CoH is introducing winter in Paragon City!

Once again, Winter is blowing in across the bay to Paragon City™, and settling on the Rogue Isles™ like an icy blanket. This year new challenges and new rewards make it an exciting time for Heroes and Villains!

By simply logging in and visiting Paragon City or the Rogue Isles between December 17th, 2007 and January 6th, 2008*, your character will receive the Gifted badge and of course the Fuzzy Earmuffs costume piece. You'll also receive the Holiday Spirit Temporary Power, which grants 48 hours of 25% Debt Protection, as well as the Holiday Cheer Temporary Power – target another player and use Holiday Cheer on them. It will reward them with a random, Mystery Gift – possibly a Temporary Power, a sack full of Influence or Infamy, or maybe even a very recognizable hat.

The full explanation of what's going on is right here.

City of Heroes has released Issue #11 today!

Issue 11: A Stitch in Time reveals that all that is and was is not as it should be! The mysterious Ouroboros organization, a group of beings from the ends of time, enlists the aid of Heroes and Villains to rewrite the past. Heroes and Villains are able to travel through time using the new Ouroboros System, which opens the gates to both new and existing content for players. Issue 11 also unleashes two brand new power sets: Dual Blades and Willpower, giving Heroes and Villains a slew of new power options. Additionally, Dual Blades offers Weapon Customization – taking the “City of” Character Creator to the next level! And the Inventions system is enhanced with new “Very Rare” Purple invention sets.

You've got another hour or so until the servers come up!  So go read patch notes and get into your stretchy super suit!

CoH/CoV is hosting a player get together!

The City of Heroes Team is hosting a Player Meet ‘n Greet at the Great Mall of the Bay Area in the attached Dave ‘n Busters entertainment venue! This is the first live event we’ve had since the announcement of NCsoft acquiring 100% of the franchise and the development team is excited to meet and talk with you! This is also an excellent opportunity to meet fellow players who you’ve only met previously in Paragon City or the Rogue Isles!

If you're in the area, stop on by!

CoH has a new announcement to showcase a fun part of their community!

City of Heroes is proud to announce the first issue of the official Fanzine! The City of Heroes community includes many very talented individuals who are inspired by the game to write out stories of their characters or capture them in visual art. For a long time now we have been including that creative player output into the Top Cow City of Heroes Comic.

Now, we bring you a dedicated publication in a flexible online format to showcase the many outstanding pieces of work our players create! Take a look!

So go visit the very first CoH Fanzine!

 

City of Heroes has announced a supergroup date, along with a debt wipe!

Prestige Grant
Supergroups will receive an additional 20,000 Prestige per Supergroup member on Dec. 10th! This means SGs could acquire up to 3 million Prestige based upon their Supergroup membership roster! This is a one time grant, based strictly on the number of people in the Supergroup at the time the grant is done.

Debt Wipe
It’s time to get crazy! We will be clearing out any accrued debt on Dec. 10th! So, get out and find some spectacular ways to take a faceplant! Organize some chaos events and generally have some fun!

So get crazy super heroes!

Cryptic Studios has posted an FAQ about the sale of their City of Heroes and City of Villians intellectual property (IP) to NCsoft.

How did Cryptic Studios arrive at the decision to sell City of Heroes and City of Villains to NCsoft?

When we considered the future of CoH/CoV and the future of Cryptic Studios, we had a difficult decision to make. We've invested a lot of time, effort, talent and passion into the games, and we care about them. But we've got a lot of other ideas we're excited about too.

I am sure we'll see some really awesome things from Cryptic down the line!

 

NCsoft has announced that they have full ownership of the City of Heroes intellectual property (ip).

“We’re happy to announce that NCsoft has acquired full ownership of the City of Heroes IP,” said Brian Clayton, NCsoft executive producer and manager of the new studio. “Our plans are clear. We are now in a position to make a major reinvestment in the City of Heroes product line. With our existing Cryptic and NCsoft team as the core, we will be able to run our current service without any interruption to our players, expand our studio to deliver triple-A content, and take City of Heroes to new heights.”

It'll be exciting to see where this goes!