Freedom is coming for City of Heroes fans, and that means the existing free trial for the superhero MMO will soon be redundant. As of August 17th, players will find they can no longer create free trial accounts nor make use of the game's refer-a-friend feature (although Paragon Studios promises to unveil a replacement buddy program in the next few weeks). Free trial accounts opened before the August 17th deadline will last their full duration, so if you want to check out the game before it officially goes free-to-play later this year, the time is now!
Current players will find even more reasons to appreciate their subscriptions: As of this morning, Paragon has toggled on a few elements of the game's winter event, including the Winter Chalet and ski slopes. It's more like sledding in August than Christmas in July, but now you have a reason to drag those cold-weather costumes out of storage.
Reader Comments (6)
Posted: Aug 16th 2011 12:31AM bluek said
This is a good sign. Freedom might be just around the corner.
Posted: Aug 16th 2011 1:55AM Stormwalker said
@bluek It's been in open beta since last week, but there's still no word on when it will be live.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2011 5:12PM Stormwalker said
@bluek You have to be a subscriber to participate.
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Posted: Aug 16th 2011 1:43PM Daemodand said
They need to stop abusing the winter event. It won't be special anymore.







