Kotaku: City Of Heroes

It's a Massively Multiplayer Online Halloween Spooktacular

Mike Fahey — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:00:00 EDT

With fewer and fewer children donning costumes and hitting the streets every year to celebrate all things sweet and spooky, the Halloween tradition is alive and well in the virtual worlds of today's massively multiplayer online games. More »

With Great Power Comes Great Value, City of Heroes Now Free-to-Play

Mike Fahey — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:20:00 EDT

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After more than seven years as the most popular subscription-based massively multiplayer online superhero role-playing game, Paragon Studios flips the switch on City of Heroes Freedom, potentially the most popular free-to-play superhero MMO. More »

You Don't Have to Pay for City of Heroes Anymore, Thanks to Freedom

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:30:00 EDT

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Superhero MMO City of Heroes is killing its monthly fee with the advent of City of Heroes Freedom as the game transitions from subscription-based model to a new, free to play one. More »

City of Heroes Dragged Kicking and Screaming Into the Steampunk Age

Mike Fahey — Wed, 18 May 2011 14:00:00 EDT

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Steampunk: it's everywhere you want to be, especially if the place you want to be is Paragon City circa June 1, 2011, when the City of Heroes Steampunk pack goes live. More »

Atari Dumps City of Heroes, Star Trek Online Devs Cryptic

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 17 May 2011 18:00:00 EDT

Publisher Atari is "divesting" itself of MMO specialists Cryptic Studios, which it snapped up in 2008. It's trying to sell the creators of Star Trek Online and Champions Online after losing Atari millions. [Atari Results (PDF)] More »

Celebrating Seven Years of City of Heroes

Mike Fahey — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:40:00 EDT

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Seven years ago today, NCsoft and Cryptic Studios released City of Heroes, providing fantasy-gorged massively multiplayer online gamers a new way to waste countless hours of their lives alongside thousands of their closest friends. Let's celebrate seven years of heroes and villains with a colorful infographic and nostalgia-laden anecdotes! More »

There's a Full Serving Of City Of Heroes In Every Box Of Utopios

Mike Fahey — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:20:00 EST

Just when I was afraid breakfast would be lost to me forever, UPS Man arrives to save the day with an extra-large box of Utopios. And guess what? There's a prize inside. More »

How To Switch Sides In City Of Heroes' Going Rogue

Mike Fahey — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:30:00 EDT

In this video documentary for Paragon Studio's super hero MMO City of Heroes, the team talks us through the morality system that changes your villain into a hero and vice versa in the upcoming Going Rogue expansion. More »

Buy Yourself A Better City Of Heroes Mutant

Mike Fahey — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:20:00 EDT

If you've ever wished your City of Heroes mutant character could mutate just a little bit more, now's your chance, as Paragon Studios unleashes Super Booster V: Mutant on the NCsoft online store. More »

City Of Heroes Goes Rogue In August

Mike Fahey — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 17:27:34 EDT

Gripping moral decisions come to NCSoft's super hero MMO City of Heroes this summer, as the company sets an August 17 release date for the game's second major expansion, Going Rogue. Mark your calendars! More »

City Of Heroes Celebrates Six Years With New Graphics

Mike Fahey — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:20:00 EDT

NCsoft's City of Heroes is six years old, and Paragon Studios celebrates with the release of Issue 17: Dark Mirror, a free update that brings new story arcs, huge enemies, and an extremely fetching graphical makeover. More »

City Of Heroes Isn't Fooling Around With Demon Summoning

Mike Fahey — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:20:00 EDT

IF you thought the dual pistols power for City of Heroes Going Rogue expansion was cool, wait until you see the damage you can do with giant horned demons and a Hellfire Whip. More »

Go All John Woo On City Of Heroes

Mike Fahey — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:30:00 EST

City of Heroes players who pre-purchase the alignment-changing Going Rogue expansion pack today gain immediate access to the new Dual Pistols power set, which goes a little something like this. More »

City Of Heroes Gets A Visual Makeover

Mike Fahey — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:20:00 EST

This April brings another free update to NCsoft's City of Heroes, Issue 17: Dark Mirror, bringing with it graphical updates that hold a dark mirror up to the game's regular level of detail. More »

NCSoft's Halloween Plans

Mike Fahey — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 11:40:00 EDT

MMO companies love delving into their bag of tricks for Halloween, and NCsoft is no different, with events planned across all six of its active Western games. More »

City Of Heroes Recruits Heroic Guest Authors

Mike Fahey — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:20:00 EDT

Paragon Studios takes its City of Heroes Mission Architect to the next level, inviting comic book author Bill Willingham, Rooster Teeth Productions and cartoonist Scott Kurtz to author special missions for the game. More »

Hero-Con Attendees Go Rogue Earlier

Mike Fahey — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:40:00 EDT

San Jose becomes the City of Heroes at the end of this month when Paragon Studios hosts the second-annual Hero-Con event, with attendees scoring beta access to the Going Rogue expansion. More »

Return To City Of Heroes For Double The XP

Mike Fahey — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:40:00 EDT

NCsoft is throwing open the gates of the City of Heroes to returning players next weekend, with double experience on tap for those with a bit of time to kill bad (or good) guys. More »

City Of Heroes Just Got A Lot More Colorful

Mike Fahey — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Heroes and villains can now take each other out with all the colors of the wind as the latest free update for City of Heroes, Issue Power Spectrum, goes live. More »

More City Of Heroes Power Customization Screens

Mike Fahey — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Paragon Studios shows off more of the power customization coming in the Issue 16: Power Spectrum update for City of Heroes. More »

Coloring In Your City Of Heroes Powers

Mike Fahey — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:40:00 EDT

During Comic-Con 2009 I got to spend some time hanging with NCsoft's Matt "Positron" Miller, who walked me through how to show your true colors in the upcoming Issue 16: Power Spectrum update. More »

NCsoft's Heroic Booth Babes

Mike Fahey — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:00:00 EDT

At a largely booth babe-less show, one MMO developer has the sheer guts to hire an aspiring actress and a model to represent City of Heroes. More »

City Of Heroes Issue 16: Power Spectrum Revealed

Mike Fahey — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:20:00 EDT

Last month's teasing comes to fruition as NCsoft pulls back the curtain on City of Heroes Issue 16: Power Spectrum, putting the power to customize powers in the players' hands. More »

College Professor Trolls For Science, Finds People Hate Him

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:00:00 EDT

Media professor David Myers, from Loyola University, has been studying how people interact in online games. Of interest to us is his account of what happened when he started trolling people. More »

City Of Heroes Vigilantly Launches Issue 15

Mike Fahey — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:20:00 EDT

The heroes are much more heroic and the villains exponentially more vile with the release of City of Heroes Issue: 15: Anniversary, with cosmetic changes and mission architect tweaks the order of the day. More »

City of Heroes Teases Power Customization in Issue 16

Owen Good — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EDT

For those in the know, Positron's post on the City of Heroes forums yesterday tips off a hugebigimportant development in the cape-and-longjohns MMO. As in power customization, a concept begged for from day one. More »

City Of Heroes Goes Rogue, Gets All-New Expansion

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:30:00 EDT

City of Heroes is going to get only its second expansion - and first in four years - with the release of Going Rogue, an update for the game that introduces the world of Praetoria. More »

Paragon Comes Down Hard On City Of Heroes Cheaters

Mike Fahey — Tue, 05 May 2009 15:20:00 EDT

City of Heroes players who exploit the new Mission Architect in order to power level their characters will soon find that crime doesn't pay in Paragon City, even if you play a villain. More »

City Of Heroes Brings Dead Accounts Back To Life

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:00:00 EDT

Just like you can't kill a real superhero, it seems you can't kill a City of Heroes character either, as it's been announced that all the game's expired accounts are being brought back online. More »

City Of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary Has Many Faces

Mike Fahey — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:00:00 EDT

City of Heroes turns five tomorrow and NCsoft celebrates with the announcement of the appropriately titled Issue 15: Anniversary. More »

City Of Heroes Celebrates Five Years Of Heroism

Mike Fahey — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:00:00 EDT

NCsoft's superhero simulation City of Heroes celebrates its five-year anniversary next week, with contests and events planned to keep the game's super-powered denizens partying Paragon City into the ground. More »

NCsoft Builds Up Steam

Mike Fahey — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Massively multiplayer online game publisher NCsoft is doing the digital distribution thing, with all of its online titles available today for purchase and play via Valve's Steam service. More »

City Of Heroes Players Create More Content Than Devs In 24 Hours

Mike Fahey — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:20:00 EDT

Only one after NCsoft released their player-created content focused Issue 14: Architect update, and players have already crafted more than 20,000 mission arcs. More »

City Of Heroes Team Becomes Paragon Studios

Mike Fahey — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:40:00 EDT

NCsoft cements their commitment to the City of Heroes franchise today, officially changing the name of development team NCsoft NorCal to Paragon Studios. More »

City Of Heroes Explodes With Player Created Content

Mike Fahey — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 12:20:00 EDT

City of Heroes becomes the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game to allow player created content, with the release Issue 14: Architect. More »

Champions Online Solicits City Of Heroes Players

Mike Fahey — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:30:00 EDT

Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios has admitted to sending representatives into NCsoft's City of Heroes in order to recruit new players to their beta program. More »

City Of Heroes Mission Architect Hits Beta Servers

Mike Fahey — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 13:40:00 EDT

City of Heroes players eager to get their hands on the Mission Architect tools included in the next major game update now have their chance, as Issue 14: Architect hits the test server. More »

Rooster Teeth Introduces Captain Dynamic To City Of Heroes

Mike Fahey — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:20:00 EST

The creators of the Red vs. Blue series take on City of Heroes, in a series of live-action shorts featuring the greatest superhero of all time, Captain Dynamic. More »

The City Of Heroes Mission Architect Explained

Mike Fahey — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:20:00 EST

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. More »