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City of Villains

Platforms

PC

Initial release Oct. 1, 2005

Developers

Cryptic Studios

Genres

RPG

Publishers

NCsoft

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Can a group of volunteers really make a superhero MMO?

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Can a group of volunteers really make a superhero MMO?

UPDATE: $320,000 Kickstarter goal surpassed in days.

Oct. 8, 2013 Robert Purchese

City of Heroes and developer Paragon Studios to be closed by NCsoft

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City of Heroes and developer Paragon Studios to be closed by NCsoft

"No longer fits with our long-term goals for the company."

Sept. 3, 2012 Robert Purchese

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City of Heroes gets a facelift

Issue 17 brightens things up.

April 29, 2010 Robert Purchese

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NCsoft: COH is a "flourishing franchise"

Sequel not ruled out. Expansion dated.

April 7, 2010 Robert Purchese

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NCsoft trademarks City of Heroes 2

What could it mean. Nobody knows.

April 6, 2010 Robert Purchese

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City of Heroes wants you back

Big reactivation push next weekend.

Oct. 1, 2009 Robert Purchese

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City of Heroes ups customisation

Issue 16: Power Spectrum launches.

Sept. 17, 2009 Oli Welsh

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City of Heroes Issue 15 released

5th Column missions, Architect improvements.

July 1, 2009 Oli Welsh

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Review

City of Heroes: Mission Architect

Popping the quest in.

May 11, 2009 Jon Blyth

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City of Heroes Issue 15 announced

Celebrating 5 years with Anniversary.

April 30, 2009 Oli Welsh

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City of Heroes mission editor released

Issue 14: Architect is live.

April 9, 2009 Oli Welsh

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Champions recruits beta testers from COH

Superhero MMO rivalry turns sour.

March 20, 2009 Oli Welsh

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City of Heroes Issue 14 this month

Mission Architect content editor coming.

March 2, 2009 Oli Welsh

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Review

City of Heroes: Issue 13

Get a job, loser.

Dec. 11, 2008 Alec Meer

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City of Heroes Issue 13 goes live

Mac version on the way, beta soon.

Dec. 4, 2008 Oli Welsh

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Garriott leaves NCsoft as profits dive

"New interests" made him do it.

Nov. 12, 2008 Oli Welsh

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News

The best MMO April Fools

Blizzard wins. Again.

Oct. 13, 2008 Oli Welsh

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City of Heroes mission editor delayed

New buddy system coming instead.

Sept. 27, 2008 Oli Welsh

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City of Heroes Issue 13 announced

"Architect" offers mission editor and day jobs.

Aug. 27, 2008 Oli Welsh

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NCsoft merges Heroes and Villains cities

Unified world lays foundations for future.

July 17, 2008 Robert Purchese

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Review

City of Heroes

Is there still power in the Midnight Hour?

May 27, 2008 John Walker

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City of Heroes: Issue 12 released

Major changes arrive, click for a free trial.

May 21, 2008 Oli Welsh

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Make your own City of Heroes content

NCsoft either lazy or ingenious.

April 29, 2008 Robert Purchese

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Feature

City of Dress-Up

Why City of Heroes' character creator remains MMOs' finest hour.

April 14, 2008 Alec Meer

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MMO patch news roundup

Pirates, Heroes, Galaxies, Tabula.

April 7, 2008 Oli Welsh

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Review

City of Heroes: Mission Architect

Popping the quest in.

May 11, 2009 Jon Blyth

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Review

City of Heroes: Issue 13

Get a job, loser.

Dec. 11, 2008 Alec Meer

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Review

City of Heroes

Is there still power in the Midnight Hour?

May 27, 2008 John Walker

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Review

Physical Education

What went wrong and what next for the beleaguered PhysX card.

May 20, 2007 Alec Meer

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Review

City of Villains

Leave Bristol alone.

Nov. 8, 2005 Kieron Gillen

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