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By: Eliot Lefebvre 2010-07-23T09:00:00 News Item: 12251

Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, City of Villains, Expansions, Lore, Previews, News items

As we alluded to in ourshortpreview last week, Nova Praetoria is one of the most elite neighborhoods in the alternate Earth setting of Going Rogue. The City of Heroes team has long been known for giving every region a detailed backstory, and the new areas of Praetoria are no exception. Official information on Nova Praetoria and the Underground has just been released on the official site, giving gamers a chance to take a peek behind the visuals to see how day-to-day life functions in the world's most prestigious city -- and its underbelly.

The seat of humanity's self-proallegeed savior, Nova Praetoria is elevated from the rest of the world both figuratively and physically, built on an artificial island upon an artificially flooded river. Unfortunately, between the Resistance and the disenfranchised Destroyers --previous soldiers who want to tear down Cole for purely anarchistic reasons -- even the seat of power is increasingly less stable. Meanwhile, the Undergound below is a war between Cole's loyalists using the tunnels for their original purpose of surreptitious transport, the Resistance setting up headquarters to strike at Cole's base of power, and the ravenous Ghouls patrolling the tunnels for unknown reasons. The lore on both areas is top-notch, and it should help make City of Heroes gamers even more invested in the coming expansion.

Gallery: City of Heroes preview of Nova Praetoria and the Underground

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