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

Friday, February 26, 2010

Issue 17 Closed Beta

Get your testing caps on, because Issue 17: Dark Mirror (including Ultra Mode!) goes into Closed Beta on March 2, 2010! This means the Training Room will be inaccessible unless you have been invited to test out the new issue. Eventually, testing will advance to Open Beta, which allows any player to poke at the shiny new stuff.

View the Announcement on the Official Forums.

Free Server Transfers Extended Again!

Due to the success of the free Server Transfers the past two months, and the upcoming Double XP/reactivation weekend, they've pushed the end date back by a week. The new extension ends March 7, 2010 (midnight Pacific, 3am Eastern, 8am GMT).

If you thought you were going to have to carefully plan your last few transfers for the Double XP and Reactivation Weekend, they're making it a whole load easier for you!

Join in the Community Discussion on the Official Forums!

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Double XP and Re-activation Weekend Starting March 4th!

Get excited because one of your favorite times of the year is quickly approaching - Double XP Weekend! All the fun begins on March 4th!

What is a Double Experience Weekend? It's a three day stretch of time during which all participating Hero and Villain characters receive double the XP, Influence, and Infamy for their accomplishments in game. And if you pre-purchase Going Rogue, you'll be able to take advantage of all that Double XP has to offer while wielding the Dual Pistols power set!

But it doesn't end there. NCsoft is also having an Account Reactivation at the same time! This means that all inactive accounts in good standing will be re-activated free of charge and given access to City of Heroes and City of Villains® during Double XP weekend!

• Start: Thursday, March 4th at 8:59am Pacific Time (11:59am Eastern Time)
• End: Sunday, March 7th at 11:59pm Pacific (2:59am Eastern Time)

Join in the Community Discussion on the Official Forums!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Spring Fling

The Valentine's Event for 2010 began today! It is available through March 2, 2010. Grab your loved one and jump in-game for cool V-Day related missions, and the potential to earn unlockable costume pieces, badges and temporary powers. Brave the Well of the Furies, find Aphrodite's Girdle, and take down that mischievous Red Cap, Snaptooth.

Join in the Community Discussion on the Official Forums!

Issue 17 / Going Rogue

Issue 17 has been announced, titled Dark Mirror, with a current release date of April, 2010! Even better, Ultra Mode, previously slated for Going Rogue, has been completed early! That's right, in an article on MMORPG.com, Paragon Studios announced all kinds of goodies ready for release prior to Going Rogue!

Also, in that same article it was announced that pre-ordering Going Rogue will unlock Dual Pistols and Demon Summoning powersets before the official release! Additionally, the "Going Rogue Complete Edition" was announced, which is filled with exclusive goodies, like costume pieces, "stance" emotes, and "The Shadowy Presence" invisibility power. Beta will begin this Spring, with release currently slated for July.

Are you ready to Go Rogue?

Archived News

• Free Transfer Extension Friday, January 29, 2010
• Winter Event and Free Server Transfers Tuesday, December 15, 2009

• Real World Hero Charity Drive Monday, November 23, 2009
• Scheduled Maintenance Saturday, October 17, 2009
• Double XP Weekend Wednesday, September 30, 2009
• Issue 16: Power Spectrum Released Tuesday, September 15, 2009
• Issue 16 Open Beta on Test Wednesday, August 26, 2009
• Issue 16 Closed Beta Wednesday, August 5, 2009
• Issue 16: Power Spectrum Announced Monday, July 16, 2009
• Mark Your Calendars Thursday July 9, 2009
• Issue 15: Anniversary Released Monday, June 29, 2009
• Issue 15 Open Beta on Test Wednesday, May 27, 2009
• AE Badge Changes Sunday, May 24, 2009
• City of Heroes Going Rogue Monday, May 11, 2009
• Architect Edition & Super Booster II: Magic Released Tuesday, April 14, 2009
• Issue 14 Live! Wednesday, April 8, 2009
• Issue 14 Go-Live Date Announced Saturday, April 4, 2009
• Issue 14 Open Beta Tuesday, March 17, 2009
• Maintenance on Paragon Wiki Saturday, February 28, 2009
• Issue 14 Closed Beta Tuesday, February 17, 2009
• Merit Reward Changes Tuesday, February 10, 2009
• Spring Fling 2009 (Valentine's Day Event) Saturday, February 7, 2009
• Double XP Weekend Friday, January 23, 2009
• Upcoming Double XP Weekend January 19, 2009
• Mac Client Released! January 8, 2009
• Mac Open Beta / Paragonwiki.com Domain Name December 17, 2008
• Winter Event December 15, 2008
• Issue 13 Release Date December 01, 2008
• Issue 13 Open Beta November 11, 2008
• Coming to a Mac Near You! October 30, 2008
• Halloween event on now! October 18, 2008

• 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