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End-of-Year Eleven: The biggest MMO surprises of 2024

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I have not had a good 2024. I have, in fact, had the absolute opposite of that. I feel like I exist now through...

Massively Overthinking: The top three MMOs we played in 2024

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I know from experience that when I list out the MMOs I want to play in a given year, it is an aspirational list....

The Daily Grind: Have you let go of any old MMORPG obsessions?

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Earlier this year, when City of Heroes Homecoming first scored a license to operate from NCsoft, my kid fell hard into econ PvP over...

Massively Overthinking: How long should it take to level to endgame in MMORPGs?

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Right after New World's Aeternum launched, we did a piece looking into how the game was faring - and one complaint I saw over...

The Daily Grind: How much in-game money are you willing to spend on an MMORPG house?

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A few weeks back, we did a piece rounding up some of the cool stuff Guild Wars 2 players have been building in Janthir...

City of Heroes’ Halloween 2024 is fun – but the community-run Witch’s House event steals the show

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While technically the City of Heroes Homecoming Halloween event for 2024 went live earlier this month, it was barely a footnote compared to the...

City of Heroes Homecoming is about to release 1.6M character names – here’s how to save yours

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The legally licensed City of Heroes Homecoming team has released an update today, though it's not entirely the content kind. The most important part...

City of Heroes Homecoming’s community is holding a player base real estate auction this weekend

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Would you like to own a player base in City of Heroes: Homecoming but can't be bothered to do all of that pesky furniture...

City of Heroes Homecoming’s i28p1 is live with the Marine Affinity powerset and new raid

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If you were keeping an eyeball on City of Heroes' Homecoming not-rogue servers over the last month, you already knew that the player-led volunteer...
Why shouldn't we all be here?

City of Heroes Homecoming begins public testing of new raid and Marine-themed support set

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The totally legal and licensed City of Heroes Homecoming (isn't that fun to say?!) has rolled out Issue 28: Page 1, dubbed Legacy, to...
It's a fooler.

Perfect Ten: The MMORPG terms we use but never define, from murderhobo to sandpark

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Over in Vague Patch Notes, I have an ongoing series of columns that I describe as being primarily about having useful notes for us...

Former City of Heroes developers talk design chaos, sequels, and the MMO’s enduring legacy

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Last night, I happened to log into City of Heroes Homecoming just as the team was posting up the promised mega Q&A with former...

Massively Overthinking: Does challenging solo content belong in MMORPGs?

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Star Wars The Old Republic's plan to implement new solo challenge content called Ventures in its Desperate Defiance patch raised more than one eyebrow...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO companies care about game preservation?

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With game preservation back in the news thanks to Ubisoft's The Crew criming and the Stop Killing Games initiative, I thought it would be...

City of Heroes rogue server Sanctuary, which was hacked and sunsetted in 2021, is coming back

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If you can stretch your mind back into the long, long ago of 2021, back when the open revival of City of Heroes was...

The Stream Team: Celebrating City of Heroes 20th anniversary in Homecoming

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The big 2-0. Not many MMORPGs reach this anniversary in live status. However, some -- like City of Heroes -- can fight their way...

Homecoming celebrates City of Heroes’ 20th anniversary with a Paragon Studios dev Q&A

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Believe it or not, this week marks the 20th anniversary of the launch of the original City of Heroes - and naturally, the officially...

City of Heroes Homecoming unveils huge community-driven base building initiative

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If you've been enjoying our tours of our favorite City of Heroes supergroup bases and portal hubs on the officially licensed Homecoming servers, then...
Hang on, I'm reading.

Into the Super-Verse: What to pick for your Incarnate powers in City of Heroes

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Last week in Into the Super-Verse, I offered a quick explanation for how you can get started with the process of sorting out the...
Moisturized.

Into the Super-Verse: How to get started with Incarnates in City of Heroes

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It wasn't so long ago that I mentioned how pleased I was about City of Heroes matching my different intensity and goals after I...

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