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Ship of Heroes’ signature hero Sword Blossom takes the spotlight in the latest newsletter
This past weekend marked the 15th anniversary of the venerable City of Heroes, and amidst all the hullabaloo about rogue servers (the most recent...
The Daily Grind: How do you explain MMORPGs to non-gamers?
Last week, I did an interview trying to explain exactly what was going on with the whole City of Heroes drama. Almost immediately, the...
Into the Super-verse: Six things that made Marvel Heroes great
With all of the City of Heroes revival talk lately, our office chat turned in the direction of other MMOs we'd love to see...
Nearly 30K people have rolled City of Heroes rogue server accounts as the game turns 15 years old
The City of Heroes community's live rogue server, Torchbearer, came online yesterday thanks to player developers and continues today with a new record: over...
The Daily Grind: How obsessively do you plan your MMO characters?
All right, moment of truth here: I'm still really excited about the potential for playing City of Heroes again. I want the legal version...
Aaaaand now there’s a new temporary City of Heroes rogue server up
This story has been updated several times over the last few days; updates are at the end. The original story follows.
Can we just agree...
The Titan Network is negotiating to open a legal community-run City of Heroes server
Following the abrupt shut-down of the first City of Heroes rogue server yesterday, the game's community has been in turmoil as leaders urged patience....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 218: A pretty darn good week
Justin and Bree discuss City of Heroes, Atlas Reactor, Peria Chronicles, Torchlight Frontiers, Caravan Stories, Villagers & Heroes, and Star Trek Online.
Pirates of the Burning Sea’s new owners aim to revitalize the game after rescuing it from certain doom
City of Heroes' resurrection and preservation efforts are big news this month, but we've covered similar stories about playerbases rescuing video games from certain...
City of Heroes’ first new rogue server shut down over a fake legal threat, but admins say it’s coming back
 It appears that the City of Heroes rogue server that was up in testing all weekend has already run into trouble with what the...
Leaderboard: Do you plan to play on a City of Heroes rogue server?
I don't know whether people have guessed by now, but a lot of the City of Heroes screenshots we use here on Massively OP...
City of Heroes’ rogue servers may abandon character restoration as 14000 gamers register to play
The City of Heroes rogue server drama continues this weekend as community work advances behind the scenes to bring the game back to life,...
Ship of Heroes says it’s gonna have the ‘best UI in the galaxy’
While the superhero MMO community is buzzing about City of Heroes, serious work on its legal and modern spiritual successors continues, including Ship of...
Lawful Neutral: Is it safe to play on City of Heroes’ inevitable rogue servers?
You CAN play on the City of Heroes rogue servers you're about to see springing up. But should you? Our law columnist looks into the legalities of the City of Heroes emulation situation.
Heroes and Villains works on crafting story, villain content, and sewers
It has been some time since we last checked in with Heroes and Villains, perhaps the most overlooked of all of the City of...
The City of Heroes private server team has released its code [Update: The test server is live]
(This article has been updated since publication; updates are at the bottom!)
Well, you wanted the City of Heroes private server code, and you got...
What’s going on with City of Heroes now: ‘This game is a unicorn’
Last night, following our podcast on the City of Heroes SCORE private server mess, I hung out on the SEGS Discord thanks to an...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 217: City of Heroes after dark
Justin, Eliot, and Bree discuss the so-called "secret" City of Heroes SCORE private server slash emulator and why it has this long-running community up in arms.
Into the Super-Verse: The death of the City of Heroes community
Kingdom Come is a 1996 DC Comics miniseries by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. The central conceit of the story is that it takes...
City of Heroes spiritual successor Ship of Heroes confirms beta by the end of 2019
One of City of Heroes' multiple spiritual successors, Ship of Heroes, has come out with a statement of its own following yesterday's confirmation that...
