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Get your Kung Fu on in City of Heroes
Thu, Nov 12 | from Massively
This makes the fourth booster pack since the original (or microtransaction bundle, if you like) for City of Heroes and you can bet there will be plenty more as long as these continue to sell. Our guess for the next addition? Mutants would be a safe bet; mutants or zombies.Get your Kung Fu on in C...
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Selling Powers
Returning to last week’s big theme of item shops, City of Heroes shipped Super Booster IV: Martial Arts last week (discussion thread). In addition to emotes and costume pieces, it includes a power (like the other Boosters): Ninja Run power: Dash through the city with the agility of a ninja...
22 hours ago | from Kill Ten Rats
Free-to-play weekend in Champions Online with special in-game event
NEWS - Cryptic Studios, the developers of City of Heroes, City of Villains, and Star Trek Online, has announced today the upcoming Nemeses Confrontation event for Champions Online. On November 24, players will face their greatest Nemeses to protect the universe from great evil.
Thu, Nov 19 | from GamingNexus
NCsoft releases teaser trailer for Blade and Soul
When we say "NCsoft" it usually brings to mind their big, highly-promoted titles like City of Heroes, Aion, and Guild Wars. However, NCsoft enjoys quite a bit of popularity in their home country of Korea, and a lot of people are looking forward to another upcoming title. Blade and Soul hasn'...
Mon, Nov 16 | from Massively
How to Write Patch Notes
While we are talking about doing things right, I may have attacked the City of Heroes patch notes before, but one thing they do well is pointing to themes. Some of that is the advertising copy for, “Come try our new stuff! It’s awesome!” but the valuable part is expressing the developer inten...
Wed, Nov 18 | from Kill Ten Rats
Grouping versus soloing as the genre evolves
Unsurprisingly, Game by Night brings up the obvious counterpoint: that evolving game design has relegated forced grouping to the past. There are more MMO players now than there were back then, and the majority of them started on games such as World of Warcraft or City of Heroes where group...
Wed, Nov 18 | from Massively
Champions Zone-Servers
Most MMOs make it difficult to play with your friends. Levels are a common culprit, as are character- (not account-) specific friends lists, but servers are today’s topic (and City of Heroes solved both those problems anyway). My friends play World of Warcraft on however many servers, and...
Mon, Nov 16 | from Kill Ten Rats
Booster Pack Coming Your Way
Start stretching those hamstrings, because NCsoft is launching its fourth booster pack for City of Heroes entitled Martial Arts.This $9.99 addition to...
Thu, Nov 12 | from CoH Vault
Super Booster IV
Get ready to channel your chi and embrace your inner shinobi! City of Heroes® Super Booster IV: Martial Arts is now available for $9.99 on the NCsoft® store. Activate the following martial arts themed 'costume change emotes' using the costume change interface, selectable from the main Me...
Thu, Nov 12 | from City Of Heroes
Mission Architect contest launched in City of Heroes
Sound like your sort of contest? There's a single catch -- you have to work within a given theme. In this case, the mission arc has to involve a hero doing evil for the greater good. That's a theme so ripe for exploration that we're all but certain several people came up with mission arcs just rea...
Thu, Nov 12 | from Massively
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Top News Sources
| 1 | City Of Heroes |
| 2 | VirginWorlds MMO |
| 3 | hill-kleerup.org |
| 4 | tentonhammer.com |
| 5 | news.mmosite.com |
| 6 | Examiner.com |
| 7 | Kotaku.com |
| 8 | MMORPG blog |
| 9 | Joystiq |
| 10 | GameSpot |
