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.

I'll be gone soon.

Massively Overthinking: MMO ideas that were ahead of their time

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I'm gonna say something wild right now: In some ways, CliffyB was ahead of his time. My husband and I came to this realization...

City of Titans takes you on a tour of its downtown zone

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If there's a constant with superheroes, it's "massive property damage." Wherever villains and heroes clash, buildings grow new holes and Starbucks finds that its...

One Shots: Fantasy updrafting

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The way I see it, MMORPGs encourage us past our timidity and fear to be bold. So fight that dragon! Get a selfie with...

Massively Overthinking: The worst chat in the MMORPG genre

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The first rule of MMORPGs is turn off global chat. Think about that for a sec. This is a genre that is expressly multiplayer...

City of Titans’ flight travel power is getting good tester feedback

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There is no superhero travel power as iconic as flight -- and none that is as important for a superhero MMO to get right....

One Shots: Flying into bugs at 90 mph

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Flight may look cool on the superhero travel powers selection screen, but what they don't tell you in the shop is that it comes...
Go boom.

Ship of Heroes shows off the end boss fight of its mission beta while discussing difficulty

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The smart way to take on the big showdown at the end of the Iris arc currently playable in Ship of Heroes' mission beta...
Effing OOPS

Perfect Ten: MMORPGs that would actually benefit from a Classic server

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Here's the thing about having a classic server for a lot of MMORPGs: It doesn't actually do much. In order for a classic server...

The Daily Grind: How many MMOs have you played this summer so far?

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I've always seen the summer as a time to branch out and get in as much MMORPG gaming as possible, especially with all of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 334: New World’s fourth delay

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Justin and Bree discuss Bless Unleashed's PC launch, Blizzard's financials and Brack's departure, New World's latest delay, Dungeon and Dragons Online, the gender and survey, with adventures in Ship of Heroes, LOTRO, FFXIV, Albion, CoH, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on deadly difficulty in LOTRO and why FFXIV has become the landing zone for WoW refugees.
Shippy.

Into the Super-verse: First impressions of Ship of Heroes’ mission beta

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With other City of Heroes spiritual successors lagging behind in development, the weight of our hope for the future of superhero MMOs lays upon...

City of Titans adds flight and avatar builder UI improvements in latest alpha patch

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Fans and followers of the developing City of Titans were likely eager to get their hands on some superheroic flying after it was showcased...

Ship of Heroes previews the playable missions of its upcoming August beta event

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As we reported earlier this month, Ship of Heroes is going to be entering a limited-time beta starting in August, which will include among...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 332: Does every voice really matter at Blizzard?

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Justin and Bree discuss the Blizzard sexism lawsuit, with brief stops in New World, Lineage II, and Ship of Heroes.

The Stream Team: Exploring some player-made missions in City of Heroes Homecoming

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Players of MMOs, given the tools and the time, can make some pretty awesome things, and while many MMOs and MMORPGs seem to be...

Valiance Online enters into beta phase for investors of the game

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This past March, we decided to recount what happened to Valiance Online, noting that the team at Silverhelm was hit hard by COVID and...

Ship of Heroes is hitting beta on August 7 – signups open July 31

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If you're still bummed about the fact that indie superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes had to delay its launch from 2021 to 2022, take...

City of Titans is crushing its sound and music design

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Although City of Titans is lagging far behind where it should be in development (and release) by now, given that it was Kickstarted in...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: MMOs with the noisiest fanbases

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In my particular neck of the woods, there are a lot of big fans of the Boston Red Sox. There's also something of a...
Sort of?

The Game Archaeologist: Why 2008 was one of the wildest years for MMORPGs

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In the relatively short history of MMORPGs so far, there have been a few years that I would say were watershed moments for the...

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