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City Of Heroes Celebrates Six Years With New Graphics

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NCsoft’s City of Heroes is six years old, and Paragon Studios celebrates with the release of Issue 17: Dark Mirror, a free update that brings new story arcs, huge enemies and an extremely fetching graphical makeover.


April 2, 2010
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City Of Heroes Isn’t Fooling Around With Demon Summoning

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If you thought the dual pistols power for City of Heroes Going Rogue expansion was cool, wait until you see the damage you can do with giant horned demons and a Hellfire Whip.


March 6, 2010
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Go All John Woo On City Of Heroes

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City of Heroes players who pre-purchase the alignment-changing Going Rogue expansion pack today gain immediate access to the new Dual Pistols power set, which goes a little something like this.


February 10, 2010
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City Of Heroes Gets A Visual Makeover

This April brings another free update to NCsoft’s City of Heroes, Issue 17: Dark Mirror, bringing with it graphical updates that hold a dark mirror up to the game’s regular level of detail.


October 21, 2009
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NCSoft’s Halloween Plans

MMO companies love delving into their bag of tricks for Halloween, and NCsoft is no different, with events planned across all six of its active Western games.


October 10, 2009
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City Of Heroes Recruits Heroic Guest Authors

Paragon Studios takes its City of Heroes Mission Architect to the next level, inviting comic book author Bill Willingham, Rooster Teeth Productions and cartoonist Scott Kurtz to author special missions for the game.


October 1, 2009
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Return To City Of Heroes For Double The XP

NCsoft is throwing open the gates of the City of Heroes to returning players next weekend, with double experience on tap for those with a bit of time to kill bad (or good) guys.


September 17, 2009
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City Of Heroes Just Got A Lot More Colourful

Heroes and villains can now take each other out with all the colours of the wind as the latest free update for City of Heroes, Issue Power Spectrum, goes live.


August 18, 2009

Getting Around In Champions Online

The Champions Online open beta is now in full swing, and here’s a look at how you’ll be swinging, flying and burrowing your way through the new superhero MMO.


August 8, 2009
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More City Of Heroes Power Customization Screens

Paragon Studios shows off more of the power customisation coming in the Issue 16: Power Spectrum update for City of Heroes.