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.

One Shots: Deep diving

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Can't say that I approve of the flagrant disregard for deep diving safety protocols that are on display in our spotlight picture from Final...

The Daily Grind: What is your favorite MMO enemy faction and why?

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One of the more bits of brilliant design in City of Heroes is that there is such a diverse and distinct array of enemy...

City of Titans drapes buildings with banners and players with capes

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In a superhero MMO, what's more important to dress: characters or buildings? The answer is, obviously, both, which is why City of Titans' art...

Ship of Heroes says it plans ‘to top the City of Heroes character creator’

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This week, Heroic Games' Casey McGeever hit the Ship of Heroes forums to discuss some of the content already in the game - and...

The Daily Grind: Do you have a technique for coming up with MMO character names?

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My husband doesn't really take MMO names too seriously. The pigtailed City of Heroes toon floating in the image up above? Yeah, her name...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 224: Black Desert, Bless Online, and boats

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Carlo, Bree, and Justin discuss Black Desert, Bless, Phantasy Star Online 2, E3, LOTRO, SWTOR, GW2, POE, City of Heroes, and boats.

City of Titans previews its evolving UI, Valiance Online teases building updates

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Got superhero MMOs on the brain? Me too for some strange reason lately. Welp, feast your eyes on two updates from a pair of...

One Shots: Prime real estate

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The rich elite enjoy their luxurious mansions located on scenic shores, remote islands, or exclusive metropolis neighborhoods. But the rich elite with connections to...

One of City of Heroes’ rogue servers, Reborn/Pleiades, was just shut down by its operator

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Bad news for a sliver of the the City of Heroes rogue server community tonight: The Reddit-backed Reborn server known as Pleiades has apparently...
I'm not him! I don't even look like him!

Into the Super-verse: Why didn’t Champions Online do better?

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A while back I was flipping through the backlog of my personal gaming blog, looking at the history of my gaming trends, particularly in...
Well, I feel daunted.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 223: Starbase Adrift

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Justin and Bree discuss Worlds Adrift's sunset, ESO Elsweyr's launch, Starbase, FFXIV Shadowbringers, and City of Heroes, with mail on old episodes and WoW Classic blowback.

The Daily Grind: How likely are you to abandon and reroll your MMORPG characters?

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With City of Heroes back in my MMO rotation thanks to the multiple rogue servers floating around right now, I've been back in full...

Massively Uplifting: Supporting St. Jude Children’s Hospital and PRIDE month

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April showers bring May flowers, but big-hearted gamers bring forth good deeds any month of the year! And May was no different. Generosity with...

City of Heroes: Homecoming hit 100K players as another donation round funds

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Just in time for its 100,000th player registration, the City of Heroes rogue server Homecoming team posted up a second donation-drive, raising just under...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: 10 things I’d love to see added to City of Heroes in the rogue server era

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When will the staff here stop talking about City of Heroes? Now that there's actually something to talk about regarding it, probably never. Look, you all...

Massively Overthinking: Tackling the ‘big four MMOs’ meme

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Over the last couple of months, there's been a meme floating around the MMORPG subreddit. Someone will ask that the community recommend a game,...

City of Heroes: Homecoming adds numerical power cooldowns, nerfs Death from Below, adds User Agreement

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It's patch day for City of Heroes' Homecoming servers, and it's a fun one as it effectively launches the numerical power cooldown indicators teased...

City of Heroes: Community harassment ramps up as Homecoming counts 91,000 players

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What should have been a fun Memorial Day weekend in Paragon City turned into nightmares for some members of the City of Heroes rogue...

Ship of Heroes’ latest video demos leveling, buffing, combat, and fire powerset animations

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Over the holiday weekend, Heroic Games dropped a fresh video for Ship of Heroes hopefuls, this one covering fundamental mechanics: leveling, buffing, and character...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for obsessive completionists?

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I have been a lot of things in MMORPGs over the years. Raider. Roleplayer. Cat-herder. Merchant. Even killer. But one thing I've never really...

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