In a transparent attempt to curry favour with Lord Recluse, MMORPG.com has given City of Villains an award… a Game of the Year award, no less.

In summing up their reasoning, MMORPG.com’s staff singled out the incredible base building features of City of Villains for high praise - but that wasn’t all that ensured our triumph:

Throw in the previously mentioned PvP additions, in-depth character creation, the villainous theme and rich world Cryptic Studios has developed and you have yourself an extremely fun product that delivered on its promises.

In addition Cryptic Studios, the power behind Arachnos, was honoured as Company of the Year for 2005, with the continual stream of game content Cryptic produces gaining high praise:

Unlike most companies, Cryptic has never done a retail expansion. Instead they release “Issues”, which are smaller, free-expansions. Since launch in April of 2004, they had released six new issues of the game, with issues three, four, five and six coming out in 2005.

That policy will continue into 2006, with more Issues planned. Stay loyal to City of Villains for more villainy!