City of Heroes (CoH) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing computer game based on the superhero comic book genre, developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSoft. The game was launched in North America on April 28, 2004 and in France, Germany, and the UK (by NCSoft Europe) on 4 February 2005 with Scandinavia, Italy, Spain, and Benelux to follow. A Korean open beta of City of Heroes, entitled City of Hero, was launched on January 18, 2006. On October 31, 2005 the game's first sequel, City of Villains, was launched, allowing users to play as supervillains. Seven free major updates (Issues) for City of Heroes have released since its launch, with more on the way for both City of Heroes and City of Villains. A retail expansion which will work with both games is planned for 2007.

In the game, players create superhero player characters who can team up with others to fight various villains in Paragon City and its surrounding areas. Heroes must fight members of various gangs and organizations and complete quests given to them by Non-player characters (NPCs) in order to accumulate experience points (or "XP") and increase their level.

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Players begin by using the game's extensive character creation system to select an archetype and Power Sets, design a unique costume, and write a back story for their hero.

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Dalmarus Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:37:13 -0500
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City of Heroes Hero-Con Schedule Released - Ten Ton Hammer
Martuk Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:26:23 -0400
Hero-Con panel and event schedule released.Hero-Con, the annual event celebrating City of Heroes, is almost upon us and the complete schedule has been released with the times and places for panel discussions and other events for attendees...read more
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Martuk Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:34:37 -0400
NCsoft celebrates Halloween with in-game events.NCsoft is bringing in Halloween with events across all their games. Aion, Exteel, City of Heroes, Guild Wars, and the Lineage series will be bringing in holiday events to give players the...read more
City of Heroes Hero-Con Costume Contest Revealed - Ten Ton Hammer
Martuk Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:19:35 -0400
Design your own hero or villain costume for the Hero-Con Contest. City of Heroes (CoH) has unveiled a new contest for Hero-Con. With Halloween rapidly approaching, the team has issued a challenge to the community to create a CoH related costume. By doing so,...read more
City of Heroes Gets Guest Author Missions - Ten Ton Hammer
Martuk Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:24:38 -0400
Guest authors pitch in with Mission Architect system. City of Heroes will be getting some extra content from their "Guest Author Program". Bill Willingham, a New York Times bestselling author, Rooster Teeth, of the popular web series Red vs Blue,...read more
City of Heroes Kicks Off Double XP Weekend Thursday, October 8 - Ten Ton Hammer
Martuk Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:05:48 -0400
Double your gains this weekend with City of Heroes.To celebrate the recent launch of Issue 16: power Spectrum, City of Heroes will be kicking off a Double XP weekend starting Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 8:59 a.m. Pacific Time and ending on...read more

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