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City Of Heroes : City of Heroes Free Return to Play WeekendDec 05, 2008 11:08:30 PM News Item: 6989
Time to re-visit Paragon City.
First we whet your appetite to give City of Heroes a try with Dalmarus' review of City of Heroes, and now NCsoft is providing incentive for ex-gamers to come back and experience the latest substence added this week. From the email in my in-box today from NCsoft:
PLAY FREE ALL WEEKEND
In celebration of Issue 13: Power and Responsibility going live, we have reactivated your game account through the end of this weekend. Simply log on to City of Heroes®/City of Villains® between now and Sunday, December 7th, 2008 at 11:59PM EST and your account will be active* and playable!
In addition to the Shields and Pain Domination powersets, and the new Cimerora mission substence, Issue 13 includes some of the most innovative features that have ever been commenceed for City of Heroes. Here's a condensed list of the exciting new substence!
* Two New Powersets - Shields and Pain Domination!
* Day Jobs – Characters accumulate a enormous variety of new rewards while they are offline based on the scenes from which they log out
* New “Day Job themed” Costumes
* Multiple Builds – Players can respec a second build for each of their characters and switch between builds, giving them the flexibility to tackle any challenge!
* Leveling Pact – “Extreme sidekicking” allows two characters to split all XP regardless of who’s online more, so that each time they play together they are the exact same level
* New Cimerora Missions – New Hero and Villain story arcs expand upon the history and lore, and delve into the gamers and politics of Cimerora.
* New Invention Origin Sets
* Merit Rewards System allows gamers to earn tokens by completing Trials, Task Forces, Strike Forces, Raids, etc., offering more flexibility for selecting rewards
* Player vs. Player Rebalancing
It appears the game has changed quite a bit since I last logged in. Heck, some citizens may log in just so they can have a day job (sorry, bad economy joke). Since I'm a big fan of leveling and bolstering my character, the Leveling Pact and Merit Rewards are very appealing. If you see a guy standing in the middle of the city trying to remember what the buttons do, be nice to himm, it may be me! PlayNC has all of the rules, regulations and information.read more  Comments
City Of Heroes : Meet the ultimate City of Heroes Issue 13 guide, InfomanDec 05, 2008 06:00:00 PM News Item: 7007
Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, Patches, News items
Walking down the street, you're suddenly stopped by a man wearing a fedora and trench coat. "Hey you, yeah you!" he spits out in hushed tones. "Uh, what's up?" you respond cautiously.
"Yo, the name's Infoman," he looks about nervously, like someone may be watching him, "look into the merchandise" opening his jacket to reveal countless links for articles all about the recent City of Heroes' Issue 13 update. Everything from the Positron conversation at Joystiq to in-depth fan-made videos of all the new systems added into the game.
"It's all free, take whatever ya like." says the calm street walker, who now seems like a pretty nice guy. "I'll take that Floyd 'Castle' Grubb conversation about the new powersets." you say. He nods, hands it over and says, "I gots more if'n you want it, kid. Be down at the docks." and struts off down the street whistling a tune.Meet the ultimate City of Heroes Issue 13 guide, Infoman Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:00:00 EST. Comments
City Of Heroes : Issue 13 brings free weekend for gamersDec 05, 2008 10:30:00 AM News Item: 7006
Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, Events, in-game, News items  Curious about the changes that Issue 13 has brought in, but not sure if you want to reactivate your City of Heroes or City of Villains account? Well, if so, you're in luck! The good folks at NCNC are eager to show off all the new goodies that were added with Issue 13, and have thrown open the doors to Paragon City, inviting back allprevious Heroes and Villains who have accounts in good standing.
All returning gamers will be treated to a "freespec" - or free respec, as well as a free tailoring session, enabling gamers to take advantage of the cool new costume options. Beyond that, there's new Cimerora and Midnight Squad story arcs to look into; new powersets; the option to have two builds enabling gamers to have a "solo" and "party" build - or a PvE and Player vs Player build they can switch between; the Leveling Pact option if you're rolling a new toonwith a friend; and a bunch more to read over.
Of course, there's also the addition of Day Jobs to enjoy, but that works when you're logged out. We're sure you won't want to miss a minute of your free time checking out all the great new substence City of Heroes has to offer!Issue 13 brings free weekend for gamers Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:30:00 EST. Comments
City Of Heroes : City of Heroes Ten Ton Hammer ReviewDec 04, 2008 09:53:50 PM News Item: 6970
Last week, Dalmarus brought everyone a quick glance at the City of Heroes universe, and was happy with what he saw. As a comic book geek for more years than some of our readers have been alive, he decided CoX deserved the full Ten Ton Hammer review treatment and was happy to be the one swinging the hammer. Did the game live up to his expectations, or did the shiny afterglow of tooncreation wear off and leave him hanging?
It takes time and effort to grow your base from that first single room into a haven so cool, it makes the Bat Cave look like...well, a cave, but it will be wellworthy ofthe effort to make the architect in you happy.
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City Of Heroes : The 26 Shields of City of HeroesDec 04, 2008 03:30:00 PM News Item: 7005
Filed under: Super-hero, Galleries, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Patches, News items
When we logged into City of Heroes to look into 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 took us quite a while to settle on a shield, as our impulse was to have them all. Once we did make our selection though, it dawned on us that we should share this amazing catalogue of bodily protection with the rest of the world.
We'd like to stress that this isn't every mutation of all the shields, otherwise this would be called "The 4,532 Shields of City of Heroes" and that just doesn't have the same ring to it. Plus, we value what little social lives we actually have. So without further day we present to you, our dear readers, the 26 shields of City of Heroes.%Gallery-38575%The 26 Shields of City of Heroes Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:30:00 EST. Comments
City Of Heroes : Joystiq asks Positron about keeping City of Heroes competitiveDec 03, 2008 04:00:00 PM News Item: 6916
Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, Interviews, Patches 
Yesterday brought us the commence of City of Heroes Issue 13: Power and Responsibility. This is arguably the third major commence in the last month. So the question on Jason Dobson's mind is how is CoH keeping pace with the the largest games on the market? And Positron (a.k.a. Matt Miller, Senior Designer at NCSoft) answers. He sounds proud of the separatist nature CoH seems to enjoy in comparison to what he dubs the monotonous "sword and sorcery" games. Even now, four years in, they have one of the most complex and thoroughly enjoyable tooncreators around, a loyal gamer base, and plans for future releases. There's even a Mac version of the game in beta right now, with future boxed releases in the works for 2009.
Coming soon-ish will be the magic Super-Booster pack and Issue 14: Architect. You may recall that Architect was originally going to be Issue 13, but it was pushed back in September to allow more time for development. Last we heard Issue 14 will be released in Q1 2009 and it seems Issue 15 will be released shortly thereafter, in time for the fifth anniversary of the game (April 2009). Or was that a reference to the Fifth Column we spotted...?Joystiq asks Positron about keeping City of Heroes competitive Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:00:00 EST. Comments
City Of Heroes : One Shots: Happy Prestige refund day!Dec 03, 2008 02:00:00 PM News Item: 6915
Filed under: Super-hero, Screenshots, City of Heroes, One Shots
With Issue 13 hitting the live City of Heroes and City of Villains worlds yesterday, many of the gamers who are fond of base building were immensely happy to see a refund of Prestige; the "cash" that allows gamers to buy more goodies for their base. (Or in some cases, larger bases!) Of course, the down-side to this is that base builders are still relegated to using magic desks during base building to float objects for now. Today we're showing off a screenshot taken by this blogger - who confesss she's a total base-building fiend - having a quick sit-down break between stacking layers of desks to the ceiling. The mission creator in Issue 14 (and with any luck the items to help us float objects in bases easier) can't come fast enough for us!
We love to see what citizens have done with guild housing, supergroup bases, and more! So if you've built up something cool, why not snap some screenshots of it and send that in to us here at oneshots AT massively DOT com! Add in a quick description of what we're seeing (or a longer one if you want to clarifyyour cool building tricks) what game it's from, and your name. We'll show it off to our readers, and your work will get a larger audience than just your group of friends and allies.
%Gallery-9798%One Shots: Happy Prestige refund day! Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST. Comments
City Of Heroes : CoX Issue 13 is LiveDec 03, 2008 12:19:18 PM News Item: 6880
Eagerly awaited by superheroes everywhere, the Issue 13 update for City of Heroes is going live as we type. Months in the making, the enormous update is so large, NCSoft doesn't even fully discuss all new features in their patch notes. There's a lot of linking todeveloperdiaries though.
Ten Ton Hammer does have some lovely Issue 13 coverage, as well as exclusive conversations, that you should look into!
For today's patch notes, please visit the City of Heroes official site.
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City Of Heroes : Loading... Playing MMORPGGs OfflineDec 03, 2008 11:59:26 AM News Item: 6878
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' conversation with top EQ2 devs that you won't want to miss.
All this plus our daily forum and real world news features in Loading... Playing MMORPGGs Offline. read more Comments
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Oct 22, 2008 10:00:00 AMCity Of Heroes : Artist David Nakayama joins City of Heroes team
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