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.

Rebuild. Rise.

City of Titans’ character creator, Titan Create, is now available for backers

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If you'd been wondering what that countdown on City of Titans' Twitter last week was, well you probably just overlooked the announcement earlier this...

Ship of Heroes’ character creator is adding so many glowing eyes you guys

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Did you miss the body morphs video Ship of Heroes pumped out over the weekend? Don't fret; it's still watchable, even if Heroic Games...
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Ship of Heroes shows off the power of morphing body shapes with its newest video

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The upcoming test for Ship of Heroes' character creation is arriving on November 1st, and that means plenty of new superheroes running around on...

Into the Super-verse: Catching up with Valiance Online

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So far in the Into the Super-verse column space, we have touched base with two of the three upcoming City of Heroes spiritual successors:...
It knows you sinned.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 242: And then Blizzard said, ‘Hold my beer’

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Justin, Bree, and Eliot discuss the Blizzard boytcott and fiasco, the Daybreak layoffs, Shroud of the Avatar's sell-off, the Guild Wars 2 hacker piece, and a few happier stories too.

Global Chat: One MMO gamer is trying to finish Fallen Earth before it’s gone

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When you know that your beloved MMORPG is about to be shut down, what do you do? If you're the blog 24 Hours in...
Hospital boat.

Ship of Heroes shows off the hospital for the character creation beta

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The character creation beta for Ship of Heroes is coming quickly, set to arrive on November 1st. But you won't be limited to just creating...
It ensues.

The Daily Grind: Do you actually engage with player-generated content in MMOs?

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Two videos inspired today's Daily Grind. One is a recent episode of Extra Credits about player-generated content in games - what we've always called...

Ship of Heroes’ character creation tool donor beta is set for November 1

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Just an hour ago, we joked that City of Titans and Ship of Heroes were just about to have a big ol' showdown as...

City of Titans’ avatar builder is coming to backers soon

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Ship of Heroes isn't the only superhero MMORPG in town that's getting a character builder out to its fans this month: City of Titans...

Perfect Ten: Kickstarter MMOs that raised the most money

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The rise of crowdfunding in the mid-2010s swept a large wave of MMORPGs our way that might never have happened otherwise. For a while...

The Daily Grind: Should MMOs do away with stat armor entirely?

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While I'm all about progression and acquisition for my MMO characters as they journey through the levels, I'm less and less enthused about collecting...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 241: The MMO industry reshuffles its deck

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Justin and Bree are joined by Gamigo's Merv Lee Kwai aka Khrolan for a sponsored interview on ArcheAge Unchained, plus news on Guild Wars 2, Funcom's Tencent investment, Red Dead Online on PC, Raph Koster's new MMORPG, and adventures in WoW and City of Heroes.

Choose My Adventure: Figuring out the crazy train of Torchlight Frontiers’ Railmaster

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So it turns out that the CMA readership would really like to see me run around with a murder train following me. This week's...

Ship of Heroes will let players save and share a costume file

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"Okay, so which blue is it again?" "The third one down." "Down from the top?" "Yes, Frank, that's what down means." "Okay, is this good?" "...dammit, Frank, no, you...

Into the Super-verse: Why Ship of Heroes’ character customization tool is so important

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What kind of hero are you going to be today? In most MMOs, that question and its possible answers are watered down and homogenized, but...

Ship of Heroes teases character creator tool beta with new preview video

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It's happening, folks: Ship of Heroes is set to announce the date for its character creator tool this week, which means it's cranking up...
MIND

City of Heroes: Homecoming patches in the third part of Issue 26 with new stories and powers

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At long last, City of Heroes players who have been aching for new story content have an option for exactly that with the release of...

City of Titans defines alpha and beta, teases a patcher, and shows off unisex outfits

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There's been a little bit of a news burst coming out of the City of Titans camp. The devs have taken a moment to...

Make My MMO: Ashes of Creation Apocalypse is review-bombed, again, as Fig throws shade on Kickstarter

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If Ashes of Creation Apocalypse thought it could avoid a review-bomb with a new Steam portal as Apocalypse hit early access this week, it...

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