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Selling Powers

19 Nov 2009 21:02:11 PST

Written by Zubon
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...

Original story at Kill Ten Rats .

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Free-to-play weekend in Champions Online with special in-game event

19 Nov 2009 15:56:00 PST

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.

Original story at GamingNexus .

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Mission Architect contest launched in City of Heroes

12 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST

Written by Eliot Lefebvre
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...

Original story at Massively .

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NCsoft responds to City of Heroes speculation

05 Nov 2009 13:00:00 PST

Written by Eliot Lefebvre
We wanted to respond to your post from November 2 on City of Heroes and clarify a few points for you and your readers. In short, the piece offers a rather sensationalist view of NCsoft West and our success thus far. We're very proud of what we've accomplished here in the West - we have several maj...

Original story at Massively .

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Ten Ton Hammer Interview

23 Sep 2009 10:12:47 PDT

for the first time. We spoke with Matt "Positron" Miller, Senior Lead Producer of City of Heroes, about what the change will entail. “This process is not immediate, it’s not a switch, it’s not a $30 charge. It’s a story that you go through. For heroes, it’s a fall from grace, for villains it’s a re...

Original story at City Of Heroes .

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Dungeon Runners running on empty

18 Sep 2009 04:52:00 PDT

At least folks who have subscribed to the game gets some goodies before the game dies. There's a 30 day free trial of City of Heroes Architect Edition and Guild Wars Prophecies for everyone and those that have multiple month purchases will get a refund. Changes to the game are in place so you ca...

Original story at GamingNexus .

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City of Heroes news and blogs - November 20, 2009

20 Nov 2009 00:00:01 PDT

Below is today's roundup of news and blogs that haven't yet hit top story status by our community. Visit City of Heroes news and blogs for even more news and blogs converage.

• How to Write Patch Notes -- by Zubon from Kill Ten Rats
• Grouping versus soloing as the genre evolves -- by Eliot Lefebvre from Massively
• Bill Roper talks about Champions Online successes and failures -- by Eliot Lefebvre from Massively
• Champions Zone-Servers -- by Zubon from Kill Ten Rats
• NCsoft releases teaser trailer for Blade and Soul -- by Rubi Bayer from Massively
• Get your Kung Fu on in City of Heroes -- by Kyle Horner from Massively
• Booster Pack Coming Your Way -- from CoH Vault - The Ultimate Resource
• Super Booster IV -- from City Of Heroes
• Microtransactions and the splits in philosophy -- by Eliot Lefebvre from Massively
• Towards a Perpetual Stream of Events -- by Zubon from Kill Ten Rats

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Opinion: The Daily Grind: How many MMOs do you play at one time?

18 Aug 2009 06:00:00 PDT

Written by Lesley Smith
MMOs tend to have dedicated fan bases and everyone has their favourite: Aion, City of Heroes, WoW, Guild Wars, Lord of the Rings Online ... the list goes on and on. Everyone has their own personal favourite or the hip one that everyone and their pet goldfish is currently engrossed in. For example...

Original story at Massively .

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Issue 16 details!

16 Jul 2009 10:38:24 PDT

At last, our next free content update unveils the all new, much requested and long awaited Powers Customization system! You wanted more control over what your characters' powers look like, and you are getting it! Issue 16: Power Spectrum takes City of Heroes' unparalleled character cr...

Original story at City Of Heroes .

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E3 2009: The MMO end-run

09 Jun 2009 17:06:49 PDT

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 ...

Original story at Examiner.com .

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Opinion: i14 Follow up from Positron

17 Apr 2009 13:24:47 PDT

Like every system we design here, the Mission Architect system has been a labor of love that we have poured over every little decision on. I feel like everything we have worked on has really been worth it when I see that within 60 minutes, we had 360 entire Mission Arcs (each containing up to 5 m...

Original story at City Of Heroes .

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How To: LacunaFurlong Cybering Tutorial

10 Mar 2009 07:09:17 PDT

Written by rss@youtube.com (hpstrolamus)
Author: hpstrolamus Keywords: City of Heroes Lacuna LacunaFurlong CoH CoV Dominator Mind/Fire FotM Duel City of Villains Velocity ABH Blaster Fire/Eng PvP Test Server Arena Added: March 10, 2009

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City of Heroes/Villans - MMORPG

07 Feb 2009 05:03:07 PST

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 ...

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City Of Heroes Issue 13 Examined

28 Jan 2009 06:05:49 PST

TN Boomtown has posted a review of the features offered in the latest City of Heroes update, Issue 13. The latest additions to the game include customizable shields, the pain domination power for villains, changes to PvP, and the introduction of day jobs ...

Original story at Inside Mac Games .

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Patch: City of Heroes Issue 13 goes live

04 Dec 2008 02:53:11 PST

UK - Dec 4, 2008 NCsoft has released the latest free update to its long-running superhero MMO, City of Heroes. It's also ready to start beta testing an Apple Mac version of ...

Original story at Eurogamer .

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Opinion: Ten Arguments Against Evil

03 Nov 2008 21:02:25 PST

Written by Zubon
Zubon I always characterize City of Villains as what City of Heroes would have been with another year to work on it. But we aren’t playing it as much at City of Heroes, or at least we don’t seem to be. Why is that? There is less content. It is good content, but once [...]

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Best MMORPG review - online rpg games

18 Aug 2008 13:23:14 PDT

City of Heroes and City of Villains are 2 completely separate games. They are targeted at those of us who love comic books. Which one is for you? Well I guess it depends on whether you are out to save the world or destroy it. ...

Original story at PC Game Reviews .

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How to install COH inside Crossover Games under macosx

06 Aug 2008 16:10:28 PDT

Written by Agnus Dei
I posted a howto for how to install City of Heroes under Crossover Games on macosx over on the [info] city_of_heroes community forum. Here's the link to How to install COH inside Crossover Games under macosx.

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City of Heroes Patch 6/17/08

17 Jun 2008 20:58:52 PDT

- The latest patch notes for NCsoft's City of Heroes, version 17.20080604.2T are up and about for your gaming pleasure. This particular build has given ample ...

Original story at MMORPG blog . Related stories include: WarCry Network : Latest News: City of Heroes July 22nd Patch Notes - VirginWorlds MMO , City of Heroes July 22nd Patch Notes - Lord of the Rings Online WarCry

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Massively Speaking Podcast Episode 7

29 May 2008 09:30:00 PDT

Written by Michael Zenke
Filed under: Podcasts, Culture, Massively SpeakingMassively Speaking Episode 7 runs down news and features from Massively.com for the week of May 19th - May 25th. Site co-lead Krystalle Voecks joins the usual hosting duo of Michael and Shawn for a very special Massively Speaking. MMO pod...

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Patch: City of Heroes Issue #12 goes live

21 May 2008 03:44:00 PDT

No need to wait till the Midnight Hour. Cryptic Studios has released the latest update to its superhero MMO City of Heroes. It's called Issue 12: Midnight Hour and you can download it as of now. Click here to read the full article.

Original story at CVG Online .

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Podcast: CoX In-game Ads: The wrapup

08 Apr 2008 12:30:00 PDT

Written by Jonathan Northwood
Filed under: Podcasts, City of Heroes, City of Villains, InterviewsDJ Shecky: I think this is a good spot for us to collect our thoughts, and go over and make sure that we've covered all these questions before we start to wrap things up. What about you guys?

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Podcast: CoX In-game Ads: Selective placement, self-promotion

08 Apr 2008 11:30:00 PDT

Written by Jonathan Northwood
Filed under: Podcasts, City of Heroes, City of Villains, InterviewsDJ Shecky: Somebody posted this one up on the Cape forums. Obviously there's a limited amount of places that ads can be placed in the Rogue Isles, etcetera. Are you going to be adding in more billboards? For instance, one of...

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Patch news roundup - Eurogamer

07 Apr 2008 03:52:55 PDT

Patch news roundup UK - It's a busy time on the test servers at NCsoft and Sony Online Entertainment. Patches for the former's City of Heroes and Tabula Rasa and the latter's ... In-game ads coming to City of Heroes Eurogamer all 2 news articles

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Podcast: The Cape envelops in-game advertising

05 Apr 2008 14:30:00 PDT

Written by Jonathan Northwood
Filed under: City of Heroes, City of Villains, Interviews Yesterday, The Cape Radio -- specifically DJs Templar and Shecky -- took the time to interview Brian Clayton, the General Manager of NCsoft NorCal studio, Matt "Positron" Miller, the Senior Lead Designer for City of Heroes, and...

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Opinion: WTH? Info on a monday?

31 Mar 2008 10:57:42 PDT

With the many additions of costumes over the years to City of Heroes and City of Villains, it can be hard to find all the parts and pieces of various costume “sets.” For instance, you want to make a Jester themed character using the all of the various Jester costume items.

Original story at City Of Heroes .

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