News
This page lists all currently relevant news headlines. The list will be displayed on the Main Page. Only major news relevant for the whole community should be displayed here. News are listed in reverse chronological order (latest news at the top).
News headlines
Issue 13 Open Beta
The Open Beta for Issue 13: Power and Responsibility is now available to all City of Heroes and City of Villains players!
To check out the Open Beta, all you need to do is log into the Training Room Test Server! If you are not familiar with the process to access the test server, please check the official forums for instructions how to copy characters to and access the Test Server.
Keep in mind that this is a beta version, which means you might encounter bugs or other gameplay issues. Be sure to report any issues you encounter using the /bug command ingame, and join the discussion on Issue 13 bugs and feedback on the CoX boards.
Have fun and remember to document everything!
Coming to a Mac Near You!
According to a press release today, NCsoft is partnering with TransGaming, creator of the popular Cider and Cedega cross-platform gaming software, to bring City of Heroes to the Mac platform this fall. This means no more messing around with Boot Camp or Parallels to visit Paragon City! The City of Heroes Mac Special Edition is available from GameTree Online, and there is an open beta sign-up posted to try the software out ahead of time.
The Mac Special Edition will include two bonus in-game items: a Mission Teleporter power that will allow a character to teleport directly to their active mission, and a Valkyrie costume set, including two varieties of wings, a cape, a skirt/kilt, pants, boots, shoulder detail, chest item, gloves, belts, and a helmet with multiple details. These items will be purchasable separately as a bonus pack in early 2009 to non-Mac customers.
There is a discussion thread on the official forums. Congratulations to NCsoft and TransGaming on this significant development to reach a brand new market segment!
Halloween event on now!
Lighthouse has announced: "As a special thank you to all City of Heroes and City of Villains players we've begun this year's Halloween Event early! We've had such a great weekend at Hero-Con with the players that came out to our event and wanted to give something back to everyone else playing online! Now through November 2nd, enjoy the 2008 Halloween Event!"
Check out the Halloween Event 2008 article! The event will last until November 2nd.
Archived News
- Watch Pages October 9, 2008
- Issue 13 Closed Beta October 8, 2008
- Paragon Wiki now part of the Titan Network October 8, 2008
- Splitting Issue 13 September 25, 2008
- Issue 13 Details Released August 26, 2008
- City of Heroes and Villains Merged July 16, 2008
- New Veteran Rewards Unveiled! July 8, 2008
- Paypal Payment Option Now Available at PlayNC July 1, 2008
- Machinima Contest July 1, 2008
- Issue 12 Bugfixes May 28, 2008
- Issue 12 Live May 20, 2008
- Issue 12 Open Beta May 6, 2008
- Upcoming Features Update April 28, 2008
- New Paragon Wiki Skin in Development! April 17, 2008
- Issue 12 Details Announced March 12, 2008
- Paragon Wiki as a Developer Reference March 9, 2008
- Old Site User Pages Transfer February 18, 2008
- Spring Fling February 17, 2008
- Patch Notes February 13, 2008
- Double XP Weekend February 9, 2008
- Record Server Population February 9, 2008
- NCsoft Charity Auction December 19, 2007
- Winter Event December 17, 2007
- Issue 11 Release Date November 27, 2007
- Paragon Wiki Move to Wikia Complete November 27, 2007
- NCsoft Acquires City of Heroes Franchise November 6, 2007
- Issue 11 Open Beta October 29, 2007
- New Logo October 22, 2007
- Halloween Event 2007 Live! October 22, 2007
- Issue 11 Closed Beta October 9, 2007
- Tabula Rasa Beta Key Contest Winners September 3, 2007
- Tabula Rasa Beta Key Giveaway August 29, 20`07
- Paragon Wiki is moving to Wikia August 23, 2007
- Issue 10: Invasion live! July 24, 2007
- Update: Daily backups up and running again July 23, 2007
- Major Outage! DOOOM!!! July 15, 2007
- Changes, changes, changes July 15, 2007
- Issue 10 Public Beta June 27, 2007
- Double XP Weekend June 4, 2007
- Wiki Optimizations May 2, 2007
- Issue 9 Released May 1, 2007
- Paragon Wiki has Moved! May 1, 2007
- A Season of Growth April 26, 2007
- Caching Enabled! April 22, 2007
- Massive Information Upload of Issue 9 April 6, 2007
- Issue 9 open to all on Training Room April 3, 2007
- European Users Able to Buy U.S. Codes March 9, 2007
- PlayNC European Store Update March 7, 2007
- European Players Denied U.S. Server Access March 5, 2007
- Valentine's Day Event Live! February 13, 2007
- Issue 9 info January 20, 2007
- Double XP Weekend Coming January 26-28 January 27, 2007
- MediaWiki Upgrade January 27, 2007
- Paragon Maps updated to v2.0 January 14, 2007
- Issue 8 is live November 28, 2006
- Issue 8 on Training Room Server October 14, 2006
- Upgrade! August 11, 2006
- New Hero Wiki Skin Implemented March 5, 2006
- Software Upgrade February 27, 2006
- City of Villains Exploration Badges Complete February 20, 2006
- Valentine's Day Event 2006 Wrapping Up February 20, 2006
- Valentine's Day Event 2006 February 8, 2006
- Paragon Wiki Forums Test February 7, 2006
- A New Domain Name February 7, 2006
- Issue 7 Preview Released January 31, 2006
- New Administrator January 22, 2006
- Server Outage January 22, 2006
- Spam Filter January 15, 2006
- E-Mail Snafu January 6, 2006
- Happy New Year! January 6, 2006
- Game of the Year January 6, 2006
- Winter Events Continue! December 15, 2005
- Winter Event 2005 December 8, 2005
- New Admin: Arkenor November 25, 2005
- Maintenance Monday: 2:00am EST November 25, 2005
- City of Villains Survey November 22, 2005
- Map Patch v0.4 Released November 2, 2005
- Go-Live! October 31, 2005
- A shorter URL October 31, 2005
- Please direct people to this site October 31, 2005
- News Archive Added October 31, 2005
- FAQs Added October 24, 2005
- Added Content Update October 18, 2005
- NDA Lifted October 13, 2005
- City of Villains Content Categories Added October 13, 2005