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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 headlines are listed in reverse chronological order (latest news at the top).

News headlines

US Independence Day Sale!

To mark US Independence Day, Paragon Studios have announced a special sale in the Paragon Market. The sale runs from July 3 until 9, and includes a free hat!

The sale sees three Ranged Damage Enhancement Sets at 50%: Salvo, Tempest , and Entropic Chaos. There's 25% off Selected Character Services: Character Rename Token, Character Respec Token, Alignment Change Token, Character Server Transfer Token, Super Tailor Access, Aura Unlock and Back Slot Unlock.

And 75% off Archetypes and selected power sets. These include the Mastermind, Controller, Warshade, Peacebringer, Arachnos Window and Arachnos Soldier archetypes. And the Dual Pistols and Electric Control power sets.

Various Storage Inventory items are also 25% off, including Mission Architect Story Slots, Enhancement Increase, Auction Storage Increase, Vault Inventory Increase, Salvage Inventory Increase and Recipe Inventory Increase.

And 50% off NPC most Costume Powers! be a Malta Gunslinger, Coralax Minion, Knives of Artemis, or Freakshow Boss. of course, what holiday is complete without 50% off the Fireworks Aura and the three Fireworks emotes?

For a limited time, the Tri-Corner Hat is available free, once per game account, as part of Freedom Freebie beta .

For more information see the official announcement and check the Paragon Market in-game.

Summer Blockbuster Launches Early

The first Summer Blockbuster launches Wednesday, June 27, at 10:30AM PDT. This double feature is for teams of exactly four players, at levels 15 or more. Knock over a posh and luxurious casino in Casino Heist; and in Time Gladiator, go to an immense coliseum to battle minotaurs, ninjas, robots, and gunslingers (oh, and don't forget the monkeys). Featuring a new game mechanic called Favor, you can read more about the design and development of the event in Intrepid Informer: Issue 22

This Week at the Paragon Market

Introducing three new Amplifier temporary powers, with durations of 1, 4, and 8 hours. An Offense Amplifier boosts damage, chance to hit, and recharge. A Defense Amplifier boosts defense and damage resistance, and protects from most mez. A Survival Amplifier boosts regeneration, recovery, and maximum hit points. Each amplifier activates when claimed from Character Items, persists through defeat, and only affects the caster (excluding pets).

This week also sees 50% off Character Server Transfer Tokens and Character Respec Tokens, and 25% off Super Pack: Heroes and Villains, XP Boosters, and 50% XP Boosters.

For more information see the official announcement and check the Paragon Market in-game.

Memes To Go! Special Costume Contest

This month's official costume contest will occur on June 28 in Pocket D on the Virtue Server. The theme for this month is: memes, and all the information you need to read can be found in the official announcement. Two contests cater to the players in different time-zones, at 11AM PDT and 6PM PDT.

This Week at the Paragon Market

This week sees selected Ranged and Targeted AoE damage enhancement sets at 50% off. These include the very rare Apocalypse and Ragnarok; as well as Devastation, Decimation and Positron's Blast. In addition all Enhancement Unslotters and Enhancement Boosters are 25% off. For more information please see the official announcement and check the Paragon Market in game.

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