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This page lists all currently relevant news headlines. The list will be displayed on the Main Page. Only major news relevant for the whole community should be displayed here. News are listed in reverse chronological order (latest news at the top).

News headlines

Welcome, City of Heroes/Villains Mentor Project

Greetings heroes, vigilantes, rogues, villains, and Praetorians,

It is with great pleasure that we announce the formation of a special partnership between those of us here at Paragon Wiki and the members of the Mentor Project.

Both groups of players have similar goals at heart: to assist and help guide other players, and to provide them with readily available information when and where they need it.

The Mentor Project began earlier this year as an offshoot of an event welcoming new players to the game. Although a relatively new undertaking, it has already demonstrated its use in providing in-game assistance and personal tutoring for new or returning players on all servers.

Given that the Mentor Project caters to a demographic that Paragon Wiki can also assist, we have begun some collaborative work and the Mentor Project will now offer some much needed maintenance and support for The Players' Guide to the Cities.

As we welcome the Mentor Project on board, we would also like to take this opportunity to thank each and every player who volunteers his or her time to improve other players' experience within the City of Heroes franchise. Whether they do so by providing advice on teams or in global chat channels, or by updating and editing information in articles here at Paragon Wiki, our gaming community is a much more friendly place thanks to their efforts, and for that we are all very grateful. Keep up the good work.

"Soft Launch" for Going Rogue

Going Rogue/Issue 18 has been implemented on the live servers as of Monday, August 16, 2010. This "soft launch" allows those who pre-purchased Going Rogue through NCsoft a full day of access to the Praetorian content before anyone else![1]

Going Rogue™ Release on Tuesday!

Going Rogue is scheduled for release on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010! Get your gaming fingers ready, and don't forget to check out all the changes and additions:

...and much, much more!

Free Server Transfers

Once again, Paragon Studios is offering free Server Transfers from Tuesday, August 17 to Monday, August 23[2] -- and this time, there will be higher limits (six per day until after the Thursday, August 19 maintenance, when it will be increased to twenty per day[3]). So get transferring! (Official announcement)

Going Rogue™ Release Date Announced

NCsoft and Paragon Studios announced today that players will have the opportunity to walk the line between good and evil (or cross it), on August 17, 2010 with the release of City of Heroes Going Rogue™. City of Heroes Going Rogue is the second paid expansion in the City of Heroes® franchise. For the first time in any super-powered MMORPG, the moral choices players make will affect their characters' game play experiences. Heroes can fall from grace to become Villains, while Villains can redeem themselves to become Heroes. In addition, players can now access the alternate universe of Praetoria where they can enjoy new missions, zones, costume sets, fight new villain groups, and play with new power sets including Demon Summoning, Dual Pistols, Electric Control, and Kinetic Melee.

"I was proud when we launched City of Heroes® back in 2004 and even prouder when we unveiled the City of Villains® expansion in 2005, but Going Rogue is by far the best work that this team has ever done. Paragon Studios has distinguished itself as a premier studio committed to excellence with every issue and we've raised the bar on this expansion. I'm so honored to be a part of this team and I believe that our players will be absolutely amazed when they see what we've done." - Melissa Bianco, Lead Designer of City of Heroes.

City of Heroes Going Rogue will be available as an expansion-only, or as part of the City of Heroes Going Rogue Complete Collection, which includes both City of Heroes® and City of Villains®. Both versions of City of Heroes Going Rogue will be available from the NCsoft store.

Read the official press release here.

Trade Barriers Being Lifted in Going Rogue

More features of Going Rogue are coming to light as beta testing progresses and the release date draws nearer. War Witch announced today that a few key improvements are being made "in order to make the alignment switching system the most fun and rewarding experience possible."

• Heroes and Villains will be able to trade and gift each other in Co-Op zones (except in PvP zones).
• Players will be able to Global Email inf and most items to their characters regardless of alignment.
• The Auction House markets for Heroes and Villains will be merged.

The original announcement and discussion on the topic can be viewed on the Official Forums, here.

Archived News

• City of Heroes® Super Booster V: Mutant Giveaway! Wednesday, June 16, 2010
• Sixth Year Anniversary Event and Issue 17 Live Saturday, May 1, 2010

• Issue 17 Open Beta Wednesday, April 14, 2010
• Issue 17 Closed Beta / Free Server Transfers Extended Again! Friday, February 26, 2010
• Double XP and Re-activation Weekend Starting March 4th! Wednesday, February 10, 2010

• Spring Fling and Issue 17 / Going Rogue Tuesday, February 9, 2010
• Free Transfer Extension Friday, January 29, 2010
• Winter Event and Free Server Transfers Tuesday, December 15, 2009
• Real World Hero Charity Drive Monday, November 23, 2009
• Scheduled Maintenance Saturday, October 17, 2009
• Double XP Weekend Wednesday, September 30, 2009
• Issue 16: Power Spectrum Released Tuesday, September 15, 2009
• Issue 16 Open Beta on Test Wednesday, August 26, 2009
• Issue 16 Closed Beta Wednesday, August 5, 2009
• Issue 16: Power Spectrum Announced Monday, July 16, 2009
• Mark Your Calendars Thursday July 9, 2009
• Issue 15: Anniversary Released Monday, June 29, 2009
• Issue 15 Open Beta on Test Wednesday, May 27, 2009
• AE Badge Changes Sunday, May 24, 2009
• City of Heroes Going Rogue Monday, May 11, 2009
• Architect Edition & Super Booster II: Magic Released Tuesday, April 14, 2009
• Issue 14 Live! Wednesday, April 8, 2009
• Issue 14 Go-Live Date Announced Saturday, April 4, 2009
• Issue 14 Open Beta Tuesday, March 17, 2009
• Maintenance on Paragon Wiki Saturday, February 28, 2009
• Issue 14 Closed Beta Tuesday, February 17, 2009
• Merit Reward Changes Tuesday, February 10, 2009
• Spring Fling 2009 (Valentine's Day Event) Saturday, February 7, 2009
• Double XP Weekend Friday, January 23, 2009
• Upcoming Double XP Weekend January 19, 2009
• Mac Client Released! January 8, 2009
• Mac Open Beta / Paragonwiki.com Domain Name December 17, 2008
• Winter Event December 15, 2008
• Issue 13 Release Date December 01, 2008
• Issue 13 Open Beta November 11, 2008
• Coming to a Mac Near You! October 30, 2008
• Halloween event on now! October 18, 2008
• Watch Pages October 9, 2008
• Issue 13 Closed Beta October 8, 2008
• Paragon Wiki now part of the Titan Network October 8, 2008
• Splitting Issue 13 September 25, 2008
• Issue 13 Details Released August 26, 2008
• City of Heroes and Villains Merged July 16, 2008
• New Veteran Rewards Unveiled! July 8, 2008
• Paypal Payment Option Now Available at PlayNC July 1, 2008
• Machinima Contest July 1, 2008
• Issue 12 Bugfixes May 28, 2008
• Issue 12 Live May 20, 2008
• Issue 12 Open Beta May 6, 2008
• Upcoming Features Update April 28, 2008
• New Paragon Wiki Skin in Development! April 17, 2008
• Issue 12 Details Announced March 12, 2008
• Paragon Wiki as a Developer Reference March 9, 2008
• Old Site User Pages Transfer February 18, 2008
• Spring Fling February 17, 2008
• Patch Notes February 13, 2008
• Double XP Weekend February 9, 2008
• Record Server Population February 9, 2008
• NCsoft Charity Auction December 19, 2007
• Winter Event December 17, 2007
• Issue 11 Release Date November 27, 2007
• Paragon Wiki Move to Wikia Complete November 27, 2007
• NCsoft Acquires City of Heroes Franchise November 6, 2007
• Issue 11 Open Beta October 29, 2007
• New Logo October 22, 2007
• Halloween Event 2007 Live! October 22, 2007
• Issue 11 Closed Beta October 9, 2007
• Tabula Rasa Beta Key Contest Winners September 3, 2007
• Tabula Rasa Beta Key Giveaway August 29, 20`07
• Paragon Wiki is moving to Wikia August 23, 2007
• Issue 10: Invasion live! July 24, 2007
• Update: Daily backups up and running again July 23, 2007
• Major Outage! DOOOM!!! July 15, 2007
• Changes, changes, changes July 15, 2007
• Issue 10 Public Beta June 27, 2007
• Double XP Weekend June 4, 2007
• Wiki Optimizations May 2, 2007
• Issue 9 Released May 1, 2007
• Paragon Wiki has Moved! May 1, 2007
• A Season of Growth April 26, 2007
• Caching Enabled! April 22, 2007
• Massive Information Upload of Issue 9 April 6, 2007
• Issue 9 open to all on Training Room April 3, 2007
• European Users Able to Buy U.S. Codes March 9, 2007
• PlayNC European Store Update March 7, 2007
• European Players Denied U.S. Server Access March 5, 2007
• Valentine's Day Event Live! February 13, 2007
• Issue 9 info January 20, 2007
• Double XP Weekend Coming January 26-28 January 27, 2007
• MediaWiki Upgrade January 27, 2007
• Paragon Maps updated to v2.0 January 14, 2007
• Issue 8 is live November 28, 2006
• Issue 8 on Training Room Server October 14, 2006
• Upgrade! August 11, 2006
• New Hero Wiki Skin Implemented March 5, 2006
• Software Upgrade February 27, 2006
• City of Villains Exploration Badges Complete February 20, 2006
• Valentine's Day Event 2006 Wrapping Up February 20, 2006
• Valentine's Day Event 2006 February 8, 2006
• Paragon Wiki Forums Test February 7, 2006
• A New Domain Name February 7, 2006
• Issue 7 Preview Released January 31, 2006
• New Administrator January 22, 2006
• Server Outage January 22, 2006
• Spam Filter January 15, 2006
• E-Mail Snafu January 6, 2006
• Happy New Year! January 6, 2006
• Game of the Year January 6, 2006
• Winter Events Continue! December 15, 2005
• Winter Event 2005 December 8, 2005
• New Admin: Arkenor November 25, 2005
• Maintenance Monday: 2:00am EST November 25, 2005
• City of Villains Survey November 22, 2005
• Map Patch v0.4 Released November 2, 2005
• Go-Live! October 31, 2005
• A shorter URL October 31, 2005
• Please direct people to this site October 31, 2005
• News Archive Added October 31, 2005
• FAQs Added October 24, 2005
• Added Content Update October 18, 2005
• NDA Lifted October 13, 2005
• City of Villains Content Categories Added October 13, 2005