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12 Nov 2009
Mission Architect Contest Launched in City of Heroes N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - Mission Architect Contest Launched in City of Heroes If you like creating content, the Mission Architect system in City of Heroes offers a lot of venues for your creativity, and it's certainly one of the most-touted features of the game. Now, you might be able to get more than just the joy of having other people play through your creation as a prize. There's a new contest on the official site that promises to be the first in a series, allowing a lucky designer to receive a special title and possibly even the coveted Designer's Choice award for their mission.
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21 Oct 2009
NCsoft reveals Halloween events for six games N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - NCsoft reveals Halloween events for six games Gamer Limit writes "As October starts coming to a close, one thing tends to be on every one's mind, Halloween. This spooky holiday also seems to have NCsoft captivated . The developer/producer is planning Halloween themed events across all six of its active Western titles."
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7 Oct 2009
Hero-Con Attendees Get Going Rogue Beta Keys N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - Hero-Con Attendees Get Going Rogue Beta Keys Paragon Studios has announced that fans attending the upcoming Hero-Con event in San Jose will also get access to the closed beta of the City of Heroes expansion, Going Rogue.
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30 Sep 2009
City of Heroes Account Reactivation and Double Experience Weekend  N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes Account Reactivation and Double Experience Weekend To celebrate the release of Issue 16: Power Spectrum to NCsoft's MMORPG City of Heroes, the publisher has announced a weekend event where it will be reactivating all accounts and all heroes and villains will be netting themselves double experience, with influence/infamy doubled as well.
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17 Sep 2009
City of Heroes Issue 16 launches including power customization N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes Issue 16 launches including power customization NCsoft®, the premier publisher and developer of online computer games, and Paragon Studios, home of the longest-running comic book inspired massively multiplayer online (MMO) game, City of Heroes®, today announced the launch of Issue 16: Power Spectrum.
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7 Sep 2009
CoH: Guest Authors For Mission Architect N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - CoH: Guest Authors For Mission Architect NCsoft has announced that several guest authors will be making content for the MMO, City of Heroes, through the Mission Architect system.

The first special custom-made missions are being made by Rooster Teeth and Scott Kurtz. Rooster Teeth are the machinima producers behind the Red vs Blue series, and Kurtz is the creator of a PvP web comic.
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1 Sep 2009
New DC Universe Online screenshots, and Champions Online goes live today, more N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - New DC Universe Online screenshots, and Champions Online goes live today, more In spite of the news that Marvel Comics is being bought by Disney, it's a relatively good day to be a superhero today, as we have more new screen shots from DC Universe Online, some news on Champions online, and a little speculation on City of Heroes.
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27 Aug 2009
City of Heroes' Power Spectrum issue now in open beta N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes' Power Spectrum issue now in open beta The next free issue for City of Heroes is now in open beta. Issue 16: Power Spectrum includes a new character creator that allows you to customize nearly every power, new powerset proliferation, and new difficulty options.
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13 Aug 2009
City of Heroes Issue 16: Developer Diary N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes Issue 16: Developer Diary Senior designer Floyd Grubb has spoken about the upcoming expansion for City of Heroes, Issue 16, in the latest developer diary.

In the diary, Grubb talks about the changes to powersets, allowing each archetype access to at least one more. He also discusses the changes to Electric Armor, Electric Melee and the Dominator set, Earth Assault.
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13 Aug 2009
City of Heroes: Second Hero-Con Announced N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes: Second Hero-Con Announced Paragon Studios has announced that the second Hero-Con event has been expanded to a two-day show and will be taking place from 24 – 25 October.

City of Heroes/Villains fans can head to the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, CA, to meet up with fellow players and take part in several activities.
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31 Jul 2009
City of Heroes players can get access to Going Rogue closed beta N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes players can get access to Going Rogue closed beta The article explains the three ways to gain access to City of Heroes' closed beta of Going Rogue. Going Rogue is the next full expansion to the City of Heroes world.
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17 Jul 2009
City of Heroes Issue 16 announced, detailed N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes Issue 16 announced, detailed New details on City of Heroes next free content expansion called Issue 16: Power Spectrum are now available. The next issue includes a new character creator that allows gamers to customize each individual power and more.
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8 Jul 2009
City Of Heroes: Purchasable Story Slots N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City Of Heroes: Purchasable Story Slots Players of the superhero MMO, City of Heroes, can now buy additional Mission Architect story slots.

This makes the total number of eight slots available per account.
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7 Jul 2009
'City of Heroes' character 'Twixt' becomes game's most hated outcast courtesy of Loyola professor N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - 'City of Heroes' character 'Twixt' becomes game's most hated outcast courtesy of Loyola professor A role-player in an online game, he aimed the pointer at his opponent, the virtual comic book villain "Syphris." Myers, 55, flicked the buttons on his mouse and magically transported his opponent to the front of a cartoon robot execution squad. In an instant, the squad pulverized the player.

-New Orleans Metro News
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30 Jun 2009
City of Heroes: Issue 15 Released N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes: Issue 15 Released Good news for heroes of Paragon City and villains of the Rogue Isles, NCSoft has released the newest free expansion for the long-running City of Heroes MMORPG, "Issue 15: Anniversary".

This content update, while moving the game's story and progression forward, marks the return of one of the most popular villain groups of all time, The 5th Column!
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19 Jun 2009
City of Heroes developer confirms Power Customization coming in I16 N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes developer confirms Power Customization coming in I16 Finally. After years of people complaining "Why can't my fire be green?!?" throughout the streets of Paragon City and the Rogue Isles, there is much rejoicing as Paragon Studios developer Matt Miller a.k.a. "Positron" has confirmed that Power Customization will be in "Issue 16".
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28 May 2009
City of Heroes Issue 15 open beta now live N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes Issue 15 open beta now live Almost a month after it was announced, City of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary is now in open beta. All subscribers that are active have access to the beta.
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25 May 2009
City of Heroes Mission Architect Badges Removed N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes Mission Architect Badges Removed NCsoft has announced that due to abuse of a new system in City of Heroes, many achievements or 'Badges' are being removed.

The new Mission Architect system in CoH allows players to make their own content and share it with others. However, it didn't take long for people to develop scenarios that could be 'farmed', i.e. replayed over and over for experience points, rewards and Badges.
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14 May 2009
City of Heroes regrets letting users design own levels N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes regrets letting users design own levels FZ: "The designers of the multiplayer game City of Heroes thought it would be a wizard wheeze to let users design their own scenarios.

However while some got into the spirit of the thing and invented some quite imaginative ideas, most designed adventures that basically gave their characters shedloads of gear and cash.

It turns out that players quickly found the way to min-max the system, and started making quests that gave huge rewards for little effort. These have blighted the game by becoming the most popular missions and the "developer's favorite" quests are getting poor ratings because they are too hard."
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12 May 2009
City of Heroes next expansion revealed N4G
PC News from N4G | City of Heroes
PC - City of Heroes - City of Heroes next expansion revealed A look at City of Heroes/Villains' next true expansion called Going Rogue. Many players are receiving emails about the expansion that might change the way CoH/V is played with the addition of a mirror universe. This article has the news and the links to the official Going Rogue site.
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The Knowledge

City of Heroes

Genre: Role Playing
Release date: 27 Apr 2004
Published by: NCSoft
Developed by: Cryptic Studios
Min system requirements: PIII 800Mhz or equivalent, 512MB RAM, 2.6GB on hard drive, 64MB DirectX video card
Recommended system: P4 2.0 GHz or equivalent, 1GB RAM, 2.6GB on hard drive, 256MB DirectX video card
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