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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.

City of Heroes: New servers, Discord drama, and Homecoming gets $6900 in donations in 20 minutes

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Just in case you didn't think City of Heroes had enough community rogue servers, here comes another one. The Homecoming team - that's the team...

The Daily Grind: Do you actually feel as if you’re part of your fave MMO’s community?

Bree Royce - 45
Last month, when news of the City of Heroes mess hit, the Massively OP writers and readers had multiple discussions about community - you...

City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue servers will offer character transfers after all

Bree Royce - 31
The business of saving City of Heroes has now stretched on three weeks since our first article, but it hasn't slowed down a bit. Over...

City of Heroes now has a fifth rogue server live as Homecoming buffs up and work on i24 continues

Bree Royce - 61
The 4chan-backed group /coxg/ now has an alternative City of Heroes rogue server up for those who don't want to play on the existing...

Massively Overthinking: Super wrong snap judgments of MMORPGs

Bree Royce - 18
The year was 2004, and the month was May. My guild was growing increasingly frustrated with Star Wars Galaxies' slow development pace, so we...

City of Heroes’ rogue servers nerf AE farms, boost XP, but can’t do character transfers

Bree Royce - 68
If you were planning to abuse the Architect Entertainment system on City of Heroes' Homecoming rogue servers, we hope you already got your...
Heroic?

Valiance Online’s latest alpha patch touches on characters, animations, and interior procedural generation

Bree Royce - 6
We're having a superhero MMO moment here, folks. Last week, Valiance Online teased something big happening, and now we know what it is: an...

Two weeks in, City of Heroes has four rogue servers and heartwarmingly massive queues

Bree Royce - 78
Two weeks after we first broke the story confirming the City of Heroes secret private server leak, the game has turned 15 years old...

Ship of Heroes’ signature hero Sword Blossom takes the spotlight in the latest newsletter

Matt Daniel - 11
This past weekend marked the 15th anniversary of the venerable City of Heroes, and amidst all the hullabaloo about rogue servers (the most recent...
No galaxy brain here.

The Daily Grind: How do you explain MMORPGs to non-gamers?

Bree Royce - 44
Last week, I did an interview trying to explain exactly what was going on with the whole City of Heroes drama. Almost immediately, the...

Into the Super-verse: Six things that made Marvel Heroes great

Justin Olivetti - 37
With all of the City of Heroes revival talk lately, our office chat turned in the direction of other MMOs we'd love to see...

Nearly 30K people have rolled City of Heroes rogue server accounts as the game turns 15 years old

Bree Royce - 55
The City of Heroes community's live rogue server, Torchbearer, came online yesterday thanks to player developers and continues today with a new record: over...

The Daily Grind: How obsessively do you plan your MMO characters?

Bree Royce - 46
All right, moment of truth here: I'm still really excited about the potential for playing City of Heroes again. I want the legal version...

Aaaaand now there’s a new temporary City of Heroes rogue server up

Bree Royce - 89
This story has been updated several times over the last few days; updates are at the end. The original story follows. Can we just agree...

The Titan Network is negotiating to open a legal community-run City of Heroes server

Bree Royce - 85
Following the abrupt shut-down of the first City of Heroes rogue server yesterday, the game's community has been in turmoil as leaders urged patience....
Never mind, I'm not real!

Massively OP Podcast Episode 218: A pretty darn good week

Justin Olivetti - 8
Justin and Bree discuss City of Heroes, Atlas Reactor, Peria Chronicles, Torchlight Frontiers, Caravan Stories, Villagers & Heroes, and Star Trek Online.

Pirates of the Burning Sea’s new owners aim to revitalize the game after rescuing it from certain doom

Bree Royce - 8
City of Heroes' resurrection and preservation efforts are big news this month, but we've covered similar stories about playerbases rescuing video games from certain...

City of Heroes’ first new rogue server shut down over a fake legal threat, but admins say it’s coming back

Bree Royce - 231
 It appears that the City of Heroes rogue server that was up in testing all weekend has already run into trouble with what the...

Leaderboard: Do you plan to play on a City of Heroes rogue server?

Bree Royce - 55
I don't know whether people have guessed by now, but a lot of the City of Heroes screenshots we use here on Massively OP...

The MOP Up: Population Zero throws a fashion show

Justin Olivetti - 0
You know how people advise you to "dress in layers" during inclement weather? And you think, "If I'm wearing pants, I'm doing well here,...
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