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<br /> NCsoft and Paragon studios have announced and detailed the first major content update for City of Heroes since the MMO went free-to-play late last year.
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<br /> Most of the content revolves around padding out the City of Heroes fiction and the death of one famous superhero...
City of Heroes' upcoming Story Arc #5 promises to be the most devastating yet, with the long-teased question of "Who will die?" answered conclusively. Unless you're in the habit of saving the headline until last when you read blog posts, you know it's the game's biggest character, the Statesman...
NCSoft gives its gamers a chance to purchase the entire first Guild Wars collection at a discounted price, 99c VIP for a month on City of Heroes and much more.
NCsoft has announced the launch City of Heroes Freedom, whhich adds a free-to-play model to the superhero MMO. The decision to supplement City of Heroes with a free-to-play option was first teased in June, but today's launch of Freedom also comes with a major update. To try it, you can use an old login or log onto cityofheroes.com and create a new profile…
In under 2 hours, City of Heroes: Freedom, the new Free2Play version, will be available to beta testers along with Issue 21. European players will have to wait a bit longer as their beta doesnt kick off until tomorrow.
Last month Paragon Studios and NCsoft announced that City of Heroes would adopt a free-to-play model before the end of the year and today that transition has become much clearer.
The San Diego Convention Center will be overloaded with massively multiplayer online (MMO) games this year as game publishers tease new games like BioWares Star Wars: The Old Republic and Gazillions Marvel Universe. Plus, established MMO games like World of Warcraft and City of Heroes will focus on new content.
Massively: It's important for City of Heroes players to remember that Issue 21 isn't just bringing City of Heroes Freedom -- it's also bringing several pieces of new content, including the foreboding First Ward. The official site has just put up a preview of the new region, the site of Emperor Cole's first attempt at making his perfect society... and the site of his greatest failure in that goal. Because First Ward was the start of Praetoria, one that ended in destruction and death despite everything.
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The first Superhero MMO enters the F2P market
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