City of Heroes

There are tons of fun power set combination options in City of Heroes, but some that stand out above the rest. These are a few fun combos for the Brute.

There are tons of fun power set combination options in City of Heroes, but some that stand out above the rest. These are a few fun combos for the Blaster.

Picking an Archetype in City of Heroes is one of the most important choices you’ll make in character creation and like everything else in the game there are tons of options. Even with all the options on offer, we all have our favorites. What are your top five Archetypes? These are my picks.

With all the discussion lately about the possible rebirth of City of Heroes as a "private" server run by former players and fans of the game, we dug through the archives of content surrounding the game to step back in time to the waning days of what many call one of the greatest MMOs of all time. In a piece written in 2012 shortly before the lights went out on CoH servers, Mike Bitton wrote a reflective piece about his time with the game and what it meant over the course of its history. Take a walk back in time with us and then leave us your fondest memories and thoughts about CoH in the comments.

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 momentous occasion, were nowhere to be found. It’s a bittersweet thing to reflect upon. There just wasn’t anything like City of Heroes, and to this day, there still isn’t.

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.