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Tuesday, Jun 9

WoW may have actually managed to kill the old MMO subscription model. There are other games making a successful "living" at this in the margins, like Lord of the Rings Online and City of Heroes/Villains, but right now, it looks like if you want to jump ...

Sunday, Apr 19

ign's video of a new travel power in Champions Online

Swinging is demonstrated in this video from IGN. It's a power many gamers request while playing a superhero genre MMO. Currently, City of Heroes/Villains has four types of travel powers. coh/V has flying, running, jumping, and teleportation. ...

Friday, Apr 17

CoH/V booster packs enable the customization zealous players

If you play City of Heroes/Villains then you've got to pay a monthly fee. That's standard for most MMOs. Even though there are free-to-play ones out there, pay-to-play games will always be around. I don't mind a monthly fee especially when it comes to ...

Saturday, Apr 11

Releases for April 12 - April 18

I mean, you can now pick up the original City of Heroes, City of Villains, and additional content that lets you make and personalize your own missions in this complete edition. It’s your world now, superhero wannabe, so defend it or conquer it. ...

Thursday, Apr 9

City of Heroes Issue 14: Architect delivers player-created ...

It's not often that a mere update to a massively multiplayer game deserves its own review, but City of Heroes Issue 14: Architect delivers such a game-changing feature to the superhero MMO that it deserves a special look. City of Heroes Issue 14: ...

Bill Roper of Champions Online reveals ambitions with upcoming MMORPG

Building from the popularity of City of Heroes while removing weaknesses in its predecessor will help to ensure that Champions Online will be one of the few games that is more entertaining than it looks. Dabney Bailey is an Examiner from Norfolk. ...

Wednesday, Apr 1

Who games with the Watchmen?

For online superhero gaming, City of Heroes can’t be beat. It provides archetypes of your typical heroes and villains, all reflected in Watchmen, which in itself was a comment on typical superhero tropes. There’s an official Watchmen video game too. ...

Wednesday, Mar 25

DCUO and The Agency slated to release 2010

Of course, City of Heroes will be there surely adding issues to compete with the influx of new superhero MMOs. The Agency offers a high action shooter experience, a genre not yet perfected, or truly existent, in the MMO world. Scheduling a release date ...

Tuesday, Mar 24

OnLive's website and presentation

Atari recently bought Cryptic Studios, the developer of City of Heroes and two games in progress. Those two are Champions Online and Star Trek Online. There’s definitely an MMO connection even if it technically hasn’t started yet. ...

Tuesday, Mar 10

Champions Online developer interview: Randy Mosiondz talks content

Champions Online is a superhero-based MMORPG being developed by Cryptic Studios, the same people that brought us City of Heroes. So what's going to be new and different about Champions Online? Well, first off, it's driven by a points-based character ...

Sunday, Feb 15

The mother of invention: Innovation in MMOs at NYCC - Part 2

After all, Cryptic brought together MMOs and superheros for the first time with their 2004 release City of Heroes (and it's pseudo-sequel City of Villains.) But that released before World of Warcraft, and as online gamers emigrated en masse into ...

Saturday, Feb 14

City of Heroes/Villains Spring Fling/Valentine's Day Celebrations

As in the past, Ganymede, emissary of the God Eros, will be bringing heroes and villains together to complete a list of missions. Tainted Water is a villain story arc in which heroes and villains will be fighting Arachnos to retrieve tainted water from ...

Saturday, Feb 7

City of Heroes/Villans - MMORPG

by Amber L Campbell, Las Vegas Gaming Examiner Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few years or just taken a break from the game, you probably know about City of Heroes/Villains. A recent return to the game left me surprised with the ...

Tuesday, Nov 25

MMO Tabula Rasa closes its doors

- This gift includes a digital copy of City of Heroes with three free months, a digital copy of Lineage 2 with three free months, and beta access to the ...