City Of Villains news : COH - General / Guide - Discussions

AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 28, 2004— NCsoft® Corporation (KSE: 036570.KS), the world’s leading developer and publisher of online computer games today announced preliminary beta testing plans for the highly anticipated City of Villains™ massively multiplayer online computer game. The plan will reward long time players of City of Heroes™ with beta testing slots for City of Villains, slated for release next year.

Created by Cryptic Studiosâ„¢, City of Villains is the sequel to the hugely successful and critically acclaimed City of Heroes, which launched in April of this year.

The program will give priority to those who have been subscribed to City of Heroes the longest. A percentage of slots will be reserved for City of Heroes’ veterans, players who have subscribed to City of Heroes for at least 12 months. Those players will automatically earn a slot as a Villains beta tester. Players with at least six months of time in City of Heroes will receive the next level of priority consideration for the beta testing program. Higher character level is not necessarily an advantage in the selection process.

“We are announcing the plans today due to the overwhelming amount of requests we’ve received from our subscribers,â€