The former studio behind City of Heroes.
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paragon studios
Over 42,000 people played City of Heroes Homecoming in the last month
Last night, the City of Heroes Homecoming team posted some intriguing numbers on player operating systems that got speculation about the current playerbase size...
The Stream Team: Backseat Streaming visits creative supergroup bases in City of Heroes Homecoming
We already know that the playerbase of City of Heroes: Homecoming is extremely talented when it comes to creating portal hubs with the MMORPG's...
City of Heroes: Homecoming patches numerous fixes for power sets and Advanced Task Forces
It's been only a few weeks since City of Heroes' newly legitimate Homecoming servers saw the i27p7 update roll out, but there's another update...
Perfect Ten: MMOs where you can play as robots and cyborgs
Robots are, let's face it, very important. You might say that's not true, and to that I say: When you get to write the...
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...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 459: A Gigantic return
Justin and Bree discuss Nightingale's launch, Gigantic's return, Guild Wars 2's Realm of Dreams, and Last Epoch's launch, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on Wagadu Chronicles and TTRPG-MMO crossovers.
The Daily Grind: Have you ever ruined an MMO character to the point of deletion?
I was hanging out in City of Heroes a few weeks back when someone in chat mentioned that back in the day, he had...
City of Heroes fans celebrate new players with a Halloween haunted house and giveaways
If you've been enjoying our articles on City of Heroes' sprawling base-building systems, then you're in for a treat... or possibly a trick... thanks...
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....
Daybreak is hosting an EverQuest panel and player meet-and-greet at PAX East 2024
One step back, two steps forward for Daybreak: While the company is currently struggling with layoffs, delayed products, and the abrupt and poorly communicated...
City of Heroes: Homecoming i27p7 is live with newbie improvements, new story arc, and new powersets
A month and a half ago, City of Heroes came back when the Homecoming servers got the official license from NCsoft. A month ago,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 458: PlanetSide 2 in limbo
Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak selling PlanetSide, Nightingale's early access, Islands of Insight's launch, and NCsoft's financials with Guild Wars 2 and Throne & Liberty, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on features we want to see in features for Amazon's LOTR and ZeniMax's Star Wars MMOs.
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG’s graphics hold up long past their due?
When Dark Age of Camelot first hit beta a million years ago, I remember being super impressed with its graphics. Up until that point,...
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: 10 City of Heroes Homecoming base builds you need to see
This winter, I've been obsessed with City of Heroes Homecoming's supergroup base builds, which as we've previously discussed here in Working As Intended are...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 457: Sailing into February with cannons blazing
Justin and Bree discuss Skull & Bones, FFXIV on Xbox, WoW Classic, New World, and Nightingale, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on day and night cycles and getting out of MMO gaming ruts.
Vague Patch Notes: MMORPGs and the PC gaming market
I find myself thinking a lot about the MMORPG industry lately and the ways in which the gaming industry as a whole has changed...
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...
Massively Overthinking: When the original MMO is better than the sequel
A few weeks ago, two lovely gamers I follow on Bluesky were discussing how let down they felt by Diablo IV, less because Diablo...
