City of Heroes: Paragon Studios and City of Heroes Closing
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.
Read the full article here.
I loved CoX and played it with the wife for a year or so. Thanks for the memories.
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.
My first and favorite MMO franchise.
Sad to see it go.
Sorry to harsh your moment of GW2 fanboy gloat but, CoH was F2P.
You're a shining example for your peers.
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.
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?
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.