Gaming News - April 2004
Austin, TX (April 12, 2004) - NCsoft today announced that City of
Heroes has reached gold status in North America and will soon be on its way to
retailers in the United States and Canada. The company also announced that all
customers who purchase the City of Heroes pre-order box and register their
account will have a three-day head start in the game over customers who purchase
the game on or after the launch date. The official launch date for City of
Heroes is April 28.
From NCsoft:
City of Heroes, developed by Cryptic Studios, is the first game of its kind—a
massively-multiplayer online game based on the comic book genre, where players
can create their own unique super-powered heroes and defend the citizens of the
fictional metropolis, Paragon City, from alien hordes, corrupt corporations,
villainous gangs, and street thugs. The game boasts quite possibly the most
extensive character creation system ever, allowing players to fully customize a
truly distinctive hero or heroine.
The game will be available at a suggested retail price of US$49.99 and
includes the first month of online game play. After the first month, players
will be charged a monthly subscription fee of US$14.99. Sixty-day game time
cards will also be available at many North American retailers at a suggested
retail price of US$29.99.
City of Heroes has been in beta test since February and has been heralded as
a welcome departure from the fantasy-based massively multiplayer games on the
market today. Players will be able to enjoy not only looking good, but
developing the skills of their hero through series of missions they get from
Contacts. The game can be played solo or in groups. Players can also join Super
Groups (similar to guilds in other massively multiplayer online games) and run
group operations from their own headquarters.
All customers who have purchased the pre-order box of City of Heroes have
been invited into the beta. There is still time to take advantage of the
three-day head start—purchase the retail pre-order box and register your account
at www.PlayNC.com. More
information, including where to obtain a pre-order box, is available on the City
of Heroes web site,
www.cityofheroes.com.
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