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This morning we announced that Paragon Studios will be taking to the skies of City of Heroes for the last time. In a realignment of company focus and publishing support, NCsoft has made the decision to close Paragon Studios. Effective immediately, all development on City of Heroes will cease and we will begin preparations to sunset the world's first, and best, Super Hero MMORPG before the end of the year. As part of this, all recurring subscription billing and Paragon Market purchasing will be discontinued effective immediately. We will have more information regarding a detailed timeline for the cessation of services and what you can expect in game in the coming weeks. The team here at Paragon deserves special praise for all that we have accomplished over the last 5+ years. These developers are some of the most creative and talented people in the gaming industry. By now, we've all been given this news internally, but to anyone who may be reading this message after the fact; know that your hard work and dedication has not gone unappreciated or unnoticed. To any potential studios looking to grow your team; hire these people. You won't regret it. To our Community, Thank you. Thank you for your years of support. You've been with us every step of the way, sharing in our challenges, encouraging us to make City of Heroes better, more than everyone else thought it could be. We couldn't have come this far without you. I implore you all, focus on the good things of CoH and Paragon Studios. Don't dwell on the "how" or the "why", but rather join us in celebrating the legacy of an amazing partnership between the players and the development team. Thank you, and I'll see you in the skies, one last time. Andy Belford Community Manager Paragon Studios.
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remyburke
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Joined: 7/03/04
I liked MMOs better when gamers didn't play them, and just geeks did. |
8/31/12 4:03:21 PM#2
Black Prophecy...City of Heroes...let the cleansing begin.
I loved CoX and played it with the wife for a year or so. Thanks for the memories. Playing: GW2 and DayZ
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8/31/12 4:07:28 PM#3
The "Widowmaker" is shutting down? Damn. CoX really was a very good game. I had a lot of fun with it. It still seemed to have a lot to offer, so I find this closure a bit surprising, but it happens. Hell hath no fury like an MMORPG player scorned. |
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8/31/12 4:11:51 PM#4
Sorry to see it go but when you have games like gw2 these sub based games are in trouble, my guess is that future mmorpgs will follow in gw2 footsteps
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8/31/12 4:15:29 PM#5
My first and favorite MMO franchise. Sad to see it go. |
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8/31/12 4:17:41 PM#6
What's the background on this? Were they Indie and bought up by NCSoft?
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8/31/12 4:21:30 PM#7
Originally posted by Aeolron Sorry to harsh your moment of GW2 fanboy gloat but, CoH was F2P. You're a shining example for your peers. |
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8/31/12 4:24:43 PM#8
I got a sinking feeling in my stomach when I saw this. Good bye my friend thank you for the memories. I loved you and spent many an hour fooling around with twisted AT styles.
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8/31/12 4:26:51 PM#9
I always liked how users on MMORPG always find out news first and get multiple many page threads on the topic and then MMORPG finally posts a brand new thread about the news that has been going on for 4-5 hours.
Why not just link to one of the existing threads for news so there aren't like 10 threads on the same topic? |
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8/31/12 4:32:02 PM#10
NCSoft makes SOE look like a great studio. They bail on anything. This pretty much nails it for me to avoid playing any of their games ever. You never know when they will pull the plug. |
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8/31/12 4:32:57 PM#11
So long City of Heroes. I had a great time at launch and for a few months anyhow. That was the year I signed up here and in fact my profile is named after my Main from CoH.
...how time flies.
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8/31/12 4:39:12 PM#12
This is sad news, indeed. I think a rendition of Terry Jacks' song Seasons in the Sun is in order. - Al Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse. |
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8/31/12 4:39:39 PM#13
Well they went F2P in a effort to stop NC closure is my guess. Too bad the F2P model was absolute shit. No Raiding, can't join supergroups, region restricted, cannot use the regional chat and severe income/costume limitations.
It takes almost 100$ to get most of the basic stufff that the original subscribers have, a price point not worth messing with for a game that old. As for ozmodan's post...yeah auto assualt left a terrible taste in my mouth back then. Game was barely out 7 months and boom cancelled.... |
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8/31/12 4:43:21 PM#14
[mod edit] What the hell are you even talking about? They had the game running for multiple years. Age caught up with it and its mechanics have become out dated. Are you still playing the game and subscribing to help keep it aloft? Do not taint one of the early greats with such a disgusting remark. BOOYAKA! |
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8/31/12 4:43:59 PM#15
City of Heroes was my very first MMO and will always hold a special place in my heart. My first hero alt "Virgo" (Mutant Earth Control/Empathy Controller) was a blast to play and introduced me to the world of MMO's. Even though I don't play CoX as much as I used to, I'm still gonna miss this game once it's gone. :(
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8/31/12 4:46:33 PM#16
Originally posted by Ozmodan This game had a great run, over 8 years and a F2P change in an attempt to keep profitability. Now, I know about Auto Assault and Tabula Rasa, but this time it clearly wasn't the case of "bail on anything", even though Tabula Rasa was more of a problem with Richard Garriott, which makes Auto Assault the one true title which I will never understand the quick closure. |
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8/31/12 4:48:44 PM#17
Originally posted by EricDanie You forgot "Matrix Online"! |
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8/31/12 4:49:03 PM#18
Sad to say i have been waiting for this, the game did not do well enough and NCSoft are known for not fooling around when it comes to money. That being said i will miss this game and i will forever hold it up to what a small studio can do with the proper backing and funding... And no matter what cryptic have become this is still a game that i dare people to take a dump on... Farewell you crazy little game.
Matrix Online was a WB game they bought and tried to save.. it did not do very well.. at all.
This have been a good conversation |
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8/31/12 5:06:22 PM#19
This game will be missed. This game will also be looked upon as making a tremendous mark on MMORPG history. And lastly, anyone that sets out to develop a new super hero MMO will constantly have this game be compared with theirs for at least another 8 years to come or more.
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8/31/12 5:06:51 PM#20
There were certain things about this game that were really great especially when it first came out. It raised the bar for character customization to an amazing level for instance. It had no staying power for me though, because all the instances were from the same pool of maps and I got tired of going into cave after cave after cave fairly quickly. Champions suffers from the same problem...
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