City of Heroes® brings the world of comic books alive in this massively multiplayer 3D online universe.
Craft your hero's identity and join millions of Hero characters in a constantly expanding universe, explore the sprawling online metropolis of Paragon City™, and battle a host of foes including criminals, villains, and monsters.
What is City of Heroes?
City of Heroes. City of Tomorrow. Since 1931, when a prodigal son returned with the powers of an ancient god and called himself Statesman, Paragon City has been the center of the super-powered hero universe.
Through the efforts of Statesman and those who joined him in the war against tyranny and crime, Paragon City truly became a beacon and inspiration for heroes world-wide. A true city of heroes.
All that came to a disastrous halt on May 23, 2002 when aliens known as the Rikti invaded the earth and began their war of mass extermination.
Every major city in the world was attacked, but none were more devastated than Paragon City . It was here that thousands of heroes and civilians made their last stand.
It was on this ruined battlefield that legends died and were created. After months of desperate fighting and incredible sacrifice, the Rikti were stopped-though not entirely defeated.
In the end, of all the great super-powered heroes who called Paragon City home, only eight survived. Total casualty figures remain unknown, though low estimates placed them in the tens of thousands.
In the aftermath of the war, Paragon City , like much of the cities of the world, lay in ruins.
With most of the city's heroes dead or missing, crime and corruption seized the opportunity to fill the hero-less vacuum. Gangs of criminals-some reemerging from decades of hiding, many new and horrifying in their methods-began to take control of the city's war torn zones.
Amidst this sudden influx of lawlessness, Statesman made a call to the world's surviving and newly found heroes: "Come to Paragon City 's aid!"
Paragon City. City of Tomorrow . City of Heroes . The world's last best hope of freedom and justice. Home to Statesman and the greatest heroes on earth. What true hero could resist?
The Super Powered Massively Multiplayer RPG
Welcome to City of Heroes, the online world that's home to an entire universe of heroes, where you and thousands of other players take on the roles of super powered heroes - in a stunning, 3D graphical world.
Super Powered Action and Adventure
* Create Your Own Hero: Choose from hundreds of different powers and design your own unique costume.
* Fight Evil! Confront super villains, aliens, madmen, criminals, and other fearsome foes. Take on personalized missions and rid the city of several different evil organizations and hundreds of individual enemies.
* Form Your Own Super-group of Heroes: Band together with other players to fight evil and become the premiere hero group in the city!
* Explore the City: Explore the skyscrapers, slums, sewers and streets of Paragon City, a sprawling online metropolis that offers unlimited adventures and countless surprises.
* Live the Story: Become an integral part of more than thirty different ongoing story arcs as the villain groups menace Paragon City and react to player victories and defeats.
Are You Destined for Great Evil?
City of Villains™ is the standalone sequel to critically acclaimed MMORPG City of Heroes®.
Using a staggering assortment of new powers, abilities, and customization options, players can now experience sinister game play from the other side of the mask. With diabolical craft and guile, players forge new super-powered villain characters in an attempt to dominate the world.
Heroes and authorities of Paragon City will do all in their power to thwart these evil plans of destruction. It will take a supreme effort for true domination.
Super Villain Action and Adventure
* Become an infamous Villain: Players can advance from low level thugs to eventually fulfill their destiny as legendary arch-criminals.
* Design and build infinitely customizable fortresses of evil: Players repel intruders with vicious weaponry and diabolical defenses.
* Heroes and Villains collide: Now players can choose to take on the most challenging rivals of all time...each other!
* Features a huge variety of villain missions: Including heists, kidnappings, infiltrations, and more!
* Incredible villain variety: Including new archetypes, powers, villain costumes, and the deadly new villain group Arachnos!
