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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.

The Daily Grind: Which two MMOs should totally hook up?

Bree Royce - 85
Yeah, we're shipping MMOs today, giving new meaning to the Daily Grind! MOP reader Leiloni recently pointed us to an old but still relevant...

The Daily Grind: Should MMOs get rid of levels?

Bree Royce - 105
I would like to say that when I was a kid playing my first MMORPGs, I was impervious to the grind, that I embraced...
movies

Perfect Ten: The 10 tiers of MMORPG lore

Eliot Lefebvre - 18
In which we discuss varying levels of MMO lore effort and Eliot admits he doesn't remember the names of Pac-Man's ghosties.

SMITE and Paladins players raise $76K for hurricane relief efforts

Bree Royce - 1
SMITE and Paladins studio Hi-Rez is thanking players today for their efforts in raising funds for the victims of the 2017 hurricane season. "​Earlier this...

Valiance Online puts out a call for hurricane heroes for charity event

Justin Olivetti - 1
When real-life tragedy occurs, it's perfectly OK to give priority to assistance over interest in video games. But what if you could do both? Valiance...

Make My MMO: Everybody poops in Star Citizen (September 9, 2017)

Bree Royce - 79
Remember a few weeks ago when Star Citizen confirmed survival mechanics like eating and sleeping? Welp, add pooping to the list. This week in MMO...

Massively Overthinking: The best and worst MMOs of 2017’s PAX West

Bree Royce - 23
PAX West 2017 has come and gone, and though MJ is still feverishly working on her last few articles, we wanted to pause a...
Titan-size!

City of Titans plans 2017 pre-alpha, crowdfund to ‘take things to the next level’

Bree Royce - 21
City of Titans studio Missing Worlds Media has just posted a recap of its presentation at last week's PAX West and a status update...

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

MJ Guthrie - 19
Sometimes MMORPG players might get the feeling that game companies will let just about anything slide in order to keep the most revenue streaming...
Just barely avoided this fate.

Perfect Ten: The 10 saddest MMORPG stories

Eliot Lefebvre - 66
Every MMO tells a story through the run of its life. A lot of those stories are pretty happy, too. Ultima Online may not...
I FEEL PRE

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

Justin Olivetti - 5
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

Justin Olivetti - 4
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

Justin Olivetti - 7
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

Eliot Lefebvre - 27
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

Bree Royce - 7
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?

Bree Royce - 153
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...
Ladies, please.

Choose My Adventure: Get out of here, DC Universe Online

Eliot Lefebvre - 14
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...
But not of-the-year material.

The Daily Grind: Are you a fan of character-obscuring morphs and modes in MMOs?

Bree Royce - 52
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...
How near, how far.

Valiance Online makes its powers sparkle and shine

Justin Olivetti - 4
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

Eliot Lefebvre - 17
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...
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