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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: What’s the best storyline in an MMO?

Bree Royce - 110
Story is a polarizing word to MMO players: Either you love it or hate it, or maybe you just think it stinks or isn't...

City of Titans demos its costume-making process

Justin Olivetti - 17
Every superhero worth her or his salt knows that it's the costume that makes the hero. Well, that and a heapload of mutant powers,...

Massively Overthinking: Random encounters in MMORPGs

Bree Royce - 42
This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor TheChiHawk, and it's coming from an unusually not-so-massive corner of gamesdom for us: Are...

City of Titans development finally ‘on track’

Justin Olivetti - 43
"The shadow of doubt has passed, and the state of the game is strong," City of Titans President Nathaniel Downes trumpets in his newest...

Ask Mo: If Star Wars Galaxies is so smart, why ain’t it rich?

Bree Royce - 132
Star Wars Galaxies would have been 12 years old this week, had it lived a day past Star Wars: The Old Republic. That makes...

City of Heroes is returning… as a chat client

Justin Olivetti - 63
The dream of seeing City of Heroes reborn is still just that -- a dream. But through the hard efforts of fans of the...

One Shots: Primitive GPS

Justin Olivetti - 41
There's no shame in being lost, especially if your MMO doesn't include an on-screen map. Anyone remember the olden days of using graph paper...

The Game Archaeologist: Seven MMOs operating on borrowed time

Justin Olivetti - 90
Most everyone who knows me well will acknowledge that I'm not generally a cynical, dark person. I'm not rooting for games to fail, for...

The Daily Grind: Is there MMO busywork you enjoy?

Bree Royce - 82
Down in the comments beneath the Marvel Heroes column we first published this week, a Massively OP reader expressed annoyance with online action RPGs and...

Massively Overthinking: The MMO annoyances that provoke ragequits

Bree Royce - 151
I'm going to do something I don't do a lot in Massively Overthinking -- or anywhere, really. I'm going to ask you to whine. MOP Kickstarter...

Global Chat: Blizzard’s war on flying

Justin Olivetti - 105
How is the MMO blogging community reacting to Blizzard's proclamation that flying mounts are grounded -- perhaps permanently -- in World of Warcraft? In...

Valiance Online begins a patch blitz

Justin Olivetti - 30
Superheroes don't do anything in half-measures, and neither does City of Heroes spiritual successor Valiance Online. The team updated the title yesterday with the...
Where the 'hood at.

The Daily Grind: What MMO characters have you unexpectedly loved?

Eliot Lefebvre - 93
I made my Crab Spider in City of Heroes primarily because I wanted to have someone as a spider. My character concept for her...

The Daily Grind: Does mid-game character customization matter in MMOs?

Bree Royce - 61
This morning's Daily Grind question is brought to us by Kickstarter donor Tracergeek, who wants to talk about customization in MMOs -- specifically, the type...

Valiance Online plots its strategy going forward

Justin Olivetti - 59
What's going on in the super-powered world of Valiance Online? Quite a lot, actually. The spiritual successor to City of Heroes posted a list...

Ex-City of Heroes devs answer insane number of lore questions

Justin Olivetti - 21
The now-annual City of Heroes "Loregasm" is complete, with ex-developers Matt Miller and Sean McCann delivering another wealth of insights into the late, great...

City of Titans demos its first costume and combat prototypes

Eliot Lefebvre - 118
It's been a little quiet on the City of Titans development front for a while, but when you see the game's most recent video, you'll understand...

Massively Opinionated: FFXIV vs. FFXIV vs. CoH

Larry Everett - 35
In this episode, Larry, Eliot, Laura, and Matt debate the topic of immersion in the MMORPG genre, pitting City of Heroes against the Final Fantasy franchise.

Working As Intended: Ten lessons I learned from classic Guild Wars

Bree Royce - 47
Guild Wars -- the first Guild Wars -- celebrates its 10th birthday this week alongside several of my characters who are equally old. I originally...

The Soapbox: Making your own fun in MMORPGs

Guest Author - 112
This guest Soapbox was commissioned through Massively Overpowered's Kickstarter campaign and is authored by Chris "Warcabbit" Hare, a developer at Missing Worlds Media. The opinions here...
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