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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.

I am not supporting this lizard-shooting quest.

Massively Overthinking: The oldest MMORPGs we still play

Bree Royce - 29
When I was still a teenager in my earliest MMOs, the trend in the communities I ran in was to play MMOs sequentially, due...

Working as Intended: Sparking joy in MMOs

Bree Royce - 19
On this week's podcast, I mentioned that I'd just finished off Marie Kondo's The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, something that superficially seems unrelated...

Massively Uplifting: Communities and companies bolster COVID-19 relief and mental health support

MJ Guthrie - 0
April showers of good deeds bring May flowers of comfort and hope. And after the last couple of months, we sure could use a...

City of Titans previews its UE4 engine upgrade and dungeon architect tool

Chris Neal - 5
The dev team of City of Titans has checked in with a quick update on what it's working on next as well as a...
Uh?

The Daily Grind: Do you play the MMO fashion wars?

Justin Olivetti - 32
I care about how I look. Obviously not in a real life, because I've chosen to be a short, lumpy gnome of questionable heritage,...

The Soapbox: The sunsetted MMORPGs I miss the most

Chris Neal - 29
I'm pining for the fjords. Not in the way that would assume I'm becoming some jaded and angry MMO fan; I'm never going to stop...

Massively Overthinking: Canaries in the MMO coal mine

Bree Royce - 11
A few weeks back on the MOP Podcast, reader Danny posed us such a provocative question that we said right then we were going...

City of Heroes’ rogue servers mark their first anniversary as the game itself turns 16

Chris Neal - 11
It's now been over a year since the City of Heroes community discovered the existence of a secret emulator, a discovery that led to...
I'm an excellent fighter.

Global Chat: The problem with being bad in MMOs

Justin Olivetti - 20
Have you ever felt weirdly reluctant to go the full "dark side" in a video game that offers morality meters? MMO blogger Yeebo Fernbottom...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 268: Second chances in the apocalypse

Justin Olivetti - 14
Justin, Bree, and Colin discuss Phantasy Star Online 2, Fallout 76, Holly Longdale's move to Blizzard, WoW Classic, WoW, Star Trek Online, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on FFXIV's dungeon problem, favorite MMO group roles, and specific gamer types as warning signs for games.

Ship of Heroes launches an invasion event test with Riot at the Arches

Chris Neal - 2
One of my favorite memories in the classic City of Heroes game was the launch of the Rikti Invasion, which saw Atlas Park get...

Into the Super-verse: Catching up with the big superhero MMOs

Justin Olivetti - 11
With the weirdness of the quarantine and how it's been impacting game development, I thought it might be a good time to take a...

DC Universe Online’s latest Birds of Prey episode is live with gobs of new content

Bree Royce - 0
Daybreak's DC Universe Online has been kicking ass and taking names lately, and it's doing it again now. Last night, the latest Birds of...

City of Titans shows off some recent images of Alexandria City

Chris Neal - 10
The folks at City of Titans have stayed busy (and stayed safe), with continuing work on fleshing out the Alexandria City location. In a...

Over a thousand people rolled toons in Ship of Heroes’ impromptu beta

Bree Royce - 1
Ship of Heroes had been making the best of the COVID-19 stay-home mandates with an impromptu beta test. Now that the test is done,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 266: Feline fine for April Fools

Justin Olivetti - 20
Justin, Bree, Carlo, and Ben discuss April Fools, Elyon, Elder Scrolls Online, Black Desert, RuneScape, City of Heroes, World of Warships, SWG Legends, LOTRO, WoW Classic, Legends of Aria, shortie races, and gaming disorder.
Burnsauce.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the messiest combat?

Bree Royce - 32
I don't like messes. They freak me out. The chaos, the uncertainty, it gets to me. And it's as true in real life as...
Jazzy handy

The Daily Grind: What is your favorite memory from a shuttered MMORPG?

Justin Olivetti - 28
Free Realms. Warhammer Online. WildStar. Asheron's Call. We've lived through so these and so many other MMO shutdowns over the years, leaving behind screenshots,...
Ah yes, teamwork.

Massively Overthinking: How are MMO players faring through the pandemic?

Bree Royce - 33
This week's Overthinking is going to be a bit different from normal. As we've been covering extensively for more than the past two months,...
You know it.

City of Heroes Homecoming patches in asymmetrical costume parts and new support powerset

Chris Neal - 5
Fresh out of the test server and into the rogue server of City of Heroes: Homecoming comes the most important thing to ever arrive...
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