Or so everyone thought. For the past six years, a secret City of Heroes emulator project has been quietly running using game data from the original servers, meaning players could, potentially ...

City of Heroes lacks a lot of community-oriented features, such as auctioning, trade skills, and player-versus-player combat, which give many other online RPGs some of their lasting appeal.

City of Heroes, created by Cryptic Studios, is a massively multiplayer online game where players choose from a multitude of costume options and powers to create unique heroes that can join other ...

A City of Heroes, gone but remembered, united in vigil with their torches held high, until such a time as the world realises it needs them once again. Read this next.

The 10th anniversary of City of Heroes’ release came and went with not much more than a whisper. The game is dead and so the usual jubilation and of course, events to go along with such a ...

Before City of Heroes closed, Kaylan Lyndell-Lees used it as speech therapy for her children. Now she’s working to help fill the void.

The Homecoming team and NCSoft break down the deal that saved City of Heroes. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "You bunch of ...

City of Heroes was turned off at midnight, Pacific time, on Nov. 30, 2012. Like many players, Widower was online at the time, saying farewell to the game that had meant so much to him.

With City of Heroes and Paragon Studios set to close by the end of the year, we're taking some time this week to reflect on the game.

A little over a year ago, City of Heroes got the sort of second chance most defunct MMOs never do: a fan-made private server with written permission from the publisher to continue operating. While ...

City of Heroes wasn't even close to the first MMORPG I ever played, but it was the first that understood that even Level 1 can feel awesome. It didn't simply let you play as a superhero.