Issues

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Overview

Issues are large game updates to the City of Heroes or City of Villains game. There are smaller updates that occur between the larger "Issues", but these are usually for special events or to fix various bugs or exploits, to tweak game performance, etc.

Timeline

There have been nineteen Issues released so far.

Issue Number Issue Title Release Date
Original Release   Wednesday, April 28, 2004 (a.k.a. Issue 0)
Issue 1 Through the Looking Glass Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 (62 days later)
Issue 2 A Shadow of the Past Thursday, September 16th, 2004 (79 days later)
Issue 3 A Council of War Tuesday, January 4, 2005 (110 days later)
Issue 4 Colosseum Wednesday, May 4, 2005 (120 days later)
Issue 5 Forest of Dread Wednesday, August 31, 2005 (119 days later)
Issue 6 Along Came a Spider Thursday, October 27, 2005 (57 days later) (jointly released with City of Villains)
Issue 7 Destiny Manifest Tuesday, June 6, 2006 (222 days later)
Issue 8 To Protect and Serve Tuesday, November 28th, 2006 (175 days later)
Issue 9 Breakthrough Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 (154 days later)
Issue 10 Invasion Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 (84 days later)
Issue 11 A Stitch in Time Wednesday, November 28th, 2007 (123 days later)
Issue 12 Midnight Hour Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 (174 days later)
Issue 13 Power and Responsibility Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008 (196 days later)
Issue 14 Architect Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 (127 days later) (jointly released with Architect Edition)
Issue 15 Anniversary Monday, June 29th, 2009 (82 days later)
Issue 16 Power Spectrum Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 (78 days later)
Issue 17 Dark Mirror Wednesday, April 28, 2010 (225 days later)
Issue 18 Shades of Gray Monday, August 16, 2010 (110 days later) (jointly released with Going Rogue)
Issue 19 Alpha Strike Tuesday, November 30, 2010 (106 days later)
Issue 19.5 Strike Pack Tuesday, February 1, 2011 (63 days later)
Issue 20 Incarnates Tuesday, April 5, 2011 (63 days later)

For a quick timeline comparison to boxed release dates, the main box sets have been listed below.

Box Name Release Date
City of Heroes, NA April 27, 2004
City of Heroes, EU February 4, 2005
City of Villains, NA & EU October 31, 2005
Going Rogue, NA & EU August 17, 2010

Notes

  • While not an actual Issue, the release of the game is often referred to as "Issue 0".
  • The names of the various issues have traditionally been thought to be chapter names of famous books. However, Positron said in an interview [1]:
"The names of Issues are NOT chapters of novels. Never have been, never will be. The fact that the users have found novel chapter titles that match, or are similar to, our Issue names is a testament to the tenacity of our users. I won't say we haven't been amused by this, because we have, but we don't go out of our way to find a chapter title that matches our issue in theme and content. We name the issue something cool, that's it."
  • Jack Emmert decided to use the name "Issues" to describe the larger updates to coincide with the comic book theme of the game.


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