city of heroes

Official Site: City of Heroes
Studio: Paragon Studios/NCsoft
Launch Date: April 27, 2004
Sunset Date: November 30, 2012
Homecoming License Date: January 4, 2024
Genre: Superhero Hybrid Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC, Mac

Our more specific coverage of the City of Heroes revival is also binned here; you can find the tighter chronology of community rogue server posts right here; regular coverage following the official licensing of the Homecoming servers resumes under the regular City of Heroes tag.

Massively Overthinking: That moment when you realize an MMO is truly something special

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MOP commenter Bruno tweeted something the other that that I thought would make a fun topic. Here's what he said, printed with permission: "Wanna know...
What.

Vague Patch Notes: Diversions are what makes the MMO

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I am going to put forth a theory today in the Vague Patch Notes column. It is potentially an odd theory, and as sometimes...

The Stream Team: Further adventures of the Anklemuncher and friends in City of Heroes Homecoming

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Last week, MOP's Chris put together a new character in the City of Heroes Homecoming rogue server, a little goblin Stalker critter by the...

The Stream Team: Feeding the altoholic need in City of Heroes Homecoming

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It's a long understood fact that creating alts for City of Heroes is the true endgame, and MOP's Chris is going to partake in...

Perfect Ten: 10 dead MMOs that should be revived for a second chance

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I have always felt that it's such an enormous waste of everything when a live MMORPG is sunsetted and access to it is gone...
Jaded.

Massively Overthinking: What were your three most-played MMOs in 2022?

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Last year, we did a piece on what we expected our top three MMOs of 2022 to be. We'll do that again next week,...

Ship of Heroes looks back at last year, notes creation of a Steam page and upcoming beta test registration

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By all accounts, Ship of Heroes had a busy 2022 when you look over the game's retrospective blog post. The devs recount the variety...
thiberty and lone

Massively OP Podcast Episode 405: Give me throne or give me liberty

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Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty, Skull & Bones' delay, roadmaps for the EverQuest MMOs, and John Smedley's departure from Amazon, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on the Wizards of the Coast D&D mess and reimagining alts in MMOs.
We got it back, after all.

City of Heroes rogue server Rebirth preps travel power revamp for I5 Clockstoppers

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City of Heroes rogue server Rebirth has been teasing its Issue 5: Clockstoppers release since at least last week, when it dropped a feature...
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Vague Patch Notes: Embracing limited-time content modes in MMOs

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Today's column was inspired by a discussion in work chat about limited-time game modes - specifically, the idea of something like that in World...

End-of-Year Eleven: The top MMOs to watch in 2023

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You know how some people like to push this narrative that "MMOs are dying?" If that were actually true, then my job to round...
Shields

City of Heroes’ Rebirth rogue server kicks out a teaser trailer for its upcoming Clockstoppers update

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The Rebirth rogue server of City of Heroes is preparing to put out its latest update. How do we know? Because the operators of...
Looking out.

Vague Patch Notes: Loving an MMO isn’t the same as having a personality

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There's a story that's always stuck with me, relayed by the now-vanished blog Websnark back in the day, so forgive me if I get...

Massively Overthinking: Our 2023 MMO resolutions

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I know that not everyone does "resolutions," and that even most folks who make them don't actually stick with them. And when it comes...

The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2022

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2022 marks the fifth year in a row we've done this roundup, but the Daily Grind has been a recurring mini-column here on MassivelyOP...

The Stream Team: A visit to City of Heroes’ classic holiday event in the Homecoming rogue server

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If it's Christmas, then it's got to be the ski chalet in City of Heroes. MOP's Chris is going to head back to this...
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Vague Patch Notes: A wake for the MMOs that were

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2022 is nearly over, and for me, at least, it's been an incredibly challenging year full of some really dark points. This is the...

Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2022

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This has been a pretty challenging year for a lot of reasons, and my 2022 in Choose My Adventure certainly didn't feel any different...
Statue.

City of Heroes’ Rebirth and Homecoming rogue servers kick off their respective holiday events

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Christmas has come to the rogue servers of City of Heroes, and whether you're looking for some classic festivities or a seasonal event with...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2023

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Nobody can see the future, but it sure is fun guessing, and that's exactly what we're going to do for (to?) the MMO genre...

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