Today marks the fourth year since the launch of City of Heroes. To celebrate this achievement, the NCsoft NorCal team has created a City of Heroes / City of Villains calendar for fans of the game.  This downloadable calendar features each of the 12 “Issues” that have been launched since the games release, one for each month of the year.

The calendar includes a message from Matt “Positron” Miller, who gives an interesting tidbit of information about one feature the team is working to introduce at some point in the next few months:

“…I can’t tell you how excited I am for our game’s future, and although we have some major announcements yet to be made, one of the things I can talk about is a feature that we are planning. Similar in concept to our character creator, it allows you, the players, to create missions and story arcs for your characters and others to participate in…”

You can find the calendar on the website later today.  After all, even the most accomplished of Heroes will appreciate a calendar to help keep track of his or her appointments.

Also, since four years have passed, we thought it might be nice to share some fun facts about City of Heroes.

Since City of Heroes launched:

• More than 32 million characters created – that’s 4 times the population of New York City!
• Players have spent a combined 292 centuries playing City of Heroes and City of Villains
• More than 100 million items have been traded through the consignment (auction) houses since they were launched in 2007

Additional items of interest include:

Most Popular Origins

Mutant (25%)

Magic (24%)

Natural (21%)

Most Popular Archetypes

Hero: Blaster

Villain: Mastermind

Most Popular Travel Powers

Fly (34%)

Super Jump (30%)

Most Traded Item (via Consignment House)

Base Salvage:  Alien Tech Salvage

Most Wealthy Archetypes

Heroes: Scrappers

Villains: Brutes