Matt "Positron" Celebrates Four Years Of City of Heroes, Announces Next Year's Important Dates

Wow. It's been four years since City of Heroes first came out on store shelves and Atlas Park first knew the joy of an endless wave of blasters sending bursts of flame or ice or lightning or generic comic book energy against anyone who dared to try to steal a purse. It seems Matt "Positron" Miller is impressed too:

Four years.

I will say that again in case you misread it.

Four years.

I am pleased beyond all belief that this game continues to prosper four years into its life. Our community is stronger than ever, the game as a whole is stronger than it ever has been, and the future for the game, as well as the franchise is extremely bright.

When I look back upon the game that we shipped in 2004, I can’t help but look at all the things that were missing from it. Things we added immediately, and things we added recently. Badges were not in the initial launch. Heck, level 41 to 50 were not shipped with City of Heroes! As the game has progressed, I think we have added more free features with our updates than any other MMO on the planet. Multiple zones, missions, features and systems have been added to the base game over the past four years, making the game better and better with every update.

And lest you think for a second that the next four years won't be just as packed with heroic action, NCSoft has announced the important dates planned so far for the next year:

April 28th, 2008 marks the fourth year since the launch of City of Heroes. To celebrate this achievement, the NCsoft NorCal team has created a City of Heroes / City of Villains calendar for fans of the game. This downloadable calendar features each of the 12 “Issues” that have been launched since the games release, one for each month of the year.

The calendar also includes an Anniversary message from Matt “Positron” Miller, along with important dates for the next year, including:

• May 6th, 2008: Issue 12: Midnight Hour enters Open Beta Testing
• July 18, 2008: Double XP Weekend Begins
• October 20, 2008: Halloween Event Begins
• December 15, 2008: Winter Event Begins
• January 23, 2009: Double XP Weekend Begins

To view these dates, plus many more from the lore and history of City of Heroes, visit the 4 Year Anniversary Calendar web page. From all of us at Stratics, congratulations on four years of beating down the bad guys (or the good guys for those of you who play City of Villains).