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News headlines[]
Architect Edition on Shelves[]
Architect Edition is now available. Included is an install disc containing all game updates up to and including Issue 14, and a serial code that can be redeemed for either the Cyborg or Magic Super Booster. Also released is the second installment of the series of upcoming Super Boosters. It's time to fill the streets of Paragon City with arcane excitement!
The booster includes:
- 4 costume change emotes
- Two new and exciting costume sets
- The Inherent Power, Mystic Fortune
- Five new magic themed emotes
Official News[]
Make your mark on Paragon City with the newest City of Heroes product! CoH Architect edition breaks new ground by introducing user created content in the form of player generated stories and missions! Using an intuitive interface similar to the game's detailed Character Creator, those who play can now help shape the future of Paragon City.
Are you a Mac or a PC? It no longer matters in Paragon City. With the Mission Architect Edition you have the power to play however you want!
City of Heroes® Architect Edition includes both award-winning titles in one box, plus the innovative Mission Architect, and your choice between two exclusive in-game item packs, the Cyborg Pack or the Magic Pack!
For more exciting details on the CoH Architect Edition, visit http://www.cityofheroes.com/architect.
Announcing Paragon Studios[]
Finally, the team that has brought us the amazing world of Paragon City for the past 5 years would like to announce their new name, Paragon Studios! With their new name comes the hope that this crack team will stay dedicated to bringing us more of the same bountiful content that we've seen so far. You can check out their new official website here.
Official News[]
par-a-gon - [par-uh-gon]
-noun
A model or pattern of excellence
The team that brought you the award winning City of Heroes and City of Villains proudly reveals our new name:
The studio known for delivering a steady stream of new content for five years has taken its name from the City of Heroes herself. With this announcement we're trumpeting our intent to carry the grand tradition of Paragon City into the future, continuing to be a shining beacon of quality, innovation, and rollicking fun.
For more details check out www.paragon-studios.net .
Issue 14: Architect Releases![]
Issue 14: Architect has been released to the Live Servers. Go forth, create your own stories, or conquer your fellow players' custom critters! Gotta collect 'em all!
Here are some important changes you need to be aware of:
- NCsoft will be granting a @Global Chat Handle rename token with the Issue 14 launch. To change your global chat handle, type /change_handle "Player Name" in the chat line or click on "Chat Handle (X)" from the drop down "Menu" option.
- NCsoft will be granting a (1) free respec to each active character, to enable your freespec please type /respec on the build you wish to change.
- The /help command will now bring up the in-game Help Menu System. This essentially replicates choosing "Help" from the drop down Menu option. We found that many players did not know that we had an in-game Help system.
- Players wishing to chat on the server wide "Help Channel" will now have to type in /hc.
- Super Leader is now active. Please follow the instructions here to change leadership.
- Active accounts will no longer have items placed on consignment deleted after 60 days of inactivity.
- Taskforce Random Recipe Roll has been combined with Trial Random Recipe Roll to form the Random Rare Recipe Roll at Merit Vendors.
- Additionally, recipes in this combined drop pool have a very small chance of dropping off of boss critters.
Archived News[]
- Issue 14 Go-Live Date Announced Saturday, April 4, 2009
- Issue 14 Open Beta Tuesday, March 17, 2009
- Issue 14 Closed Beta Tuesday, February 17, 2009
- Merit Reward Changes Tuesday, February 10, 2009
- Spring Fling 2009 (Valentine's Day Event) Saturday, February 7, 2009
- Double XP Weekend Friday, January 23, 2009
- Upcoming Double XP Weekend January 19, 2009
- Mac Client Released! January 8, 2009
- Mac Open Beta December 17, 2008
- Winter Event December 15, 2008
- Issue 13 Release Date December 01, 2008
- Issue 13 Open Beta November 11, 2008
- Coming to a Mac Near You! October 30, 2008
- Halloween event on now! October 18, 2008
- Issue 13 Closed Beta October 8, 2008
- Splitting Issue 13 September 25, 2008
- Issue 13 Details Released August 26, 2008
- City of Heroes and Villains Merged July 16, 2008
- New Veteran Rewards Unveiled! July 8, 2008
- Paypal Payment Option Now Available at PlayNC July 1, 2008
- Machinima Contest July 1, 2008
- Issue 12 Bugfixes May 28, 2008
- Issue 12 Live May 20, 2008
- Issue 12 Open Beta May 6, 2008
- Upcoming Features Update April 28, 2008
- Issue 12 Details Announced March 12, 2008
- Spring Fling February 17, 2008
- Patch Notes February 13, 2008
- Double XP Weekend February 9, 2008
- Record Server Population February 9, 2008
- NCsoft Charity Auction December 19, 2007
- Winter Event December 17, 2007
- Issue 11 Release Date November 27, 2007
- NCsoft Acquires City of Heroes Franchise November 6, 2007
- Issue 11 Open Beta October 29, 2007
- New Logo October 22, 2007
- Halloween Event 2007 Live! October 22, 2007
- Issue 11 Closed Beta October 9, 2007
- Issue 10: Invasion live! July 24, 2007
- Issue 10 Public Beta June 27, 2007
- Double XP Weekend June 4, 2007
- Issue 9 Released May 1, 2007
- Caching Enabled! April 22, 2007
- Massive Information Upload of Issue 9 April 6, 2007
- Issue 9 open to all on Training Room April 3, 2007
- European Users Able to Buy U.S. Codes March 9, 2007
- PlayNC European Store Update March 7, 2007
- European Players Denied U.S. Server Access March 5, 2007
- Valentine's Day Event Live! February 13, 2007
- Issue 9 info January 20, 2007
- Double XP Weekend Coming January 26-28 January 27, 2007
- MediaWiki Upgrade January 27, 2007
- Paragon Maps updated to v2.0 January 14, 2007
- Issue 8 is live November 28, 2006
- Issue 8 on Training Room Server October 14, 2006
- New Hero Wiki Skin Implemented March 5, 2006
- City of Villains Exploration Badges Complete February 20, 2006
- Valentine's Day Event 2006 Wrapping Up February 20, 2006
- Valentine's Day Event 2006 February 8, 2006
- Issue 7 Preview Released January 31, 2006
- New Administrator January 22, 2006
- Server Outage January 22, 2006
- Spam Filter January 15, 2006
- E-Mail Snafu January 6, 2006
- Happy New Year! January 6, 2006
- Game of the Year January 6, 2006
- Winter Events Continue! December 15, 2005
- Winter Event 2005 December 8, 2005
- City of Villains Survey November 22, 2005
- Map Patch v0.4 Released November 2, 2005
- Go-Live! October 31, 2005
- A shorter URL October 31, 2005
- Please direct people to this site October 31, 2005
- News Archive Added October 31, 2005
- FAQs Added October 24, 2005
- Added Content Update October 18, 2005
- NDA Lifted October 13, 2005
- City of Villains Content Categories Added October 13, 2005