Only a couple of weeks after winning PC or Console Game of the Year and Multiplayer Game of the Year at Billboard Magazine‘s first annual Digital Entertainment Awards, the New York Times has picked City of Heroes as one of its top 10 games of the year.

Beating off competition from heavyweight contenders like Halo 2 and Call of Duty, City of Heroes takes a place in a list that includes the likes of The Sims 2, Far Cry and Burnout 3: Takedown. Charles Herold of the New York Times says:

The notion of a city overflowing with superheroes was mocked in the Tick comic books, but the online role-playing game City of Heroes makes it seem like a pretty good idea. The degree of customization in looks and powers allows every superhero to be different, making the game as much about coming up with the coolest design as about saving the world.

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