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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.

This is how we fall.

City of Heroes fans have (mostly) restored the game’s original 2012 forums

Chris Neal - 6
Looking for a forum-based blast from the past out of City of Heroes? Maybe you want to re-read some of the story threads, look...

The Daily Grind: How can MMO devs make tank classes more interesting?

Justin Olivetti - 48
Sometimes Daily Grind topics blossom from extended conversations in the Massively OP office. And indeed, the other day we were tossing back and forth...

The Daily Grind: What’s the most unloved class in your favorite MMO, and how would you fix it?

Bree Royce - 28
I was trundling around playing on my Lord of the Rings Online server the other night when someone advertised for a Burglar for some...
It's not nothing!

Massively Overthinking: Have you ever returned to an old MMO and fallen in love?

Bree Royce - 16
Earlier this month, MOP's Eliot penned a WoW Factor that doesn't quote but certainly does evoke the ol' Heraclitus quote about how you cannot...
Not so much.

Vague Patch Notes: Queues do not tell the story of an MMO’s success

Eliot Lefebvre - 7
It's time to talk about queues to log in to a game, and you know what game we have to talk about in this...
Have you heard?!

The Daily Grind: What’s the weirdest activity you’ve charged MMO currency for?

Bree Royce - 18
As City of Heroes Homecoming tests long-awaited recycling rules for abandoned names and characters, I've been contemplating what to do with some of the...
Effing OOPS

Perfect Ten: The MMO studios that keep whiffing on new projects

Eliot Lefebvre - 9
Everyone makes mistakes, and that's all right. That's not necessarily a big deal. Yes, this is true when it comes to MMO studios too....

Massively OP Podcast Episode 386: Lord of Lord of the Rings Online

Justin Olivetti - 1
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's mini-expansion and IP rights, Dual Universe, Mad World, Wrath Classic's prepatch, Alganon's return, and Guild Wars 2's Steam launch, with adventures in LOTRO, CoH, SWGL, and RIFT, plus a mailbag question on Ultima Online New Legacy.
I'm purely decorative!

City of Heroes Homecoming’s Issue 27 Page 4 goes live with its new music-wielding powersets

Chris Neal - 1
The testing phase has ended, and the live update is now available for the Homecoming rogue server of City of Heroes. Issue 27 Page...
Ladies.

Vague Patch Notes: The perils of comparing MMOs to each other

Eliot Lefebvre - 12
So the other day I read perhaps the worst Tower of Fantasy review I could have possibly read. It was most certainly not the...

The Daily Grind: Is the MMO genre thriving in scarcity?

Bree Royce - 42
I want to talk about the MMO genre in the meta sense for a sec this morning. Every time I see another game pivot...

Valiance Online says it’s building ‘a solid foundation’ but hasn’t showed any progress this year so far

Justin Olivetti - 7
While the City of Heroes rogue servers continue to roll and spiritual successors such as City of Titans and Ship of Heroes are vocal...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 384: The World of Warcraft we’ll never see

Justin Olivetti - 15
Justin and Bree discuss Blizzard's financials, the canceled WoW mobile MMO, LOTRO remastered, the Riot MMO, and Legends of Aria's monetization, with adventures in RIFT, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and Fallout 76, plus a voicemail wishing for an MMO amnesia button.
Moisturized.

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best leveling curve?

Bree Royce - 22
Last weekend I logged into a City of Heroes rogue server to take my kids for a round of radio missions. I let my...

Global Chat: Is Phantasy Star Online 2 a shallow MMO?

Justin Olivetti - 12
In a recent post on trying out Phantasy Star Online 2: New Genesis, blogger Virtual Bastion made the observation that the MMO offered "slick...

The Daily Grind: Which upcoming MMORPG has the best chance of succeeding?

Justin Olivetti - 33
There are many MMOs of various designs working their way through the development process right now, but as we well know, not all of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 382: Wrath Classic forecasts a frosty September

Justin Olivetti - 20
Justin and Bree discuss New World's server merges, Wrath Classic's September launch, LOTROs 33.1, Pantheon's investment, and Chronicles of Elyria's mess, with adventures in RIFT, City of Heroes, and Fallout 76, plus mailbag entries on single-player games, rhythm-based MMO classes, and Firefly.

City of Titans shares scads of game assets created by its primary 3-D artist

Chris Neal - 5
Back at the tail end of January we had gotten word from City of Titans that the game is "operating on a used shoestring"...
E G G

The Soapbox: Why diversifying your MMO gaming is the smart thing to do

Justin Olivetti - 20
Allow me to indulge in some retrospection for a moment as I sit back on my rocker, squint into the fading afternoon light, and...

Fan site compiles a list of every MMORPG rogue server and emulator still running

Justin Olivetti - 6
Not every emulator project is as popular or as well known as Star Wars Galaxies Legends or City of Heroes Homecoming. To help bring...
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