Believe it or not, this week marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the original City of Heroes – and naturally, the officially licensed Homecoming-branded City of Heroes servers are planning a fitting celebration. Didn’t you just love reading the words “officially licensed” just now? Same, my friends. Same.
Beginning on April 30th, the game worlds will begin spawning anniversary time capsules stuffed with tokens, temp powers, vanity pets, and badges; there’s a set of huge multishard costume contests slated for May 19th and May 26th; and best of all, later in May, the Homecoming team will be hosting a massive Q&A with a whole roster of original Paragon developers, including War Witch and BABs. I mean, honestly, look at this list.
HC devs are asking players to submit questions for the devs in a thread through May 1st, though it’s a pretty good bet they’re not going to answer anything too spicy, so you can probably skip those. Ahem.
If you’re just now finding out that City of Heroes is playable again… welcome back! The game was revived as a net of public rogue servers back in 2019, and as of January 2024, NCsoft officially granted Homecoming the license to run as a F2P setup. Have fun!
• Into the Super-verse: Why the resurrection of 20-year-old City of Heroes is worth celebrating, even if you don’t play
• Homecoming celebrates City of Heroes’ 20th anniversary with a Paragon Studios dev Q&A
• City of Heroes Homecoming unveils huge community-driven base building initiative
• Into the Super-Verse: What to pick for your Incarnate powers in City of Heroes
• Into the Super-Verse: How to get started with Incarnates in City of Heroes
• Into the Super-Verse: Tips for building your character in City of Heroes
• Working As Intended: 10 more City of Heroes Homecoming base builds you need to see
• Into the Super-Verse: What kind of legs does City of Heroes have in the longer term?
• Over 42,000 people played City of Heroes Homecoming in the last month
• The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming visits creative supergroup bases in City of Heroes Homecoming
• Into the Super-verse: How City of Heroes shows its flexibility with how I’ve changed
• Into the Super-verse: Missing in City of Heroes is part of what makes it hit
• The Soapbox: Why I’m OK with ‘missing’ attacks in City of Heroes
• Into the Super-Verse: So what can Homecoming do with City of Heroes’ Incarnates?
• Working As Intended: 10 City of Heroes Homecoming base builds you need to see
• Working As Intended: A guide to City of Heroes Homecoming’s best player-crafted portal bases
• Into the Super-Verse: What’s wrong with City of Heroes’ Incarnate system?
• Working As Intended: City of Heroes macros and popmenus for noobs
• Into the Super-Verse: Early SOs pose a perplexing problem in City of Heroes Homecoming
• Working As Intended: Yes, you can make money as a newbie in City of Heroes
• City of Heroes players filled Homecoming’s latest $8.6K monthly donation round in three hours
• Into the Super-Verse: Gearing up as a newcomer to City of Heroes Homecoming
• Working As Intended: How to mod City of Heroes Homecoming the easy way
• City of Heroes Homecoming opens testing of new Arsenal powersets, epic power pool revamp, TF diversity, and more
• Vague Patch Notes: What City of Heroes Homecoming means for the wider MMORPG industry
• Into the Super-Verse: What City of Heroes needs now is not more endgame content
• City of Heroes Homecoming saw 4431 peak concurrent players this past weekend
• Into the Super-Verse: Rediscoveries I made diving headlong into City of Heroes Homecoming
• Unsurprisingly, City of Heroes Homecoming saw a massive playerbase spike this past weekend
• The Stream Team: Team play on City of Heroes’ newly licensed Homecoming servers
• Into the Super-Verse: Reflecting on City of Heroes, back officially at long last
• City of Heroes Homecoming talks funding, the City Council, and the impending content drop
• The Daily Grind: Now that NCsoft has licensed City of Heroes servers, will you go back to play?
• NCsoft has officially granted a City of Heroes server license to the Homecoming crew
