PRAETORIAN NEWS NETWORK: May 25th, 2016.
Today, in MMO news, it was finally revealed that the reason City of Heroes / Villains / Rogues was taken off the market was to implement the newest Virtual Reality technologies. NCSuxt today released 'City of Heroes 3: Next Generation' using the Oculus Rift VR Headset (
https://www.oculus.com/en-us/) and the Virtuix Omni ( (
http://www.cnet.com/products/virtuix-omni ). With the new setup, subscribers will get exercise along with their gaming experience as they run through the City in real time. (Travel powers are in the to-do list.) Beta testers report losing an average of 10 pounds from Level 1 through 20, more if they do the Vahzilok Task Force.
New subscribers get the 'New Toon in Atlas Experience' as they slog through 'Death from Below' (now with OdorAdder!) Experienced City of Heroes players will be auto-leveled to Level 10 and dropped in the center of The Hollows, right near the Magma beings.
The new developers, VR-OMGBBQ, have allowed former COH players to Beta Test almost all of the new equipment and experience. A beta tester was quoted, 'Great googly moogly, those Nemesis blunderbusses REALLY HURT! RUN!!' . But currently, because of snipers, Founders Falls is off-line while the developers hone the RealDeathSense that long-time players expect. Dark Astoria is also currently unavailable.
COH3:NG will be available on Steam in the fourth quarter of 2016. Stay tuned for more news.