes Mission Architect features generates lots of new content

by John Callaham Apr 17th 2009 @ 3:00PM

NCsoft's bold decision to allow their super hero MMO City of Heroes to add its own mission editor has apparently been a huge success. The game's official web site has a new message from the game's producer Matt Miller who states that in just the first 24 hours after the Mission Architect was launched in the game, the amount of new content created by the game's players ' . . . surpasses the amount of content that we, the developers, have made for all of City of Heroes and City of Villains combined."

Specifically in the first 24 hours 3,800 mission arcs were created by users for City of Heroes. By the end of the first week, the game had "20,000 published arcs up and playable." To get our views on the Mission Architect make sure to check out our own hands-on impressions.

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NCsoft renames City of Heroes dev team Paragon Studios

by John Callaham Apr 14th 2009 @ 12:00PM

Hot on the heels of last week's release of the Mission Architect update for City of Heroes, publisher NCsoft has renamed the super hero MMO's dev team. Previously known by the rather generic NCSoft NorCal, the Mountain View, CA based dev team will now be called Paragon Studios.

Since breaking off from the game's original developer Cryptic Studios in the fall of 2007, the City of Heroes development team has expanded from 20 people to 50 team members while continuing to support and provide free update to the MMO. With the rebranding of the team as Paragon Studios its general manager Brian Clayton states that the team will " . . . . continue providing high quality experiences for City of Heroes and any future projects that come from Paragon Studios." The renaming of the studio comes the same week that a new retail version of City of Heroes heads to stories, containing all of the game's content including the Mission Architect features.

[Via email press release]

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Review: City of Heroes Issue 14 Mission Architect

by Steven Wong Apr 14th 2009 @ 11:00AM

Issue 14, the latest free content for City of Heroes, released last week making it the first MMO that allows users to create their own custom content and story arcs. With the straightforward title Architect, this issue takes a unique approach to content expansion by putting all the power into players' hands and imaginations. The update focuses exclusively on bringing players the Mission Architect tool, which gives player access to every map, character and scripted event available in the game. In effect, by offering one major feature, City of Heroes released the biggest content expansion it or any other game has ever seen.

Gallery: City of Heroes Issue 14 Mission Architect

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