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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.

How near, how far.

Valiance Online says its alpha is coming soon

Eliot Lefebvre - 5
Hearing that something is coming "soon" is the bane of every MMO player; it technically qualifies as a time frame, but it's vague and...
Bones.

The Game Archaeologist: Where are all of the open-source MMOs?

Justin Olivetti - 46
Recently we had an interesting question come in from reader and Patron Rasmus Praestholm, who asked me to do a little investigating: "What (if...
Stepping back across time.

How I got married through World of Warcraft

Eliot Lefebvre - 30
I've mentioned a lot of times, in passing, how my wife and I connected in part through World of Warcraft. But I've never actually...

DCUO’s summer event is nothing short of an Atlantean civil war

Justin Olivetti - 1
Aquaman might still be dealing with the shameful vestiges of his poor Superfriends cartoon showing in the 1970s, but the underwater superhero is getting...
Ironically, this is the sort of controversy you'd probably rather face from inside a hot tub.

Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs aspire to pro-social mechanics?

Bree Royce - 35
Massively OP reader and Patron Avaera has a thoughtful question for the team and readers this week. "I wish more virtual world games thought deeply...
Well, that's better.

Ghost Widow gets a spotlight on her Master x Master incarnation

Eliot Lefebvre - 29
While very few veteran City of Heroes fans were happy about the inclusion of Statesman in Master x Master for a variety of reasons,...
Ladies, please.

Choose My Adventure: Launching new in DC Universe Online

Eliot Lefebvre - 7
Looking at the the three big triple-A superhero titles, DC Universe Online has always felt like the odd one out. City of Heroes was...

Perfect Ten: MMO zones I love to hate

Justin Olivetti - 58
Let's be frank: Not every MMO zone can be a masterpiece of art, design, quest flow, and navigability. I mean, they totally should be,...
Be here now.

City of Titans demos animations in new video

Bree Royce - 3
City of Titans has this week posted a new video dubbed "Animation while Holding Objects," which kinda sounds boring, but it's a superhero MMO...
Time enough at last, only not.

Choose My Adventure: Cryptic’s Neverwinter in review

Eliot Lefebvre - 3
My time with Neverwinter is done, and it's a game I find myself in an odd relationship with. It'd be fair to say that...

NCsoft MOBA Master X Master launches today

Bree Royce - 22
Master X Master is officially launching in the West today, bringing NCsoft's take on a multi-IP MOBA-with-a-twist to our shores. The twist is the...

The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal group size for an MMORPG?

Bree Royce - 57
During this week's Massively OP podcast (live this afternoon!), Justin and I tackled a detailed question about MMO group makeup, the trinity, and combat,...
Titan-size!

City of Titans on endgame, alting, PvP, business models, lockboxes, and whales

Bree Royce - 24
The first and most-backed City of Heroes successor City of Titans has a couple of dev pieces out this month answering questions posed to...

Valiance Online hints that alpha test could be near

Justin Olivetti - 11
"As a superhero MMORPG developer, what would you require before officially launching your alpha build?" This intriguing question was presented to the Valiance Online community...
We figured this out, what's your excuse? You could have stolen more from us after Hearthstone.

Cryptic’s Magic the Gathering RPG: Speculating on the lore and game systems

Eliot Lefebvre - 26
An RPG based on Magic: the Gathering is one of those things I have both long wanted and long assumed was just never going...

Battle Bards Episode 100: Centennial spectacular!

Justin Olivetti - 1
After four years and over 700 MMORPG music tracks, the Battle Bards have arrived at their 100th show! For this centennial spectacular, Syl, Steff,...
punchsmash

City of Titans blasts enemies with funky dance moves

Justin Olivetti - 22
Anyone remember that old console game Moonwalker? You played as the late Michael Jackson who would use his suave moves to defeat enemies. But...

Perfect Ten: My favorite MMO dungeons

Justin Olivetti - 30
It's hard to look at an MMORPG and imagine them without dungeons. For some people, these instances are the core of their game experience,...

Leaderboard: What’s the most important part of MMORPG character customization?

Bree Royce - 40
Valiance Online has a dev thread up this week asking backers and devs to propose hairstyles for the game's characters, something that immediately yoinked...

City of Titans drops some Scorpion lore

Justin Olivetti - 6
Only part of becoming a successful superhero is mastering your abilities and pulling off a spandex outfit in public. Another key part is knowing...
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