New to City of Heroes®/City of Villains®

Hello and welcome! In order to play your City of Villains 14-day free trial, you will need to download the City of Villains game and create a PlayNC® (NCsoft®) master account. If you have an existing PlayNC master account skip down to the instructions for adding your City of Villains 14-day free trial account only.

To Create a Free PlayNC Master Account and Add a City of Villains 14-Day Free Trial Account

1. Go to the Create PlayNC Account page.
2. Follow the directions provided until your PlayNC master account is successfully created
3. Upon completion of your master account, click on the ADD GAMES TO YOUR PlayNC ACCOUNT now! link in the middle of the page
4. Enter the 20-digit serial code provided within your referral e-mail and then hit the CONTINUE button
5. Provide all requested information until you have successfully created a City of Villains game account!
6. Click on the button below to download the City of Villains game client.

To Add a City of Villains 14-Day Free Trial Game Account Only

1. Go to the Add Game page
2. Enter information to log into your current PlayNC master account
3. Enter the 20-digit serial code provided within your referral e-mail and then hit the CONTINUE button
4. Provide all requested information until you have successfully created a City of Villains game account!
5. You will be contacted via e-mail when the account has been fully activated and is ready to be logged into.
6. Click on the button below to download the City of Villains game client

To Download:

1. Click the button above to download the City of Villains Updater file.
2. You will be prompted to Run or Save the file. We recommend saving the file to your desktop, so that you can use it as a desktop shortcut to launch the game from now on.
3. Click Save. Choose My Desktop as the save location.
4. Once saved, double-click on the CohUpdater.exe icon on your desktop to launch the Updater.
5. Follow the prompts and begin the installation process (If prompted, select Run). The Updater will download and install everything you need in order to play City of Villains.
6. Click Next -> after the Updater has finished downloading.
7. Click I Agree to the City of Heroes User Agreement in order to play.

Thank you again for purchasing City of Villains. We look forward to seeing you in the Rogue Isles