The day of our destiny approaches! After years of meticulous planning and preparation, our mighty Lord Recluse has announced that City of Villains will soon be unleashed upon the world. Rise and rejoice, my dark brethren! This Halloween will be a dark day for the so-called ‘heroes’ of Paragon City.

The European City of Villains servers will open on Monday, 31 October, 2005.

The game itself will be available in stores across Europe on Friday, 28 October, 2005.

Please bear in mind that, although you will be able to buy the game on Friday, the servers will not open until Monday.

If you don’t think you’ll be able to bear waiting for Halloween, though, there is an answer. Pre-order customers will receive a special two-day head-start over the weekend of 29 and 30 October, allowing them to begin their villainous careers and get the drop on the competition. So pre-order now to be among the first to prove their worth to Arachnos!

With the help of some well-known do-gooders (who shall be dealt with in due course), Lord Recluse was contained for just long enough to answer a series of questions about City of Villains on the Stratics site.

Despite his capture, however, he was still suitably elusive on some subjects…

Question: Are the epic ATs going to be shared between CoH and CoV? Will we be able to play Warshades and Peacebringers in both games? Coralax?

Lord Recluse: At release, we’re not including Epic ATs. That’s something that will come down later. So at this point I’m not saying what they might or might not be. Bwahahahah!

Read the complete transcript at Stratics, if you will.

What is the hovering menace marring the otherwise untarnished skyline of Aeon City? Who is King Midas, and what are his flamboyant Gold Brickers after in Cap au Diable? Find out more about this nefarious crime boss and his brazen gang of high-tech thieves here…

The brave minions of GameSpot have dared to enter the Rogue Isles and smuggle out a report on the current situation. Complete with exclusive pictures and movie footage, the article reveals more information from the US Beta of City of Villains.

Of course, the unsuspecting journalists responsible had no idea that their attempts to avoid Arachnos security measures were doomed from the start. Lord Recluse was well aware of their intentions and has been tracking their progress, allowing them to see - and reveal - only that which suits his purposes. Even now he chuckles over the fear that the report has inspired in Paragon’s so-called ‘heroes’.

We advise that all potential Arachnos recruits familiarise themselves with this information, to be better prepared for the tasks that lie ahead.

Arachnos recruits who survive the proving grounds of Mercy Island will continue their villainous careers in Port Oakes, site of one of the earliest settlements in the Rogue Isles. Today, the area is a stronghold for the crime syndicate known as ‘the Family’.

Between them, the violent history and present-day power struggles in Port Oakes provide many opportunities for budding archvillains to exploit…

Despite their best efforts, the meddling ‘heroes’ of Paragon City continue to fail in their efforts to disrupt Lord Recluse’s plans. Today we bring you vital new information about City of Villains, with updates to the following questions:

When will the game be released?
How much will City of Villains cost?
What will be included in the City of Villains Collector’s Edition box?
Will there be a version of City of Villains released on DVD?

Check our FAQs section to find the answers.

Desperate to raise public awareness of the threat posed by our mighty Lord Recluse and Arachnos, the Federal Bureau Of Superpowered Affairs continues to leak some of its most senstive files to the journalists at IGN. In the third such incident, all the information currently available to the FBSA concerning the deadly Black Scorpion has been made public.

Potential Arachnos recruits are advised to study this information - and to remember that for all their vaunted intelligence resources, the FBSA knows only what Lord Recluse has allowed them to ‘discover’.

In her latest journal entry, Ghost Widow recounts her first meeting with the erratic but brilliant Dr Aeon and her investigation into the many deaths attributed to his Power Transport System.