NCSoft, the original publisher of the MMO City of Heroes, has officially granted a license to the fan-run project Homecoming, allowing the team to host and further develop the game legally.
]]>Fellow lovers of character creation tools can get ready to create some astonishing designs in the Ship of Heroes beta later this year.
]]>While it may not be a done deal at the moment, there may be hope for fans of City of Heroes yet.
]]>City of Heroes spiritual successor City of Titans has gravely marked what would have been the tenth birthday of the beloved MMO with a new trailer.
]]>City of Titans surpassed its Kickstarter goal yesterday with $678,189 pledged toward the spiritual successor to City of Heroes. The original goal for Missing Worlds Media was to earn $320,000 in funding, which it surpassed in early October. The game is set for a November 15, 2015 launch.
]]>This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247. Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team.
]]>City of Heroes spiritual successor The Phoenix Project will take to Kickstarter in September.
]]>Paragon Studios did indeed try to purchase itself from NCSoft, and was shocked when the deal fell through at the lats minute.
]]>City of Heroes was put to bed in November last year, and developer Paragon Studios were laid off. However, players of the game have come together for their love of the concept and have formed an independent studio. Their first title is The Phoenix Project, a spiritual successor to City of Heroes.
]]>City of Heroes, the first superhero MMO which launched in 2004, is no more, as NCSoft shut the game servers down last night at 11.59pm PST. Players held a final Unity Rally on all servers at City Hall as a last goodbye until the lights went out over Paragon City. NCSoft announced in August the MMO would be shuttered along with Paragon Studios due to a “realignment of company focus and publishing support.” Surely the game's players gave CoH a send off worthy of a superhero last night. Thanks, TenTonHammer.
]]>City of Heroes cannot be saved, publisher NCSoft has told fans campaigning to keep the MMORPG running.
]]>City of Heroes fans have poured tremendous effort into trying to save the MMORPG, which is scheduled to close before the end of the year.
]]>City of Heroes goes offline on November 30 and Paragon studios has released a schedule of "parties, invasions, and a knife twisting double XP weekend," according to RPS.
]]>City of Heroes players with outstanding balances will start getting automatic refunds next Wednesday, September 26, Paragon Studios has announced.
]]>City of Heroes, City of Villains and Paragon Studios may yet escape a fateful late November shutdown.
]]>Paragon Studios has announced City of Heroes will be shut down by the end of the year, as will the studio itself.
]]>NCSoft has announced details for this year's Summer Blockbuster Event for City of Heroes, featuring two back-to-back quests for players to get into.
]]>City of Heroes is turning eight, and Paragon is planning some festivities in celebration. In a new post on the MMO's website, the team has teased an event which starts next week, as well as a look back over the game's history. The anniversary event starts after Tuesday's maintenance on May 1. Thanks, TenTonHammer.
]]>Ncsoft has released a video for the latest update to City of Heroes, Issue 22: Death Incarnate. In it, the Statesman has fallen and the heroes must face the sorceress Diabolique and "her plans for Dark Astoria." Issue 22 is out now.
]]>Melissa Bianco, City of Heroes' new producer, has said Issue 23 of the MMO is in its final stages of pre-production and Issue 24 is being worked on as well.
]]>NCSoft and Paragon Studios have announced the full details of this year's Player Summit.
]]>NCSoft has detailed its Spring Fling plans for City of Heroes. On top of the three traditional Spring Fling co-op missions , characters of level 30 or above can take on a quest involving the Red Widow to score the Widow Maker badge, while level 20 and above can access Valentines, which awards players with the Match Maker or Missed Connection badges, and grants one of two temporary abilities, Arrows of Romance and Arrows of Jealousy. The fun kicked off this morning in the US and runs through February 27.
]]>Paragon's announced the 2012 Salute to Statesman Loyalty Program for City of Heroes. The scheme will enable players of the MMO to gain exclusive costume parts, emotes and more by remaining a loyal sub. Those who would like to gain their extras will need to make sure their subscription doesn't run out between December 1 and March 31.
]]>To celebrate SWTOR getting an official release date, here is a sexy picture from a burlesque show. She may not be the droid you were looking for, but she may be the Stormtrooper of your dreams. Well, until her helmet comes off.
]]>It's Friday. Likely, you are screaming whoo-hoo as you run out the door of your office, Costanza-style, to your cars and flying home down the freeway. Celebrate with some shorts before you go.
]]>It's that time again - here's the news that wasn't big enough for its own story, but is big enough for you to care about! Read.
]]>Look, will you please just read these, and not come asking in two weeks why I didn't report on the West Wing fan game being made in Los Berados as if I'd just shot a puppy?
]]>During the City of Heroes panel at Comic-Con, Paragon Studios’ lead game designers Melissa Bianco and Matt Miller along with art lead David Nakayama, development producer Nate Birkholz and community manager Andy Belford chatted with attendees about the MMO going free-to-play, and going under the new name City of Heroes: Freedom.
]]>NCSoft's announced it's to show brand new content for City of Heroes, including the first chance to play the new IIncarnate Raids in the MMO. It'll also be showing Guild Wars 2's Engineer class as well during the event. There'll also be a meet-and-greet with the NCSoft massive in San Diego this week. All of this will be a taster before the main course is served in Cologne at gamescom in three-and-a-half weeks.
]]>Complete your weekend with the shorts posted below. You can ask God to forgive you for it at church tomorrow.
]]>NCsoft has announced City of Heroes will be going free-to-play later this year, and the MMO's name will be changed to City of Heroes Freedom.
]]>Paragon Studios has promised to continue regularly adding content to City of Heroes, despite a recent slowdown in updates for the ageing MMO.
]]>We're all just working for the weekend, ya know. Let these shorts do some of it for you so your clicker fingers can be saved for something more useful.
]]>NCSoft's sent out word that Lineage, City of Heroes and Guild Wars are all celebrating their anniversaries today, with festivals, competitions, updates and new expansions.
]]>Launched two weeks ago, City of Heroes' Issue 20 update introduced 'Incarnates', adding new missions, powers and group options for up to 48 players.
Developer Paragon Studios spoke out on large scale raids and the response of the players.
]]>City of Heroes today saw the release of Issue 20, the MMO's latest free content update.
]]>Line up these shorts after the break and hit them.
]]>NCSoft's confirmed it'll release the Animal Pack for City of Heroes on February 23.
]]>Paragon MMO City of Heroes is to get a double XP weekend starting today.
]]>NCSoft has registered a trademark for City of Heroes 2, as discovered by Superannuation.
]]>Not much this week that didn't hit the front page, but head on through the break and you will find out all sorts of stuff.
Information on the upcoming Warhammer patch, Martial Arts for City of Heroes, and a Beta weekend for Global Agenda.
Go on and hit the button.
]]>NCsoft's announced a ton of in-game Hallowe'en events for its MMOs, bringing seasonal quests, costumes and contests across across Aion, City of Heroes, Guild Wars, Lineage, Lineage II and Exteel.
It's all very spooky. All details, including dates, are listed after the break.
]]>Loads of MMOs are planning Halloween and fall festivities for users, but some have already launched tricky goodness.
You can find out more about those past the break, but while you are headed that way you will also learn other sorts of stuff like: Legends of Norrath's eighth expansion has launched, CrimeCraft is headed to iPhone and Facebook, and having gone free-to-play D&D Online is doing great, apparently.
Also, Star War Galaxies is overrun with zombies. That's right. Zombies.
It's all there kids. Enjoy.
]]>Quite a bit of stuff regarding MMOS this week.
CrimeCraft will go free-to-play, Turbine released new screens for Siege of Mirkwood, Green Arrow is making his way into DC Universe online, there are a couple updates on World of Warcraft movies, and a whole other bunch of stuff happened too.
Read on past the break for the lot.
]]>Loads of news this week in MMO land, kiddos.
Massively is giving away Beta keys to Star Trek Online, Aion dropped GameGuard and launched its first server, Pirates are everywhere, and Sony is giving you double station cash this weekend.
There is also news concerning Champions Online, EVE, Guild Wars 2, EverQuest, Warhammer, Runes of Magic, and loads of other stuff you can find here instead of searching everywhere.
It's all past the break.
]]>Loads of stuff happened this week with MMOs. Bethesda laughed off an Elder Scrolls MMO, APB started the Beta application process, Aion released pretty trailers, Star Wars will be playable at GamesCom and all other sorts of interesting things happened.
What we didn't tell you about was that Lord of the Rings Online got some new jewelry and bounty quests in Esteldin, Funcom will announce Conan stuff at PAX, and there were some rumored leaks on the upcoming WoW expansion posted all over God's green earth.
For all of this and more, read on past the break.
]]>Loads of stuff as usual going on this week with MMOs.
CCP has files a trademark fro Dust 514, which strangely enough resembles the EvE Logo, Warhammer's latest patch is up on the test server, Guild Wars had some more class tweaks, and the summer festivities have been extended for Lord of the Rings Online.
Load of stuff, really. Read on past the break for more.
]]>Not loads to tell you this week in the MMO update. Most news surrounding the genre was big enough for its very own post on the site.
However, to keep things the same, we have thrown all the rest into your usual Saturday post.
Final Fantasy XI players will have jobs adjusted, Runes of Magic has new playable classes, the EVE Online thief speaks out, and Funcom has no plans right now for an Anarchy Online 2.
All this and more through the jump.
]]>It's that time again. The MMO news round-up post full of links, and other goodies for the online crowd.
This week, loads of games are having annual summer events full of festivities, fireworks and other shenanigans. Some also got level cap increases, are nerfing classes, launching new servers, going bankrupt, and one has even reminded us it's still in development.
What a week. Hit the page fold for the rest.
]]>This week there is a bit more going on in MMOs than last week.
Seems quite a few got game updates, WoW's Midsummer Fire Festival is in full swing, and City of Heroes is getting power customization.
Loads of stuff really. Read on past the break for the lot of it.
You've heard loads about the Going Rogue expansion for City of Heroes today.
Now watch the introductory teaser-trailer for it. It's interesting.
Thanks, Joystiq.
]]>The Going Rogue expansion for City of Heroes was (sort of) announced earlier today through SteetWide Concepts, and now NCsoft has seen fit to make it official.
This will be the first major expansion for the City of Heroes franchise since City of Villains was launched in 2005, and promises to "blur the line between heroes and villains".
Both heroes and villains will be thrust into Praetoria, which is governed by Tyrant, the evil incarnation of the game’s main protagonist, Statesman. As both heroes and villains go forth to deal with this menace, it will cause the opposing forces to question their loyalties.
A new alignment system has been implemented allowing each side to switch teams, along with additional missions and two new characters, Maelstrom and Desdemona, to represent the alignment shift in the game’s lore.
More details are expected in the "coming months".
Press release is below.
]]>Loads of goings on in the world of MMOs, as usual. Let us make sense of it for you.
This week was filled with birthday celebrations for four different MMOs: Lineage II, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and Guild Wars. Good job guys.
Other stuff happened too ya know, and it's all broken down for you after the break.
]]>NCsoft has unveiled Paragon Studios, based out of Mountain View, CA.
Formerly known as NCsoft NorCal, the satellite office will continue to work on City of Heroes and other MMOs.
“The renaming of our studio to Paragon Studios represents our devotion to the present and future of the City of Heroes series,” said GM and producer Brian Clayton.
“As pioneers in the comic book-inspired MMO genre, together with our esteemed veteran development team, it is our mission to continually strive for innovation, solidify the strength of our brand, and continue providing high quality experiences for City of Heroes and any future projects that come from Paragon Studios.”
Back in February, NCsoft let over 55 of its Brighton staffers go and planned to move development positions to the States.
Press release through the break.
]]>NCsoft's confirmed a Mac version of City of Heroes, coming by way of a partnership with TransGaming.
It's actually coming out this year, which is great news if you're lost in the Mac wilderness, gameless and afraid.
“Players will soon be able to join the battle of good versus evil in the most popular comic book MMO on both the PC and Mac platforms…and in the same game world,” said NCsoft West's Brian Clayton.
“Given Mac’s fame as a platform for creative people and City of Heroes’ unprecedented character customization options, I think City of Heroes is a perfect fit for the Mac gaming community.”
Press release after the link.
]]>Massively is reporting that NCSoft is looking for European staff.
]]>NCsoft's City of Heroes is now four years old, and lead designer Matt Miller is having a hard time coming to terms with he MMO's longevity.
]]>Speaking to VG247, NCSoft Europe CEO Geoff Heath has confirmed that the company is planning to launch new titles in the City of Heroes franchise "in the next couple of years" and will bring Korean swords-and-sorcery MMO Aion: Tower of Eternity to Europe in "Q4 of this year."
"We have some major plans for City of Heroes for the future," he said. "Again, for this year we're going to be doing regular updates, but there's a lot of exciting stuff going on around City of Heroes, not for this year in terms of new releases, but certainly in the next couple of years."
He added, talking of an Aion release date, "We're being as brave as saying Q4 of this year. Within a month or two I'm sure we'll firm the exact date up."
Heath was talking on the back of strong full year financials, which showed near-static sales but good profit increase.
"They're a solid set of results," said Heath, adding, "For the UK and Europe, I think it's good that the group made a good profit, and also we're forecasting growing again this year. Europe is a healthy part of it these days."
Heath also confirmed previous reports that NCSoft's first PS3 MMO is to be shown this year.
"We're going to be showing some stuff on PS3 later this year," he said. We're not quite ready to say what it is yet."
Read the full transcription of our interview with Geoff after the link.
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