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.

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The Daily Grind: Which City of Heroes spiritual successor are you rooting for?

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Former Cryptic devs form Cold Iron studio to build ‘AAA online action games’

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City of Titans lays out its ‘huge’ metropolis map

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City of Titans targets a fall 2018 launch

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City of Titans fans, we have some really good news for you today! The dev team posted an image on Facebook to announce the...
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