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News
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 headlines are listed in reverse chronological order (latest news at the top).
News headlines
Featured at the Paragon Market
- The Winter Holiday Pack is available until January 31. The costume bundle includes stocking cap, red gloves, boots, naughty and nice auras, gifting emotes, and a sling snowballs power.
- 50% off Character Slots until December 26.
- The Titan Weapons Power Set and the Mini SnowBeast Pet remain featured.
For details see the official announcement.
Bigger and Better Refer a Friend!
NCsoft have announced a new Refer a Friend incentive. VIP players who successfully refer a new or former player can receive up to 30 days gametime and the friend referred may receive 500 Paragon Points. Details, conditions and instructions can be found in official announcement.
Statesman. 1896 - 2012. RIP.
In a move set to change the entire world of City of Heroes Freedom, Paragon Studios has announced that Statesman will die in Episode five of the Who Will Die? Signature Story Arc. Titled Daddy, can you fly to heaven?, it will be released in January 2012. See the official announcement.
Winter Event 2011 now on!
The annual Winter Event is back, now with extra fluffy snow! Sip a cup of tea by the blazing fire pit in the Ski chalet or zoom down the ski slopes at dizzying speed. Two new additions, Instant Snowstorm and Duplicating Gift are also featured. The Winter Event 2011 runs until January 3rd, 2012. See the official announcement and also the official Events section.
Featured items at the Market
- A non-combat Mini SnowBeast Pet is available for 160 Paragon Points until January 31, 2012.
- Titan Weapons is now available for 800pp! The Titan Weapons Pack #1 (four new weapon models) is available for free until December 19.
- Who Will Die – Episode 4, Masterpiece, is now available; its level range is 30-40, and the contacts are Dakota Berg in Brickstown and Tyrka in St. Martial. Free for VIP Players, 400pp for Free or Premium Players.
- Three rare attuned Enhancement Sets are available at 50% off only until December 19: Numina's Convalescence, Eradication, and Obliteration (sales are available for individual pieces and the whole set).
For details see the official announcement.
"Super Heroic Holidays" Costume Contest
Most of you wear spandex every single day of the year when you zoom around Paragon City, the Rogue Isles or Praetoria and at times you wish it had a more jovial or glitzy look. Well this is the time to just do it! Join us in Pocket D on the Virtue Server on Thurdsday, December 22, 2011, to participate with a "Super Heroic Holidays" themed costume! Read the official announcement for complete details.
Issue 21: Media Blitz! Now Live; New Incarnate Abilities; New on the Market: Titan Weapons
The Paragon Market now features the much anticipated melee power set Titan Weapons. Cost is 800 Paragon Points. Don't forget the Weapons Pack: Titan Weapons #1 booster pack consisting of four weapon skins for 0 points for a limited time! See the official announcement for details.
Today's patch, called Issue 21 Media Blitz, ''introduces the new TPN Campus and Minds of Mayhem Incarnate Trials and additional Incarnate abilities, and is available exclusively to VIP players. The TPN Campus Trial is for 12-24 characters, can unlock the Alpha Slot, and earns Incarnate Experience for the Alpha, Judgement and Lore slots. The Minds of Mayhem Trial is for 8-16 characters, can unlock the Alpha Slot, and earns experience for the Alpha, Interface and Destiny slots.
Ten new Incarnate abilities have also been added to the Alpha, Interface, Judgement and Destiny slots.
More information in the official announcement and the Issue 21: Media Blitz annoucement
Archived News
- Paragon Studios Review 2011; Titan Weapons Detailed; New on the Market Tuesday, December 03, 2011
- Black Friday Sale Extended; Bonus Game Time Offer Tuesday, November 29, 2011
- Black Friday Specials at the Paragon Market & NCSoft Store Thursday, November 24, 2011
- Loyalty Program / Pummit PowerPoints Monday, November 21, 2011
- Server Publish: Bases Attack! New on the Market; Thanksgiving for VIP Players Thursday, November 17, 2011
- Server Publish, New on the Market Tuesday, November 10, 2011
- New on the Market Tuesday, October 18, 2011
- Street Justice Power Set Now Available Tuesday, October 4, 2011
- Praetorian Invasions, Free to Play, Circle of Thorns Costume Set Thursday, September 29, 2011
- Level Pacts Disabled, Signature Story Arc Tuesday, September 20, 2011
- City of Heroes Freedom VIP Head Start Friday September 09, 2011
- Incarnates Ascend is Live! Tuesday, June 28, 2011
- Announcing City of Heroes Freedom and Issue 21: Convergence Tuesday, June 21, 2011
- Double The Fun! Friday, July 15, 2011
- Release the pressure with the brand new Steampunk Pack! Wednesday, June 1, 2011
- Incarnates Ascend update to I20 announced Tuesday, May 24, 2011
- Celebrating Seven Years of CoH Thursday, April 28, 2011
- Issue 20: Incarnates now live Tuesday, April 5, 2011
- Issue 20 Overview Tuesday, March 8, 2011
- NCSoft Launcher released, bonus aura! Monday, March 7, 2011
- The Spring Fling 2011 has started! Thursday, February 10, 2011
- Issue 19: Strike Pack now live Tuesday, February 01, 2011
- Strike Pack update to I19 announced Thursday, January 20, 2011
- Seven Years of Super Rewards Monday, January 17, 2011
- Double XP Weekend Starting January 27! Thursday, January 13, 2011
- 2010 Winter Event Friday, December 17, 2010
- Introducing The Release Of Issue 19: Alpha Strike! Tuesday, November 30, 2010
- Issue 19 Begins Open Beta Thursday November 11, 2010
- New Incarnate Information Tuesday, November 9, 2010
- What's your Origin? / The 2010 Halloween Event is here! Thursday, October 21, 2010
- Issue 19 Overview Thursday, October 7, 2010
- Reactivation Weekend Featuring Going Rogue 10/7-10/10! Monday, September 27, 2010
- New In-Game Pack – Get Ready to PARTY! Tuesday, August 31, 2010
- Welcome, City of Heroes/Villains Mentor Project Monday, August 30, 2010
- "Soft Launch" for Going Rogue / Going Rogue™ Release on Tuesday! / Free Server Transfers Monday, August 16, 2010
- Going Rogue™ Release Date Announced / Trade Barriers Being Lifted in Going Rogue Wednesday, June 22, 2010
- 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
- City of Heroes on Linux October 25, 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
