May 25th, 2008

Midnight Hour

I don't know why, but I was never too much into superheroes, although I enjoyed Superman or other similar movies/cartoons/comics. To be honest, I didn't have the chance to try the City of Heroes game, because there was always something more interesting than it, at least on paper, but that doesn't mean this game doesn't have a lot of followers, and the last update comes to prove that City of Heroes is alive and well.

City of Heroes

The free expansion pack called "Issue 12: Midnight Hour" has been just announced by NCsoft, and its aim is to provide new Villain Epic Archetypes, as well as additional character slots for players, together with a new Greek and Roman-themed zone to explore.

Matt Miller, lead designer of the game, said "With the introduction of Villain Epic Archetypes, new costume options and Powerset Proliferation in Issue 12, we knew players would want to be able to create new characters. Expanding the number of character slots in this way ensures that our players can use all these new features. We think it’s a great solution that adds value to the service."

At last, you should know that there's even more to the Midnight Hour, since "the clandestine organization of mystics, scholars and mages who hold a secret that could bring the alien group, the Rikti, to its knees" called Midnight Squad has been introduced, together with a bunch of quests related to it.