city of heroes

Official Site: City of Heroes
Studio: Paragon Studios/NCsoft
Launch Date: April 27, 2004
Sunset Date: November 30, 2012
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.

The Daily Grind: Should MMOs limit how many characters we can roll?

Bree Royce - 27
I know, this is a hard question for someone who loves alts - including me. But it's relevant because of Embers Adrift's inbound hybrid...

The Daily Grind: What are your top three most anticipated MMOs?

Justin Olivetti - 45
Blue Protocol. Throne and Liberty. Wayfinder. Ashes of Creation. Pantheon. Star Citizen. Palia. Ship of Heroes. Corepunk. Soulframe. Dune Awakening. Nightingale. Tarisland. I could keep...

The Daily Grind: What is your favorite non-minipet pet in an MMO?

Bree Royce - 28
I've mentioned in the past that it took me a long, long time in MMOs before I became a "pet" person, largely because pet...

Jack Emmert confirms that NetEase’s Warhammer 40,000 MMO is being built in Unreal Engine 5

Justin Olivetti - 18
Hopefully you didn't miss the fascinating announcement last month that Jack Emmert's new Austin-based, NetEase-owned game studio is working on a Warhammer 40,000 MMO...
They'll let anyone be a primal these days.

Vague Patch Notes: Why we should evaluate MMO systems based on how they break

Eliot Lefebvre - 74
Back before Final Fantasy XIV's reboot launched, Naoki Yoshida talked about how the developers had plans to make certain primals be world bosses. Players...
See, that's the joke of the name.

Perfect Ten: 10 old MMO promises that never happened

Justin Olivetti - 36
Developers like to talk a big game. It's expected, it's encouraged by all parties, and it's part of the fun. When a game or...

Massively Overthinking: Solving the MMO gear obsolescence problem

Bree Royce - 29
Last weekend, Amazon told players in a New World Discord Q&A that the expansion still on the way will essentially nullify existing gear to...
Hammer, war, whatever.

Jack Emmert’s NetEase-owned studio rebrands as Jackalyptic Games, teases Warhammer 40K title

Eliot Lefebvre - 22
The studio is named Jackalyptic Games, it's owned by Netease, and it's headed by Jack Emmert. You might think that you wouldn't want to...
Bing!

City of Heroes Rebirth rogue server marks four years with XP buffs, a badge, and a Nemesis invasion

Chris Neal - 4
Another of the rogue servers for City of Heroes has made it to a big milestone: a fourth year of operation. That rogue server...
Flips

City of Heroes’ Homecoming drops i27p6 patch with Storm Blast and new story arcs

Bree Royce - 2
Just a few weeks ago, we covered the testing of a brand-new patch on the City of Heroes Homecoming rogue server, one that included...

The Daily Grind: Is the age of superhero MMOs past?

Justin Olivetti - 26
Is it just me, or does it seem like nobody is that hot to trot for superhero MMORPGs these days? A few years ago,...

The Stream Team: Kicking the tires of the new Storm Blaster in City of Heroes Homecoming

Chris Neal - 3
The Homecoming rogue servers of City of Heroes are testing out a new Blaster powerset, and MOP's Chris is eager to throw the weather...

Ship of Heroes’ ‘bright and positive’ setting masks mysteries to uncover

Justin Olivetti - 0
While most people seem fixated on the fact that Ship of Heroes is an unapologetic spiritual successor to City of Heroes, what tends to...

City of Titans shares its work in Unreal Engine 5, promises to open up access to a larger map soon

Chris Neal - 4
It's time yet again for us to circle back around to City of Titans and see where this developing MMORPG is headed, and it...

The Daily Grind: What are the best and worst horizontal progression systems in an MMORPG?

Bree Royce - 28
This morning, I want to talk about horizontal progression systems in MMOs, of which I am generally a fan! And I'm gonna start with...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 418: Big Numbers Inc.

Justin Olivetti - 13
Justin and Bree discuss Mortal Exodus, Wayfinder, LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, Path of Exile, and Albion Online, with adventures in Fallout 76, City of Heroes, and LOTRO, plus a mailbag topic playing the hero vs. not in MMOs.

City of Heroes Homecoming is testing two new arcs and a Storm Blast powerset

Bree Royce - 1
If you know anything about me and City of Heroes, it's probably that I have an absurdly huge number of storm characters. I just...

The Stream Team: Leveling toons on City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue server

Chris Neal - 0
Today's stream is another one of those broadcasts that holds no greater motive or motivations beyond playing the game: MOP's Chris wants to fire...
Kitty!

Storyboard: Pros and cons for scripted narrative stories in MMOs

Eliot Lefebvre - 19
Last week, we looked at the pros and cons for stories in MMOs that were purely player-driven, or at least using player actions and...
WHY IS STUFF SO HARD?!

Perfect Ten: Ten MMO promises that are not filling me with confidence

Eliot Lefebvre - 26
Every game's development - and this includes MMOs - involves certain promises being made that the developers probably half-knows are not going to wind...
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