{"id":30047,"date":"2012-08-31T12:49:32","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T18:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/31\/city-of-heroes-is-shutting-down-dammit.html"},"modified":"2012-08-31T12:49:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T18:49:32","slug":"city-of-heroes-is-shutting-down-dammit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/31\/city-of-heroes-is-shutting-down-dammit.html","title":{"rendered":"City of Heroes is shutting down. Dammit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Development is frozen and nothing new is expected before the game shuts down toward the end of the year.<\/p>\n

All the news I had heard about how the game's finances were going had been positive, so this is a surprise to say the least. \u00a0It's not clear the specific factors behind NCSoft's decision — whether it was actual financial difficulties for the game, or just a change in focus. \u00a0<\/p>\n

This was my and Margie's first MMORPG, and though we've tried others we've always come back to it. The Dev community was great, and the expansion of content over the years kept things fresh and interesting. \u00a0The increasingly wide array of powers also allowed us to mix things up so that even content previously played could be played again in a different way.<\/p>\n

It was game that Margie and I spent a lot of time together on (arguably too much time, given what hour it sent us to sleep during the week,\u00a0as often as not). \u00a0We may find something new to take it its place, but it will never be the same.<\/p>\n

I'm really quite sad about this.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +City of Heroes Freedom<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Please read this. Thank you from all of us at Paragon Studios.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFarewell, from all of us at Paragon Studios | City of Heroes\u00ae : The World's Most Popular Superpowered MMO<\/a>
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Development is frozen and nothing new is expected before the game shuts down toward the end of the year. All the news I had heard about how the game's finances were going had been positive, so this is a surprise to say the least. \u00a0It's not clear the specific factors behind NCSoft's decision — whether … Continue reading “City of Heroes is shutting down. 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