Into the Super-Verse is superhero MMO feature column by Justin Olivetti and Eliot Lefebvre. They’re covering all superhero MMOs, past, present, and future! [Follow this column’s RSS feed]
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Into the Super-Verse: Looking back on Champions Online, 15 years later
I hadn't even really thought about the fact that Champions Online has been out for 15 years now until I saw the anniversary post...
Into the Super-Verse: A toast to City of Heroes’ 20th birthday
How does you mark your first true MMO experience? Anarchy Online technically was the first MMO I ever played, although I was on dial-up,...
Into the Super-Verse: What to pick for your Incarnate powers in City of Heroes
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...
Into the Super-Verse: How to get started with Incarnates in City of Heroes
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...
Into the Super-Verse: Tips for building your character in City of Heroes
I mentioned the other day exactly how much effort I have been putting into my characters at the top end of City of Heroes...
Into the Super-Verse: What kind of legs does City of Heroes have in the longer term?
So it's time to start talking about the future of City of Heroes. To be fair, I'm not talking about it from a financial...
Into the Super-verse: How City of Heroes shows its flexibility with how I’ve changed
When City of Heroes waved farewell in 2012, I had an army of alts who were, at most, in their mid-30s. And I loved...
Into the Super-verse: Missing in City of Heroes is part of what makes it hit
It seems like we're never going to be done talking about City of Heroes at this point, and clearly I am here for this....
The Soapbox: Why I’m OK with ‘missing’ attacks in City of Heroes
The other day in the MassivelyOP work chat, we were talking about City of Heroes. Shocking, I know. But I've mentioned before that I...
Into the Super-Verse: So what can Homecoming do with City of Heroes’ Incarnates?
Last week I talked about the major issues that City of Heroes' Incarnate system introduced to the game, and the fact of the matter...
Working As Intended: A guide to City of Heroes Homecoming’s best player-crafted portal bases
A few years ago, I was wandering around in City of Heroes when someone advertised a cool base in chat. All I had to...
Into the Super-Verse: What’s wrong with City of Heroes’ Incarnate system?
It hasn't been all that long since I said that what City of Heroes needs to focus on right now is not endgame content,...
Into the Super-Verse: Early SOs pose a perplexing problem in City of Heroes Homecoming
Last week, I talked a bit about how to gear yourself up in City of Heroes. Just yesterday, Bree gave an example for how...
Working As Intended: Yes, you can make money as a newbie in City of Heroes
Something I've heard over and over from commenters and even newbies in City of Heroes Homecoming ever since the official license was announced is...
Into the Super-Verse: Gearing up as a newcomer to City of Heroes Homecoming
I was originally going to spend this week opining on why the Incarnate system in City of Heroes didn't really work and why it...
Working As Intended: How to mod City of Heroes Homecoming the easy way
If you played City of Heroes a long time ago - or even back in 2019, when its secret server blossomed into a public...
Into the Super-Verse: What City of Heroes needs now is not more endgame content
One of the key discussion points about the City of Heroes revival revolves around what the perception of the game is going to be....
Into the Super-Verse: Rediscoveries I made diving headlong into City of Heroes Homecoming
Last week, I wrote about how my game came back. It was a big deal to me to know that City of Heroes was...
Into the Super-Verse: Reflecting on City of Heroes, back officially at long last
As a dedicated fan of superheroes, I have to be honest that yesterday's news feels downright poetic. City of Heroes died in November of...
Into the Super-Verse: What made Marvel Heroes so special?
This month we mark a particularly sad anniversary in the MMO space: The 10th anniversary of the launch of Marvel Heroes. By all rights,...
