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Thursday, October 21, 2010

What's your Origin?

Have you ever wished you could proudly wield your origin as a banner in front of your fiercest adversaries or even amongst fellow heroes or villains? Your origin contributes to making you a unique citizen in Paragon City, the Rogue Isles, or Praetoria. You've trained hard to follow the natural arts? You've worked tirelessly on your invocations and spells? Painful scientific experimentations have made you a powerful creature to reckon with? Technological advances have bestowed you with the ability to transcend your limits? Or maybe you are the product of a freak accident?

Discover the City of Heroes® Origins Pack.

When it becomes available through the NCsoft Store on November 3, 2010, the City of Heroes Origins Pack will provide your characters with new customization options based on the five character Origins: Magic, Mutant, Natural, Science, and Technology.

Watch the new City of Heroes Origins Pack trailer now for a taste of things to come!

The 2010 Halloween Event is here!

Get spooky and wear your scariest costume, for this year's Halloween event has now started on a live server near you!

Starts: 9:00 a.m. PDT, Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Ends: 11:59 p.m. PDT, Sunday, October 31st, 2010

From ghosties and ghoulies, and long-leggedy beasties, and things that go bump in the night, deliver us.

New for 2010

Multiple Halloween badges and an accolade are new for 2010's event. This year, you can also play new a Halloween-only mission to find the mystic artifact known as the Malleus Mundi. Trick or treat while wearing a classic costume or other temporary costumes and you may receive a Tip that starts this new Halloween story arc.

Happy Trick or Treating all!

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Issue 19 Overview

Issue 19: Alpha Strike is around the corner and the official overview page is now ready for your reading pleasure.

A few weeks ago, it was announced that the Fitness Pool would become inherent through Issue 19 and last week we learned about auras that would also become available with the upcoming content update. The Issue 19 overview page gives us an even more comprehensive list of features to look forward to.

While partly geared towards high level characters with the introduction of the first part of the Incarnate System and high level task forces, Issue 19: Alpha Strike will also provide more content in the form of Zone Events, additional tip and morality missions, a second wave of alternate power animations and more!

So check it out! You can get all the details now by visiting the Official Issue 19: Alpha Strike Overview page.

Join in the Community discussion here!

Monday, September 27, 2010

Reactivation Weekend Featuring Going Rogue 10/7-10/10!

It's time for another City of Heroes® Reactivation Weekend and this one is going to be better than ever! Why, you ask? Because old and new players alike will get a preview of the new content in City of Heroes Going Rogue™! For everyone's gaming pleasure, Praetoria will be accessible to ALL accounts in good standing whether they are brand new, have been reactivated or have remained active!

If you've let your City of Heroes account lapse, but would like to see what Going Rogue is like, we will reactivate your account for FREE. Because there is so much new content to explore, you're getting almost FIVE full days to experience it all!

Active and reactivated account holders will be able to try out our newest and most visually captivating power sets* while discovering a brand new parallel world and the intense struggle ripping apart its denizens behind those sterile Praetorian walls**!

The Reactivation Weekend starts on Thursday, October 7th at 8am Pacific (11am Eastern / 3pm UTC) and ends on Sunday, October 10th, at 11:59pm Pacific (2:59am Eastern / 6:59am UTC).

* To continue using the Dual Pistols, Demon Summoning, Kinetic Melee and Electric Control power sets after the Reactivation weekend, you will need to upgrade your City of Heroes game account with a valid Going Rogue code.

** Please note all active or reactivated accounts that will be granted temporary access to Going Rogue will only have access to the Praetorian content up to level 14.

(Official announcement)