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Paragon Studios did indeed try to purchase itself from NCSoft, and was shocked when the deal fell through at the lats minute.

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City of Heroes was put to bed in November last year, and developer Paragon Studios were laid off. However, players of the game have come together for their love of the concept and have formed an independent studio. Their first title is The Phoenix Project, a spiritual successor to City of Heroes.

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City of Heroes, the first superhero MMO which launched in 2004, is no more, as NCSoft shut the game servers down last night at 11.59pm PST. Players held a final Unity Rally on all servers at City Hall as a last goodbye until the lights went out over Paragon City. NCSoft announced in August the MMO would be shuttered along with Paragon Studios due to a “realignment of company focus and publishing support.” Surely the game’s players gave CoH a send off worthy of a superhero last night. Thanks, TenTonHammer.

City of Heroes cannot be saved, publisher NCSoft has told fans campaigning to keep the MMORPG running.

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City of Heroes fans have poured tremendous effort into trying to save the MMORPG, which is scheduled to close before the end of the year.

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City of Heroes goes offline on November 30 and Paragon studios has released a schedule of “parties, invasions, and a knife twisting double XP weekend,” according to RPS.

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City of Heroes players with outstanding balances will start getting automatic refunds next Wednesday, September 26, Paragon Studios has announced.

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City of Heroes, City of Villains and Paragon Studios may yet escape a fateful late November shutdown.

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Paragon Studios has announced City of Heroes will be shut down by the end of the year, as will the studio itself.

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NCSoft has announced details for this year’s Summer Blockbuster Event for City of Heroes, featuring two back-to-back quests for players to get into.

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City of Heroes is turning eight, and Paragon is planning some festivities in celebration. In a new post on the MMO’s website, the team has teased an event which starts next week,  as well as a look back over the game’s history. The anniversary event starts after Tuesday’s maintenance on May 1. Thanks, TenTonHammer.

Ncsoft has released a video for the latest update to City of Heroes, Issue 22: Death Incarnate. In it, the Statesman has fallen and the heroes must face the sorceress Diabolique and “her plans for Dark Astoria.” Issue 22 is out now.

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Melissa Bianco, City of Heroes’ new producer, has said Issue 23 of the MMO is in its final stages of pre-production and Issue 24 is being worked on as well.

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NCSoft and Paragon Studios have announced the full details of this year’s Player Summit.

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NCSoft has detailed its Spring Fling plans for City of Heroes. On top of the three traditional Spring Fling co-op missions , characters of level 30 or above can take on a quest involving the Red Widow to score the Widow Maker badge, while level 20 and above can access Valentines, which awards players with the Match Maker or Missed Connection badges, and grants one of two temporary abilities, Arrows of Romance and Arrows of Jealousy. The fun kicked off this morning in the US and runs through February 27.

Paragon’s announced the 2012 Salute to Statesman Loyalty Program for City of Heroes. The scheme will enable players of the MMO to gain exclusive costume parts, emotes and more by remaining a loyal sub. Those who would like to gain their extras will need to make sure their subscription doesn’t run out between December 1 and March 31.

More details here. Thanks, Massively.

To celebrate SWTOR getting an official release date, here is a sexy picture from a burlesque show. She may not be the droid you were looking for, but she may be the Stormtrooper of your dreams. Well, until her helmet comes off.

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It’s that time again – here’s the news that wasn’t big enough for its own story, but is big enough for you to care about! Read.

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Look, will you please just read these, and not come asking in two weeks why I didn’t report on the West Wing fan game being made in Los Berados as if I’d just shot a puppy?

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During the City of Heroes panel at Comic-Con, Paragon Studios’ lead game designers Melissa Bianco and Matt Miller along with art lead David Nakayama, development producer Nate Birkholz and community manager Andy Belford chatted with attendees about the MMO going free-to-play, and going under the new name City of Heroes: Freedom.

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