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.

PAX West 2017: Ship of Heroes on exploration, community, and recapturing the magic of City of Heroes

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Perfect Ten: The 10 saddest MMORPG stories

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Destiny 2 introduces you to a gallery’s worth of heroes and villains

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You know that thing that some inspirational or informative videos do where they throw giant words up on the screen to subtitle every. Single....

Ship of Heroes takes you on a tour of a short instance

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Time to get your eerie City of Heroes vibe on with Ship of Heroes' latest video. If you still have regular flashbacks of fighting...

City of Titans doesn’t have issues swapping male and female animations

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Well this is a boon to the City of Titans project. The development team behind the superhero MMORPG was fiddling about with some of its character...
Into the unknown.

Perfect Ten: MMOs obsessed with the floating islands trope

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One of the fun things about this hobby is that certain tropes repeat themselves constantly. And they're usually weirdly specific tropes, too. Poop quests,...

The PAX West City of Heroes and Ashes of Creation panels are a go

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A few weeks back, we reported on the City of Heroes-themed panel coming to PAX West in Seattle at the beginning of September. With the...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for gamers who are sick of raiding?

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In the middle of the conversation spawned by yesterday's financial news that Guild Wars 2 had seen its worst revenue quarter since launch, several...
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Choose My Adventure: Get out of here, DC Universe Online

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So this is an unusual situation for me: I've never actually played a game for Choose My Adventure that I've disliked this much. Those of...
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The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of character-obscuring morphs and modes in MMOs?

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When ArenaNet went through Guild Wars 2's upcoming Path of Fire specs on Tuesday, I was super bummed about the Ranger, the class I'd...
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Valiance Online makes its powers sparkle and shine

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Now that Valiance Online is running its investor alpha test, more eyes are turning to this superhero MMORPG and seeing it more as an...
You will die here.

Valiance Online kicks off its investor alpha today

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If you've been eagerly awaiting the day when Valiance Online would open for testers, the day has come. The investor alpha is starting today...
Be here now.

City of Titans and Ship of Heroes team up for City of Heroes successor panel at PAX West

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There will be a City of Heroes panel at PAX West... after a fashion. The game may be gone, but the City of Titans...

One Shots: Hail to the victor!

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Have you ever been able to capture a truly victorious moment in your MMORPG journeys? Rees Racer did, and he is not above showing...
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Valiance Online works with the community to develop and show off powersets

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Do you like pets, powersets, and behind-the-scenes development glances? Then you'll enjoy the nearly four hours of Valiance Online stream footage now available just...
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Choose My Adventure: Two approaches to whining about DC Universe Online

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Dear readers, today I am going to try something different for all of you. And it's predicated on the fact that I'm not just...

Valiance Online livestreams its development alpha test

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In an epic-length livestream this past weekend, the Valiance Online team showed off its development alpha test and discussed some of the systems and...

One Shots: Man of Tungsten

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Look there! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... Mysecretid! Who among us hasn't played a video game at some point and...
Yes, money.

How to find the right MMORPG as a couple

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People seemed to quite like my piece last week about how my wife and I wound up married in no small part due to...
Guns.

Master X Master devs take on post-launch community queries

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