Issues

Overview

Issues were large game updates to the City of Heroes game. There were smaller updates that occured between the larger "Issues", but these were usually for special events or to fix various bugs or exploits, to tweak game performance, etc.

Timeline

Issue Number	Issue Title	Release Date
Original Release		Wednesday, April 28, 2004 (a.k.a. Issue 0)
Issue 1	Through the Looking Glass	Tuesday, June 29, 2004 (62 days later)
Issue 2	A Shadow of the Past	Thursday, September 16, 2004 (79 days later)
Issue 3	A Council of War	Tuesday, January 4, 2005 (110 days later)
Issue 4	Colosseum	Wednesday, May 4, 2005 (120 days later)
Issue 5	Forest of Dread	Wednesday, August 31, 2005 (119 days later)
Issue 6	Along Came a Spider	Thursday, October 27, 2005 (57 days later) (jointly released with City of Villains)
Issue 7	Destiny Manifest	Tuesday, June 6, 2006 (222 days later)
Issue 8	To Protect and Serve	Tuesday, November 28, 2006 (175 days later)
Issue 9	Breakthrough	Tuesday, May 1, 2007 (154 days later)
Issue 10	Invasion	Tuesday, July 24, 2007 (84 days later)
Issue 11	A Stitch in Time	Wednesday, November 28, 2007 (123 days later)
Issue 12	Midnight Hour	Tuesday, May 20, 2008 (174 days later)
Issue 13	Power and Responsibility	Tuesday, December 2, 2008 (196 days later)
Issue 14	Architect	Wednesday, April 8, 2009 (127 days later) (jointly released with Architect Edition)
Issue 15	Anniversary	Monday, June 29, 2009 (82 days later)
Issue 16	Power Spectrum	Tuesday, September 15, 2009 (78 days later)
Issue 17	Dark Mirror	Wednesday, April 28, 2010 (225 days later)
Issue 18	Shades of Gray	Monday, August 16, 2010 (110 days later) (jointly released with Going Rogue)
Issue 19	Alpha Strike	Tuesday, November 30, 2010 (106 days later)
Issue 19.5	Strike Pack	Tuesday, February 1, 2011 (63 days later)
Issue 20	Incarnates	Tuesday, April 5, 2011 (63 days later, or 126 days from the previous full issue)
Issue 20.5	Incarnates Ascend	Tuesday, June 28, 2011 (84 days later)
Issue 21	Convergence	Tuesday, September 13, 2011 (77 days later, or 161 days from the previous full issue) (jointly released with City of Heroes Freedom)
Issue 21.5	Media Blitz	Tuesday, December 6, 2011 (85 days later)
Issue 22	Death Incarnate	Tuesday, March 6, 2012 (91 days later, or 176 days from the previous full issue)
Issue 23	Where Shadows Lie	Thursday, May 31, 2012 (87 days later)
Issue 24	Resurgence	Not released to the live servers due to the game's shutdown on Friday, November 30, 2012

For a quick timeline comparison to boxed release dates, the main box sets are listed below.

Box Name	Release Date
City of Heroes, NA	April 27, 2004
City of Heroes, EU	February 4, 2005
City of Villains, NA & EU	October 31, 2005
Going Rogue, NA & EU	August 17, 2010

Notes

• While not an actual Issue, the release of the game was often referred to as "Issue 0".
• The names of the various issues were traditionally thought to have been chapter names of famous books. However, Positron said in an interview [1]:

"The names of Issues are NOT chapters of novels. Never have been, never will be. The fact that the users have found novel chapter titles that match, or are similar to, our Issue names is a testament to the tenacity of our users. I won't say we haven't been amused by this, because we have, but we don't go out of our way to find a chapter title that matches our issue in theme and content. We name the issue something cool, that's it."

• Jack Emmert decided to use the name "Issues" to describe the larger updates to coincide with the comic book theme of the game.