City of Heroes Issue 15: Anniversary Announced

April 30, 2009

City of Heroes Issue 15:
Anniversary Announced

NCsoft is celebrating the fifth
anniversary of City of Heroes® – the first and longest-running comic
book-inspired MMO game. Developed by the recently-renamed Paragon Studios, the
team took the opportunity to officially announce that the development is
underway for the next content update for the series – aptly named Issue 15:
Anniversary.

Issue 14: Architect, released
earlier this month, marked the first time MMO players have been given the
opportunity to create and share their own custom missions and story arcs. Now,
just weeks after Issue 14’s release, players have already created and uploaded
more than 120,000 user-generated story arcs. With the upcoming Issue 15:
Anniversary, Paragon Studios will bring fans a host of new features and content
including much greater options and more usability for the Mission Architect game
system. From new mission options for both Villains and Heroes, to new costumes
and faces, Issue 15: Anniversary further builds on the innovation and
customisation of the Mission Architect tool.

Former players wishing to
commemorate this special date can take part in a reactivation opportunity from
April 28, 2009 at until Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 11:59 p.m. GMT. During this
reactivation event all expired retail and trial accounts that are in good
standing can access the live servers. In addition, the community can participate
in a variety of five-year anniversary events, including a T-shirt logo design
contest, and a City of Heroes video homage contest. For more information on our
anniversary celebrations, go to

http://eu.cityofheroes.com/en/news/
 

During the past five years, the City
of Heroes series has been praised by the press with more than 22 “Game of the
Year” and “Editor’s Choice” awards in its first year of launch. Press accolades
for City of Heroes include Computer Gaming World’s “2004 MMORPG Game of the
Year” award, and most recently Massively’s “Most Improved Game of 2008” award.
In addition, the highly praised City of Villains expansion pack received
MMORPG’s “2005 Game of the Year” award.

For more information about City of
Heroes go to
http://www.cityofheroes.com