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City of Heroes: Death of the Statesman Interview
Jan 23rd
Last week, City of Heroes was rocked with the death of one of Freedom Forces' most iconic members, the Statesman. We had the opportunity to chat with Paragon Studios Lead Designer Matt Miller about this momentous event and its repercussions. Check it out and then let us know what you think in the comments.
The Statesman has been synonymous with City of Heroes for the life of the game. What is it like to end such an iconic character in the CoH Universe?
For me it was a really tough thing to do. I mean, City of Heroes has really revolved around this character since the very beginning and killing him off was going to be a huge deal. We knew with Freedom we had a chance to have a new starting point for players, and one of the things we wanted to do was make them the star of their own game, and not have the NPCs overshadow them. Once we had this mindset, killing off Statesman just seemed like a good logical place to go with the story. Of course, his story doesn’t just “end.” He is too ingrained in the game-lore. His death has a far reaching ripple More >
City of Heroes: Update 22: Death Incarnate Coming Soon
Jan 12th
Paragon Studios and NCSoft have announced that City of Heroes will be updated soon with the "Death Incarnate" update. Death Incarnate comes with a ton of new content including new powers, new costumes, new VIP content, and new end game trials.
For players level 50+, the Dark Astoria zone will provide a lot of fun as the players work cooperatively through the spooky area.
Controllers and Dominators will revel in the new Darkness Power Set. With Darkness Powers, players can summon shadows and other spectral minions to do their dirty work.
There's a lot more included in Update 22: Death Incarnate. Find out more on the City of Heroes site.
City of Heroes: The Statesman Will Fall
Dec 14th
Seven years of protection is a long time. In City of Heroes, the job of protecting the citizens of Paragon City has fallen to Statesman but his days are numbered. Paragon Studios has announced that in the continuation of the Signature Story Arc that will go live next month, Statesman will meet his match "on the field of battle".
Episode 5 of the Story Arc will be free to VIP players and others who wish to participate in the unraveling of epic events can purchase this and preceding episodes in the Paragon Market.
Read more on the City of Heroes site.
City of Heroes: Issue 21 Goes Live
Dec 6th
Paragon Studios and the City of Heroes dev team have officially announced that Issue 21: Media Blitz is now live across all game servers. Issue 21 features two Incarnate Trials for players to work throug, pitting themselves against more and more difficult monsters.
Read more about the two new Incarnate Trials and the new Incarnate powers that shipped with Issue 21 on the City of Heroes Freedom site.
City of Heroes: Player Summit Live & In Person
Nov 19th
City of Heroes Freedom fans will be gathering this weekend to celebrate the game's annual Player Summit. The event is scheduled for today in Palo Alto, CA with tickets still available at the door. According to the team, players and fans will be able to hobnob with developers and pick up awesome swag. In addition, Matt "Positron" Miller will be getting a new haircut. Yes, a Flowbee system haircut by a fan. And it's all available to be watched live!
Coverage of the Player Summit will begin at 9:45 a.m. PST on the City of Heroes Freedom UStream channel.
City of Heroes: New Powers Coming in Issue 21
Nov 11th
A new developer blog post is live on the City of Heroes site that details some new powers coming with Issue 21: Media Blitz. Penned by Jeff "Arbiter Hawk" Hamilton, discusses how powers are expanding the Alpha, Interface, Destiny, and Judgement slots of the Incarnate Powers.
Most notably, Hamilton talks about how he is addressing balance issues. The biggest challenge in making new abilities in the existing Incarnate slots is that they have to be desirable in order to be worth creating, but they can't completely supplant the existing abilities. From there, Hamilton details each of the four Incarnate power slots and what changes are incoming.
Read the full blog post on the City of Heroes site.
City of Heroes: Fight Crime in Style Contest Winners!
Nov 8th
MMORPG.com and NCsoft partnered up a couple of weeks ago to bring you the City of Heroes: Fight Crime in Style contest, and today we are announcing the winners!
Contest participants were tasked with posting screenshots of their best looking characters for a chance at winning some great prizes, including City of Heroes game time, and for the grand prize winner — the opportunity to fly out to Paragon Studios (for the Freedom Player Summit) and have their hair cut (via Flowbee) by Matt "Positron" Miller himself!
Below you'll find our Grand Prize winner along with our chosen 10 winners:
Congratulations to all our winners!
City of Heroes: Player Summit Details & Issue 21 Special Update
Oct 20th
The City of Heroes site is featuring a pair of new blog posts. One deals with the upcoming Player Summit to be held in Palo Alto, California in November. The other post deals with Issue 21 and some good news for VIP PvPers.
The annual Player Summit will be held in Palo Alto on November 19th and, while details are sketchy at the moment, we do know that players will have the opportunity to meet members of the Paragon Studios team as well as participate in discussion panels about CoH. In addition, attendees will receive nifty codes that will unlock in-game items.
Issue 21 is being called " Special Edition: Media Blitz". Again, details are a bit sketchy, but the team did indicate that the second half of Media Blitz will give VIP players a chance to try out the new Incarnate Trial: the TPN Campus. A second incarnate trial will also be included in Issue 21 but no further details were released. Lastly, players will be able to unlock brand new abilities for Alpha, Destiny, Interface and Judgment Incarnate slots.
Read more at the links above.
City of Heroes: Halloween Event Arrives October 20th
Oct 14th
NCSoft and the City of Heroes team has revealed the details behind the annual Halloween in-game event. This year's spookfest includes new quest and rewards.
Dr. Kane's House of Horror is being added to the "normal" zombie invasions of past years. Players will enter into "venture into a nightmarish mansion full of danger!"
Check out the full details about the new content in the Halloween event on the City of Heroes event page.
City of Heroes: Who Will Die Story Arc Video Diary
Oct 12th
Paragon Studios has a new video diary series called "Signature Story Arc ViDoc" that reveals the creative process behind the "Who Will Die?" story that is on its way into City of Heroes.
"We wanted to show that the game does evolve, that there [are] consequences to actions. Players can actually go out and permanently change parts of the game world," says Matt "Positron" Miller in the video. Check it out!