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.

NCsoft rep says bringing City of Heroes toons to Master x Master was his ‘passion project’

157
We've been speaking with NCsoft West off the record this week, agitating for publicly printable answers on the Master X Master decision to implement City...

Meet City of Titans’ six heroic archetypes

11
Thanks to some website spring cleaning, City of Titans made a previously hidden article visible to the masses. This particular page outlines the upcoming...
bang

Massively Overthinking: The City of Heroes Master X Master debacle

49
On Tuesday, NCsoft announced that it plans to introduce Statesman, from the long-sunsetted City of Heroes, as a playable character in its MOBA, Master...

Perfect Ten: Memories of an Anarchy Online noob

8
My initial foray into MMORPGs was, to put it nicely, quite ungraceful. I wasn't even aware that they were a thing until about the...

Ship of Heroes touts Unreal Engine 4 progress ahead of Kickstarter bid

6
Since our community has City of Heroes on the brain of late, let's recall that there are no less than five games inspired by...
why

Here’s why everyone’s pissed off about City of Heroes NPCs in NCsoft’s MOBA

275
Yesterday, NCsoft took the lid off a secret it's clearly been working on for a while: The company means to introduce a notorious and...
what

Master x Master announces closed beta, adds City of Heroes’ Statesman

57
Today's good news for Master x Master fans is that the game has a closed beta coming up. The next test will be between...

Ship of Heroes salutes City of Heroes in its network demo video

38
Ship of Heroes has a new video out today that is ostensibly a network demo showing off half a dozen remote developers spread across...

Ship of Heroes will seek $400,000 in Kickstarter funding

27
Indie superhero MMO Ship of Heroes has just announced the details of its planned Kickstarter campaign, which was previously noted to begin on April...

The MOP Up: Wakfu hikes up a mountain (March 12, 2017)

1
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Titan-size!

City of Titans wants to take you downtown

8
What would a superhero MMO look like if it took place in a small town where the tallest building was only three stories? We'll...

The Daily Grind: How do you set up your MMO when you first log in?

42
The other day I was recalling the whole City of Heroes experience (sad sigh), and an odd memory jumped out. It was the most...

Battle Bards Episode 93: It’s a madhouse!

2
It’s taken this long, but the Battle Bards have gone completely and irreversibly insane in the membrane! Today the team cracks open the door...
I'm not back on any BS, I never left it.

Perfect Ten: Every MMORPG bestiary ever

21
I have played a lot of MMOs. It's inevitable, given enough years in this job and hobby. And the sad thing is that I...
Could be going better.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 106: Ready to relaunch

15
Justin and Bree discuss The Secret World's relaunch, Landmark's sunset, ESO: Morrowind, Albion Online, Guild Wars 2, Ship of Heroes, and Champions Online, with a mailbag questions on ESO and multiplayer immersion.

Ship of Heroes demos combat ahead of April Kickstarter

8
Ship of Heroes studio Heroic Games is clearly conscious of the MMORPG playerbase's demand for gameplay videos before Kickstarter, which is likely why this...
It's a blueprint. Albeit not very blue.

City of Titans shows off the creations of the Builder

13
Making a city is hard work. This is true even if you're working on City of Titans and your main focus is upon making...

The Daily Grind: Do you use plugins for your main MMORPG?

137
As one of Massively OP's resident modding nuts, I am drawn to MMORPGs that offer plugin support and modding APIs. World of Warcraft's modding...

City of Heroes fans plan April 28th anniversary celebration

26
Who says you can't celebrate the life of a sunsetted game? The Titan Network isn't buying it: It's once again hosting a City of...

Valiance Online devs take the alpha client out for a test drive

17
Early access is for chumps. If you really want to be in on the ground floor, you need to land yourself a spot on...

THE LATEST POSTS

TOP CONTENT