How do you RP as yourself?
City of Heroes/City of Villains is celebrating its sixth birthday with a face lift. Along with new content in "Dark Mirror", players will notice a host of big changes including a new graphics engine. Read more!
In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno teaches you how to sound like you're short, Scottish, and have a massive beard.
City of Heroes demon summoning video, one of two power sets available to those who pre-purchase the Going Rogue expansion. This video comes by way of PAX East, held last week in Boston.
NCsoft's latest expansion to City of Heroes, Going Rogue, is open for pre-purchase today which includes exclusive set of powers like the customizable "Dual Pistols". Check the new power after the jump!
Jim Moreno looks at how you can bring your pen-and-paper RP experience to Dungeons & Dragons Online: Unlimited.
City of Heroes/Villains fans will rejoice as Issue 17: Going Rogue sets to take off in April. Among many other things, the expansion will feature a major graphical overhaul. Read the list of features in Going Rogue as well as view some before/after shots after the jump.
City of Heroes players can now enjoy a new set of Architect Guest Author arcs, with the introduction of three unique missions filled with mysteries, war villains and crime cabals. Details after the jump!
Jim Moreno walks us through how to properly roleplay in Star Trek Online. Live Long and Prosper.
City of Heroes' Statesman will face his newest villain, the mysterious Tyrant, in the upcoming Going Rogue expansion, for whom we have a detailed overview and a comic-worthy biography --right after the jump!
Jim Moreno discusses how best to network with fellow roleplayers (and himself, of course).
In the spirit of the holidays, NCsoft released its roster of events and content for Aion, Guild Wars, City of Heroes and the Lineage games. Take notes after the jump!
Jim Moreno outlines the things that would make him one very happy roleplayer this Christmas, even if they won't fit under the tree.
Jim Moreno shares his list of the five most crucial tools for any MMORPG to support roleplaying.
Jim Moreno finishes his look at how to RP using magic with some handy links from around the web.
NCsoft is stepping up the Halloween season this year with a range of events, quests, costumes and other goodies across all their titles. Event details for Aion, City of Heroes, Exteel, Guild Wars, Lineage and Lineage 2 --after the jump!
In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the actual act of casting the spell itself.
Pragon Studios, the developers of City of Heroes MMO, announced a new addition to their Guest Author program which incorporates original community created content into the game. Details after the jump!
In this week's RoleCraft, we'll look at how a spellcaster puts their magic to good use in the world of roleplay.
This week in RoleCraft, we look at how players can work the mystical arts of magic into their RP.
Jim Moreno looks at how roleplayers can create a character who is in the military.
Felicia Day's MMOG-focused comedy series is great at getting laughs, but can it also teach us things about roleplaying in online worlds?
Paragon Studios' Floyd Grubb has released a new developer journal about City of Heroes: Issue 16 and changes to power sets. Find out what he's got to say after the jump.
City of Heroes developer, Paragon Studios, is showing off the Issue 16 powers customization. Along with screenshots to compare custom to default powers, we also have a developer journal. Keep reading!
Morale is a very real aspect of warfare. Historical battles are as often won through moral superiority as physical strength. Rules that account for morale loss (and less frequently, morale gain) are very common in military computer, miniature, and board games yet have been largely neglected for games where a player controls a single avatar.
City of Heroes/Villains developer, Paragon Studios, has released 5 screens from the upcoming Issue 16. Check them out!
City of Heroes developer, Paragon Studios, has released a fact sheet with some hints as to what will appear in the upcoming paid content expansion, Issue 16: Power Spectrum. Check it out!
As long as player action sequences are the driving force behind special maneuvers, MMOs will be nothing but a numbers game. The key to break this cycle is to focus on responses to the enemy's actions.
