Timeline

This is a timeline for significant events about the game. This is for real life dates and events, not the In-game timeline.

04/27/2004 - City of Heroes released

06/29/2004 - Issue 1 released

08/30/2004 - Film Festival contest began

09/16/2004 - Issue 2 released

09/16/2004 - Rularuu Invasion Event 2004

09/28/2004 - First Halloween Costume contest began

10/??/2004 - Halloween Event 2004

11/09/2004 - Collector's Edition (City of Heroes) released

01/04/2005 - Issue 3 released

01/12/2005 - Winter Event 2004 began

02/05/2005 - City of Heroes released in Europe

02/08/2005 - Winter Event 2004 ended

04/14/2005 - Thursday Throwdown

04/20/2005 - Wednesday Night Fights

05/04/2005 - Issue 4 released

05/01/2005 - First Anniversary event

08/31/2005 - Issue 5 released

10/27/2005 - Issue 6 released

10/31/2005 - City of Villains released

12/08/2005 - Winter Event 2005 began

01/02/2006 - Winter Event 2005 ended

01/18/2006 - City of Heroes open beta begins in Korea

02/08/2006 - Valentine's Day Event 2006 began

04/01/2006 - Second Anniversary Events

06/06/2006 - Issue 7 released

07/21/2006 - Double XP weekend (Ended 07/23/2006)

09/01/2006 - Cuppathon was held on the test server

09/29/2006 - Good Versus Evil Edition released

10/18/2006 - Halloween Event 2006 began

10/31/2006 - Halloween party on test server

11/02/2006 - Halloween Event 2006 ended

11/02/2006 - City of Villains First Anniversary event began

11/28/2006 - Issue 8 released

11/30/2006 - City of Villains First Anniversary event ended

12/14/2006 - Winter Event 2006 began

01/02/2007 - Winter Event 2006 ended

01/08/2007 - Winter Event 2006 returned

01/17/2007 - Winter Event 2006 ended for the 2nd time

01/26/2007 - Double XP weekend (ended 01/28/2007)

02/13/2007 - Valentine's Day Event 2007 began

03/04/2007 - Valentine's Day Event 2007 ended

04/27/2007 - Third Anniversary Event on Test server

05/01/2007 - Issue 9 released

06/15/2007 - Double XP weekend (Ended 06/17/2007)

07/24/2007 - Issue 10 released

07/24/2007 - Rikti World Invasion began

08/07/2007 - Daily Rikti World Invasion ended

08/14/2007 - Rikti Invasion Encore (24 hour Invasion)

08/18/2007 - Rikti Invasion Encore

08/23/2007 - Rikti Invasion Encore

08/26/2007 - Rikti Invasion Encore

08/31/2007 - Rikti Invasion Encore

09/02/2007 - Rikti Invasion Encore

09/12/2007 - Rikti Invasion Encore

09/15/2007 - Rikti Invasion Encore

09/17/2007 - Rikti Invasion Encore

09/22/2007 - Rikti Invasion Encore

10/22/2007 - Halloween Event 2007 began

11/04/2007 - Halloween Event 2007 ended

11/28/2007 - Issue 11 released

12/17/2007 - Winter Event 2007 began

01/06/2008 - Winter Event 2007 ended

02/08/2008 - Double XP Weekend start (Ended 02/10/2008)

02/14/2008 - Valentine's Day Event 2008 began

02/28/2008 - Valentine's Day Event 2008 scheduled to end

03/07/2008 - Rikti Invasion Returns (Ended 03/14/2008)

04/25/2008 - Rikti Invasion Returns (Ended 05/01/2008)

06/13/2008 - Rikti Invasion Returns (Ended 06/19/2008)

08/01/2008 - Rikti Invasion Returns (Ended 08/07/2008)

09/26/2008 - Rikti Invasion Returns (Ended 10/02/2008)

11/14/2008 - Rikti Invasion Returns (Ended 11/20/2008)