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.

At one point, this seemed like a big deal.

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Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Camelot Unchained, Guild Wars, the Bless franchise, City of Heroes, LOTRO, SWG Legends, and The Witcher, with mailbag topics on CoH on console, PlanetSide's mismanagement, and a celebratory haiku that prompts some follow-up site discussion!
This one hurts.

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NCsoft follows up City of Heroes code copyright filing with fresh trademark application

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Do you folks remember last summer when we learned that NCsoft had filed copyright documentation for the City of Heroes game code? The June...

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After stumbling a couple of years ago when it had hoped to hit alpha testing, City of Titans and its team are projecting confidence...

The most popular MMORPG conversations of 2019

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The best Massively OP community polls of 2019

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Leaderboard: What’s the best classic MMORPG still running at the end of 2019?

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The Daily Grind: What was the best MMO emulator or rogue server in 2019?

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So 2019 turned out to be a pretty damn interesting year for fans of old MMORPGs. Not only did WoW Classic launch and bring...

Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2020

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Ho, then when I say so, ho again.

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The holidays are here! Well, most of them are. Some of them might not be. And as is tradition here at Massively Overpowered, we...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 251: New World, Magic Legends, and Corepunk

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Bree and Justin discuss PlanetSide Arena, New World, Magic Legends, Elder Scrolls Online, Corepunk, Black Desert Mobile, EVE Echoes, WoW, FFXIV, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWGL.

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Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2019

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Earlier this week, we granted our formal award for the biggest MMO story of the year. But biggest doesn't necessarily mean best or most...
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Perfect Ten: The biggest MMO surprises of 2019

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After 10 years of covering MMORPG news, I can assure you that I am still fired up to keep doing this. One of the...

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