Recent Headlines for City of Heroes

• Issue 12 Demo and Test This Thursday!

  MMORPG.com has partnered with NCsoft and Dyyno to host a City of Heroes / Villians demonstration and test using Dyyno's streaming technology. Join us this thursday at 5pm PST / 8pm EST!

  Reported on May 27, 2008

• Reactivation Weekend

  NCsoft has anounced a reactivation weekend, where former players of City of Heroes / Villains will have their accounts reactivated until Sunday, just in time to play the new Issue 12: Midnight Hour content.

  Reported on May 23, 2008

• Try Issue 12 Free For 14 Days!

  We have teamed up with NCsoft to bring our members a totally free 14 day trial to City of Heroes/Villains including the all new Issue 12: Midnight Squad.

  Reported on May 23, 2008

• Issue 12 Midnight Hour Released

  NCsoft has announced the release of Issue 12: Midnight Hour for City of Heroes and Villains. This latest free content update brings Epic Villain Archetypes, Power Set Proliferation, a new Greco-Roman themed area, and more.

  Reported on May 21, 2008

• Stretching the Genre: Creating Cimerora

  With the release of Issue 12: the Midnight Hour for City of Heroes and Villains, NCsoft has prepared a non-exclusive dev journal by Senior Art Lead, Ken Morse, which looks at the process behind creating the new Greek and Roman inspired area of Cimerora.

  Reported on May 21, 2008

• Midnight Squad Video

  The folks from NCsoft have sent along this new video featuring the Midnight Squad, an NPC group of heroes that are featured heavily in CoH's Issue 12. Recently, we featured a developer journal on the same subject, and today we show you the team in action.

  Reported on May 15, 2008

• Issue 12 in Open Beta

  NCsoft has announced that Issue 12: Midnight Hour, the next free content expansion for City of Heroes has entered the open beta phase of development.

  Reported on May 08, 2008

• I12: The Midnight Hour and Me

  City of Heroes Senior Designer Joe Morrissey writes this developer journal telling us about the Midnight Squad, a group of heroes that has appeared in past lore, but makes their first appearance in Issue 12.

  Reported on Apr 30, 2008

• Screenshots - The Midnight Hour and Me

  To go along with Joe Morrissey's developer journal on Issue 12 and The Midnight Squad, NCsoft has sent along these new screenshots.

  Reported on Apr 30, 2008

• 4th Anniversary Message

  City of heroes lead designer Matt 'Positron' Miller has posted a 4th anniversary message for fans of City of Heroes, and provides a few fun facts about the game's run thus far.

  Reported on Apr 29, 2008

• Schedule of Events

  The folks at NCsoft's City of Heroes have announced the dates for a number of events between now and January of 2009.

  Reported on Apr 29, 2008

• Two Shows This Summer

  NCsoft has announced two of the shows that the superhero game City of Heroes will be attending this coming summer:

  Reported on Apr 25, 2008

• Villain Epic Archetypes Video

  The City of Heroes team has released an epic-sized (4 minutes!) game play video explaining Villain Epic Archetypes that will go live with Issue 12.

  Reported on Apr 18, 2008

• Return of the Rikti

  NCsoft has announced that the Rikti Invasion Force is planning to invade Earth once again. Luckily the Rikti are polite invaders and have called in advance to let us know when they plan on launching their attacks.

  Reported on Apr 17, 2008

• Optional Additional Character Slot

  NCsoft has announced their new Optional Additional Character Slot feature that will see players gain access to two new character slots with options for more should the player choose.

  Reported on Apr 16, 2008