City of Heroes

City of Heroes Super Booster IV: Martial Arts Now Available - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:59:07 -0500

Unlock your inner ninja.

City of Heroes has just released Super Booster: IV Martial Arts that will give players a stealthy new costume set, several new emotes, and ninja-style costume changing techniques. The new content...

An MMO Evolution: Connecting Players to the Story - Ten Ton Hammer

Dalmarus — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:37:13 -0500

Exploring the importance of story in today’s MMOGs

The importance of story in an MMOG is different for every gamer. Some like feeling as though tales within a game have been custom crafted for them, while others are content with an overall...

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...

NCsoft Gives Players Plenty of Tricks and Treats this Halloween - Ten Ton Hammer

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...

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,...

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,...

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...

City of Heroes Going Rogue Q&A with NCsoft's Matt Miller - Ten Ton Hammer

Ethec — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:57:10 -0400

CoH's Senior Lead Designer talks about the pros and cons of changing allegiances.

Going Rogue will introduce a staple comic book theme to the City of Heroes world - the slow descent of a hero into villainy, or the redemptive rise of a villain into more heroic pursuits. Not much...

NCSoft to Include Praetorian Clockwork Costume in Hero-Con Goody Bag - Ten Ton Hammer

B. de la Durantaye — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:20:29 -0400

Calling All Heroes (or Villains)NCSoft is going big, super big, and wants you to be involved. This year, in San Jose, NCSoft is hosting the second annual Hero-Con, and this time you've got even more reason to attend. Included...

City of Heroes Issue 16: Power Spectrum Goes Live - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:21:05 -0400

New power customization update goes live for City of Heroes.

City of Heroes launched its newest update 'Issue 16: Power Spectrum' today. The latest update will bring new customization options for players to customize the look of their hero's powers, new...

NCsoft Hosts Aion, City of Heroes, and Guild Wars 2 at PAX - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:10:55 -0400

NCsoft makes big plans for PAX.

City of Heroes, Aion, and Guild Wars 2 will be hosted by NCsoft at this year's PAX (Penny Arcade Expo). NCsoft will be holding developer chats, giving away exclusive codes, and hosting several...

City of Heroes - Here to Stay! - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 13:08:47 -0400

CoH Designers talk the future of City of Heroes

With Champions Online coming out soon, some may think that City of Heroes is a forgotten original, deemed outdated by new games. You won't be seeing CoH laid to rest anytime soon though, and as...

New CoH Issue 16 Developer's Diary and Screenshots Released - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:28:54 -0400

New diary talks about powerset proliferation.

City of Heroes coming update, Issue 16: Power Proliferation, will allow players the chance to customize the look of their very own powers. This week NCsoft released several new screenshtots and a...

Paragon Studios Announces 2nd annual Hero-Con Event for City of Heroes - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:19:06 -0400

2nd annual Hero-Con to take place in October.

Paragon Studios has announced its 2nd annual Hero-Con event for players and fans of City of Heroes to attend and mingle with the developers. The event will host several events such as developer...

New City of Heroes Issue 16 Power Customization Screenshots - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:12:59 -0400

Take a look at some of the new power customization options.

City of Heroes will be granting players even more customization options with its Issue 16 update. Players will be given the opportunity to customize the look of their very own powers. This week...

City of Heroes: Power Spectrum and Going Rogue Interview from Comic-Con '09 - Ten Ton Hammer

Cody Bye — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:50:35 -0400

Now your powers can look like cotton candy or hellfire, it's your choice.If there’s ever a place to talk about super hero themed MMOs, the San Diego Comic-Con would be it. The biggest and brightest of all the “comic book” shows, Comic-Con mixes the geek with the...

Five New Images from City of Heroes Issue 16: Power Spectrum - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:54:51 -0400

City of Heroes shows off its Power Spectrum.

If you've been wanting to take a look at the powers customization coming to City of Heroes with Issue 16: Power Spectrum, now is your chance. NCsoft and Paragon Studios recently released five...

City of Heroes Announces "Issue 16: Power Spectrum" - Ten Ton Hammer

Martuk — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:14:24 -0400

CoH announces its next update.

NCsoft has announced its latest update "Issue 16: Power Spectrum" for its superhero-based MMORPG City of Heroes. The new update will bring some tweaks to the popular character creation system,...

Loading... City of Heroes 2.0? - Ten Ton Hammer

Ethec — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:56:22 -0400

#1,121 - Why Champions Online isn't just a Cryptic sequel.

Is Champions Online just a sequel to City of Heroes? Among the mainstream games media, dubbing Champions Online CoH 2.0 has become fashionable. But in every way that two games are typically...

Professor Griefs in the Name of Research - Ten Ton Hammer

Savanja — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:02:59 -0400

Researcher documents player melt down over griefing

Anyone who has played PvP has come across those really annoying gamers who just cannot follow the social guidelines in game. What happens though when the griefer you've been insulting turns the...