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

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

2009 Winter Event

The 2009 Winter Event has arrived!

Winter Event 2009

But don't fall into the trap - keep your senses alert, as a new menace is also looming in the horizon, threatening to bring the holidays to an abrupt end! Will you be able to defeat Lord Winter before he succeeds?

An emote and a Candy Cane-purchasable respec are new this year, along with an altered version of present-hunting and Winter Lord fun.

Starts: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 8:59am PST (11:59 am EST / 4:59pm GMT)
Ends: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at 11:59pm PST (2:59am EST / 11:59pm GMT)

Happy holidays to you all!

Join in the community discussion on the official City of Heroes forums!

Free Character Server Transfers for the Holidays!

City of Heroes is proud to announce that starting today character transfers between servers will become free to all players and remain that way through the end of January 2010.

Free Server Transfers

Starts: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 8:59am PST (11:59am EST / 4:59pm GMT)
Ends: Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 11:59pm PST (2:59am EST / 11:59pm GMT)

Some things to keep in mind:

• Transfers are not available between North American and European servers.
• You will be able to complete up to 6 transfers a week (7-day period) per account.
• All restrictions normally associated with character transfers still apply.

Join in the community discussion on the City of Heroes official forums!

Monday, November 23, 2009

Real World Hero Charity Drive

The Paragon Wiki is proud to help get the word out about the Real World Hero charity drive, a drive set up so that the City of Heroes community can help out other worthwhile organizations during the holiday season. If you are able to help out either directly by donating or by helping to spread the word, please click on the link to the left, which will remain up for the duration of the drive.

Let's help show the world what an awesome gaming community we really are!

For more information about the drive and how you can help, please see @Mr. Wentworth's post on the official forums.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Scheduled Maintenance

The Paragon Wiki server will be undergoing scheduled maintenance that will last from approximately 12:00pm until 6:00pm Eastern (UTC-0400) on October 17, 2009. We apologize for any inconvenience, and will try to minimize the outage time.

UPDATE: The maintenance has been completed successfully!

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Double XP Weekend

The Double XP Weekend that was commented on after the previous DXP was plagued with lag and server connection issues, has finally been officially announced:

• Starts: Thursday, October 8 at 8:59 a.m. Pacific (noon Eastern)
• Ends: Sunday, October 11 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific (3 a.m. Eastern)

PLEASE NOTE: This is also a Reactivation Weekend! ALL accounts will have access to Double Experience, whether or not you are a current subscriber! Additionally, previous Double XP Weekends have run until Monday's maintenance (which was recently changed), so the end point may actually extend beyond what it states.

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NOTE: Announced on October 9[1], Double XP Weekend has been extended until Monday, October 12, 2009, at 11:59 p.m. Pacific (3 a.m. Eastern) - this includes Account Reactivation!

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Issue 16: Power Spectrum Released

Welcome to Issue 16: Power Spectrum

You wanted more control over what your characters’ powers look like, and you are getting it! Issue 16: Power Spectrum takes City of Heroes’ unparalleled character creator to the next level by unveiling a kaleidoscope of colors for your characters’ powers. Become your own pyrotechnician as you select themes for your characters’ powers and color coordinate the hues of the power effects.

For an overview of Issue 16: Power Spectrum, visit the official Issue 16 Overview page!

Patch Notes

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Archived News

• 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