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NCsoft Reveals City of Villains Collector's Edition Retail Package; DVD Game Pack to Include Seven HeroClix Figures, Art Book, Collectible Card Game Preview and Exclusive In-Game Items.


AUSTIN, Texas -- NCsoft(R) 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.  (KSE KSE Karachi Stock Exchange
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:036570) has revealed the contents for the City of Villains(TM) Collector's Edition retail game pack that will be released to stores in North America when the game launches later this fall.

City of Villains, developed by 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) and published by NCsoft, is the stand-alone sequel to the hit game, City of Heroes(R), and allows players to create a villainous persona and build a virtual criminal empire. Highlighting the City of Villains Collector's Edition package is a set of seven limited-edition HeroClix(R) figures from WizKids(R), composed of three hero figures and four villain figures, including an exclusive Lord Recluse Lord Recluse is a fictional super-villain and archnemesis of the super-hero Statesman, from the PC videogames City of Heroes and City of Villains, created by Sean Michael Fish. (TM) HeroClix.

The City of Villains Collector's Edition will also contain a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 version of the game, giving players access to an exclusive in-game cape and chest emblem from Arachnos(TM), the game's top villain group. Also included in the package is a map of The Rogue Isles(TM), the chain of islands that makes up City of Villains.

The Collector's Edition also includes a book featuring art from City of Villains and City of Heroes, a preview deck of the City of Heroes collectible card game The City of Heroes Collectible Card Game is a collectible trading card game based on the NCSoft MMORPG, City of Heroes. The card game was designed by David Williams, the designer responsible for other games such as Legend of the Five Rings.  designed by the Alderac Entertainment Group
This is about the games publisher. For information on the German electronics producer, see AEG.


Alderac Entertainment Group, or AEG, is a publisher of role-playing game and collectible card game products.
(TM) as well as a single limited edition City of Heroes foil collector's card.

The City of Villains Collector's Edition will sell at an anticipated price of US$79.99. City of Villains preorder purchases can be applied to the Collector's Edition or regular edition of the City of Villains game. Subscription pricing for the game will be announced in the fall.

For more information about City of Villains, go to www.cityofvillains.com.

About NCsoft

NCsoft - North America is headquartered in Austin, Texas and is part of Korea-based NCsoft Corporation. NCsoft, with its own development and publishing offices in Texas and California, also works with subsidiaries and third party developers throughout North America to develop and publish innovative online entertainment software products. The company launched two massively multiplayer titles on the same day last year, Lineage(R) II and City of Heroes, and in April of 2005 the hit game Guild Wars(R). In the coming months, NCsoft is poised to launch two more massively multiplayer titles: City of Villains(TM) and Auto Assault(TM). More information about NCsoft can be found at http://www.PlayNC.com.

About Cryptic Studios

Cryptic Studios(TM), 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.

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 NC logo, Lineage, Guild Wars, Auto Assault and all associated NCsoft logos and designs are trademarks or registered trademarks of NCsoft Corporation. City of Heroes, City of Villains, Paragon City, The Rogue Isles, Lord Recluse and Arachnos, 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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