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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.

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...

Matt Miller announces City of Heroes Loregasm 2015

Bree Royce - 17
Is there something about City of Heroes -- lore-related, mind you -- that you've always wanted to know? What was the deal with the...
My life is not fun.

Perfect Ten: The 10 things every MMO’s official site should have

Eliot Lefebvre - 67
Are you ready to have you mind absolutely blown open? Because I have an astonishing truth to lay at your feet: While doing this...

Perfect Ten: Important features MMOs lacked at launch

Justin Olivetti - 69
Every MMO represents a journey, starting with an idea, progressing to a fledgling beta, launching as a production title, and growing thereafter. All of the...

The Daily Grind: What old MMO feature deserves to make a comeback?

Bree Royce - 263
Today's Daily Grind comes to us from Kickstarter donor Diskonekted, who asks one of the genre's million-dollar questions: What features or technology from older MMOs are...

DCUO returns to the Halls of Power with its next update

Justin Olivetti - 3
With DC Universe Online's sped-up content delivery schedule, players fresh off of the munitions update now can look forward to a new hit of...

One Shots: Early morning ride

Justin Olivetti - 51
It's been a long tradition (from before my tenure) to use a black-and-white version of the first picture of the week for the header...

Massively Overthinking: Crowd control in MMORPGs

Bree Royce - 85
Today's Kickstarter-begotten Massively Overthinking question arrives from donor Ravenwynd, who writes, I love control type characters in mmos. City of Heroes' Mind Controller could lock down...

City of Heroes dev answers more lore questions for game’s anniversary

Justin Olivetti - 34
City of Heroes is dead; long live City of Heroes! The superhero MMO would have been 11 years old next month but for an...

Douglas Firs cripple City of Titans’ framerate

Justin Olivetti - 56
File this under "amusing development moments:" The City of Titans team was struggling with low framerate performance for its pre-alpha test map, and only...

The Daily Grind: How important are different body types in MMO character creation?

Justin Olivetti - 201
I know it's a pain for the art team to have to figure out how to get gear and weapons to fit different shapes,...

Cryptic layoffs alone totaled 18 people

Bree Royce - 170
Massively OP has been contacted by a Cryptic employee -- who wishes to remain anonymous and whose identity we have confirmed -- about the Perfect...

Researcher studies City of Heroes memorymaking

Bree Royce - 39
City of Heroes players, did you ever think your beloved old world would be the subject of academic research? Olle Sköld from Uppsala University...
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