Oct 30

Matt Miller talks with Gamezone.com about Issue 13

In a recent article, City of Heroes Lead Designer Matt “Positron” Miller, along with Senior Designer Floyd Grubb, talk with Gamezone.com about features of the coming free expansion, Issue 13: Power and Responsibility. Here’s a preview:

What other little goodies are you packing into Issue 13 that maybe you have not talked about yet?

We’ve done a lot of quality of life features, like revamping the Badge UI, or tweaking the locations of some NPCs. A good chunk of time was spent setting up this year’s Halloween event, and that is taking place on the Live servers right now! This year’s Holiday event features some new “ski runs” for players to try out in Pocket D.

Jul 16

It’s All Access for City of Heroes and City of Villains

NCsoft readies the number 1 super-powered MMO for more

There is a reason for the rejoicing in Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. It is official - NCsoft has completely merged the two games into one game universe. All current subscribers who only had one of the games (City of Heroes or City of Villains) now have access to the features of both games. Additionally, all City of Heroes and City of Villains games for sale at retail or online will grant access to both games.

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Apr 03

Optional In-Game Advertising Announced

In a press release just issued we have today announced a partnership with game advertising provider Double Fusion to implement optional in-game advertising to City of Heroes. Click through for the full press release…

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Dec 14

Downright Beautiful!

Boomtown reviews Issue #11

“2007 was to be the year where the City of community got what it wanted”, says Ventura, editor of European Gaming site Boomtown.net, “and [the developers] certainly delivered”.

Issue 11 is a great issue giving veteran players just what they wanted. [...] the new features and power sets easily make Issue 11 one of the best “City of” expansions ever.

What else can we say?

Oh yes… Head over to their site, have a look around and read the full review of Issue #11.

Oct 10

Ask-a-Dev with Melissa and Vince

How to design the world and how to make it work

Today our friends at Boomtown published the latest “Ask-a-Dev” instalment with Melissa “War Witch” Bianco’s answers to player’s questions about how the world of City of Heroes / CIty of Villains was designed.

Also have a look at Vince D’Amelio’s introduction. Vince is the Senior programmer for City of Heroes / Villains and responsible for such great inventions as the Rikti Invasion.

Jul 24

Welcome to the War Zone

Take a guided tour of one of the most important battlefields in the second Rikti War.

Issue #10 has arrived, and with have come the Rikti. While attacks continue across the world, the most vicious and desperate battles are being fought at the site of the Rikti mothership brought down in the first Rikti War - and Gamespot have an exclusive video tour of the new Rikti War Zone that’s one of the major features of the latest free content update for City of Heroes and Villains.

Click here to see the video, narrated by none other than City of Heroes and Villains Lead Designer Matt ‘Positron’ Miller.

Update: The video can now be found on our site as well - Head over to the Media / Movies-page.