Jan 12

Wondering where to pre-order?

With the official release date for City of Heroes now out of the bag (it’s February 4th, but you already circled that date with a big red pen, right?), you might be thinking about pre-ordering.

If you’re looking for an appropriate online retailer then you’re in luck - we just updated our FAQ on “Where can I buy City of Heroes?” with extra UK and European retailers.

More retailers will be added as soon as we hear about them - and if you happen to spot any, please let us know in our comments!

Jan 11

Release date and subscription prices announced!

With the European Beta well under way, we’re happy to announce more details of the City of Heroes European release. You can get all the answers in our FAQs section:

When will City of Heroes be released?

Is there a subscription fee for City of Heroes? How much is it?

What payment methods will be accepted for City of Heroes subscriptions in Europe?

Will there be time cards for City of Heroes? How much will they cost?

Don’t forget that many online retailers are already offering City of Heroes for pre-order, so you can reserve your copy today. We’d highly recommend it. Not that we’re biased or anything.

Jan 11

Heroes, villains and more: Jack Emmert talks to Xequted

European gaming site Xequted bagged an interview with our very own Statesman last week, and managed to pin him down on a few things we know you’ll want to know:

Xequted: Can you tell us about any of the new stuff we’ll see in City of Villains?

Jack: Player bases – Super Groups can build their own HQ’s.

PvP – Heroes battle villains for the fate of world!

Base raids – Villains can invade hero bases (and vice versa). Epic battles ensue between the forces of good and evil.

Oh, but there’s more - even to that answer. Go read for some hot-off-the-presses info… and tell ‘em we sent ya.

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Jan 10

Boomtown on Beta

Gaming site Boomtown has posted the first installment of its Tales from Paragon City, a diary of the City of Heroes European Beta. Author Alan Paterson is a newcomer to City of Heroes, and seems to be enjoying himself:

In fact, since I got the beta invite I haven’t even played Halo 2 on Xbox Live, or any other game for that matter, it’s that good. So far, I’ve made many friends, defeated many enemies, stayed up until 2:30am hoping to level up before I go to bed (with a 8am alarm) died and been revived 8 times on one mission thanks to my team mates, (Frostbite’s mission if you must know) and had a very good time to boot.

You can read the whole article by clicking here...

Jan 05

The Council invades America!

Players of the US version of City of Heroes got to celebrate the start of the new year in style yesterday, with the release of the long-awaited third update for the game. Issue #3: A Council of War was freed from the ‘Training Room’ test server and unleashed on the live servers last night.

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Dec 23

An excellent vintage

2004 certainly hasn’t been without its ups and downs, but it has brought us all some truly excellent games, a fact celebrated by The Associated Press in its round-up of the best and worst releases of the year, where City of Heroes comes a close second to the mighty Half-Life 2:

Finally, a maker of massively multiplayer online games got it right. “City of Heroes” tossed the dungeons and dragons in favor of superhero tights. It also dispatched with many of the genre’s grueling “leveling up” aspects and let gamers do what they really want: band together with dozens of others to battle villains.

The story has been picked up by several major news networks in America, including ABC News - you can read the whole article here.