NCsoft's City of Heroes Expansion Continues Game's Growth with New Mission Styles.Issue 8: 'To Protect and Serve' Puts Heroes on Alert with New Safeguard Missions, Adds Rewards for Veteran Heroes and Villains AUSTIN, Texas -- NCsoft([R]) and Cryptic Studios Cryptic Studios is a privately-held, American developer of massively multiplayer online role-playing games headquartered in Los Gatos, California. History Established in June 2000, the idea for Cryptic Studios was conceived by Michael Lewis and Rick Dakan. ([TM]) today released the eighth free expansion to City of Heroes([R]), adding new mission styles, new story content and a veteran rewards program to one of the most successful comic-book themed PC games ever. Issue 8: "To Protect and Serve" delivers a host of new features starting out with a wide-variety of veteran rewards for players who have had a City of Heroes or City of Villains([R]) account for three months or more. The rewards are given in increments of three months of active play, and include special powers, base items, badges and costume pieces such as wings. The veteran rewards program is retroactive by player account and rewards will be applicable to all characters within each respective account. Building on the tradition of super-powered crime fighting Crime Fighting See also Sleuthing. Batman devotes his life to fighting Gotham City’s criminals. [Comics: Berger, 160] Canadian Mounties , Issue 8 is introducing Safeguard Missions where heroes will be given a limited time to halt major crimes being committed by super-powered villains and their henchmen. Using the new police band contacts, heroes will be alerted to attacks on Paragon City([TM]) business, resulting in high-intensity action as players battle to prevent heists and city destruction from occurring. These missions are similar to the City of Villains Mayhem Missions introduced in Issue 7, but with an even more frantic reactive tone to the action. Issue 8 also features a revitalized Faultline neighborhood that has been transformed from a trial zone into a city zone. As a trial zone, Faultline was in ruins and overrun with zombies Zombies Companies that continue to operate even though they are insolvent. Also known as living dead. Notes: It's advisable to avoid investing in zombies at all costs their life expectancies are highly unpredictable. and evil sorcerers, but as the area is restored to order agents of Arachnos are attempting to infiltrate the area. "Issue 8 continues to build on a great game, giving players new adventures, areas to explore and rewards for their loyalty," said Matt Miller, Cryptic Studio's lead designer for City of Heroes and City of Villains. "The action of the new Safeguard Missions is amazing and gives players a way to really feel heroic, which is one of the keys to why City of Heroes has been so successful." City of Heroes and City of Villains are available at retailers in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Europe as well as at the NCsoft online store at www.plaync.com. Both games include the first month of online game play, and after the first month, players will be charged a monthly subscription fee of US$14.99. Customers who purchase City of Heroes and City of Villains can play both games for the single subscription price of US$14.99. For more information on City of Villains go to: www.cityofvillains.com, and for more information on City of Heroes go to: www.cityofheroes.com. About NCsoft NCsoft North America is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NCsoft, with its own development and publishing offices in Texas and California, also works with other NCsoft subsidiaries and third party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. The company has successfully launched multiple online titles in the last three years and continues to support its franchises that include Lineage([R])/Lineage II, City of Heroes/City of Villains, Guild Wars This article is for the Guild Wars series. For the first release of the series, see Guild Wars Prophecies. Guild Wars is an episodic series of multiplayer online role-playing games, for the Microsoft Windows operating system. ([R])/Guild Wars Factions([TM])/Guild Wars Nightfall([TM]) and Auto Assault Auto Assault was a massively multiplayer online game (or MMOG), developed by NetDevil and published by NCsoft. It combines vehicular combat with role-playing elements, allowing the player to explore a post-apocalyptic future in customizable cars, motorcycles, semis, and ([R]). More information about NCsoft can be found at http://www.plaync.com. About Cryptic Studios Cryptic Studios, Inc., located in Los Gatos, California “Los Gatos” redirects here. For the Argentine rock band, see Los Gatos (band). Los Gatos is an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population was 28,592 at the 2000 census. , was established in July of 2000 and is an independent developer of massively multiplayer online games for the PC and next generation consoles. Its first game, City of Heroes, launched in April 2004. The game takes place in a virtual world where thousands of people play simultaneously, take on the role of super-powered heroes, fight villains and help create a dynamic story in a visually-stunning, 3-D graphical world. NCsoft, the interlocking interlocking /in·ter·lock·ing/ (-lok´ing) closely joined, as by hooks or dovetails; locking into one another. interlocking Obstetrics A rare complication of vaginal delivery of twins; the 1st NC logo, Lineage, Guild Wars, Guild Wars Factions Guild Wars Factions is a computer game released in 2006 by ArenaNet and is the first stand-alone campaign expanding on Prophecies, the original Guild Wars game. Factions introduces the player to the continent of Cantha where two warring factions, Luxon and Kurzick, battle for , Guild Wars Nightfall Guild Wars Nightfall is a fantasy MMORPG and the third stand-alone campaign in the Guild Wars computer game series developed by Seattle-based game developer studio ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSoft corporation. , ArenaNet, Auto Assault, Tabula Rasa, PlayNC, PlayNC.com and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. City of Heroes, City of Villains, Atlas Park, Paragon City, Lord Recluse, Statesman, Ghost Widow, Captain Mako mako (mä`kō), heavy-bodied, fast-swimming shark, genus Isurus, highly prized as a game fish. Also known as the sharp-nosed mackerel shark, it is a member of the mackerel shark family, which also includes the great white shark and the , Scirocco sci·roc·co n. Variant of sirocco. , Black Scorpion and all associated logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cryptic Studios, Inc. and NCsoft Corporation. Cryptic Studios is a trademark of Cryptic Studios, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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