City of Heroes

As hard as City of Heroes fans tried, with the massive outpouring of support and love for Paragon Studios' superhero game, it just wasn't enough. NC Soft issued a press release that said, though it heard and appreciated all the effort, they just can't keep the studio open.

It has not been an easy decision for us to close Paragon Studios® and prepare to shut down City of Heroes. We've exhausted all options including the selling of the studio and the rights to the City of Heroes intellectual property, but in the end, efforts to do so were not successful. City of Heroes has a special place in all of our hearts, and we want to ensure its reputation and the memories we share for the game end on a high note.

The tentative November 30th closure date is still on, unfortunately. Heroes and villains alike will have to watch the time until that day.

Julian "Mirai" Williams

When news broke last month from Paragon Studios that the superhero MMO, City of Heroes, would be shutting its doors, the fans refused to give up.

City of Heroes is basically marching towards its own death with the closure of the studio. But fans are hearing none of it, and are pouring tons of love and support for the studio.

Over 3000 fans gathered in the center of Atlas Park to show their support for the game. Masks and capes with signatures are being sent to NCSoft in hopes to show the sheer volume of love for Paragon City's adventures. Letters have been written to the studio hoping to persuade Taek Jin Kim, the CEO of NCSoft, to change his mind. The letters even caught Mercedes Lackey's attention, noted fantasy writer who contributed to City of Heroes some time ago, who has encouraged the support and promised assistance to keep the game alive. 

It's anyone's guess if this can penetrate the villanous CEO heart of a Korean online-game juggernaut (okay, Jin Kim is probably a great guy, I'm only kidding), but here's to hoping. 

Julian "Mirai" Williams

Sad news breaks this afternoon as City of Heroes' production team Paragon Studios announces it is closing.

City of Heroes is now letting players affect their in-game world in their newest contest: 'Create a Blockbuster Movie Poster and Win!' If you've got a talent for art or 3d modeling, or just really really like taking screenshots, this is your chance to get your character immortalized. The City of Heroes website details all of the important rules - dimensions, how to send it to them, as well as rules to detect theft, like sending in entires in PSD format. Entrants, you have a month to put together your submission, and you better make it good, because competition is going to be tough. 

Now I just need to dust off my copy of Photoshop to assemble the epic struggle between Mancow and his arch-nemesis, Farmer John.