City of Heroes is officially back from the dead

Superhero MMO City of Heroes, which was first released in 2004 and shut down in 2012, is now officially back from the dead: IP owner NCSOFT has granted Homecoming, which runs one of the biggest private servers for the game, a license to not only continue operating this in an official capacity, but keep developing its own content. “This agreement provides a framework under which Homecoming can operate the game in a way that complies with NCSOFT’s wishes in hopes of minimizing the chances of that happening. We’ve had a really positive and productive relationship with NCSOFT for over four years now, so we do not anticipate there being any issues,” Homecoming explained. Things will continue as normal for all users of Homecoming for now, the organization stated, which includes the free, donation-based model the server is running on. “We don’t currently foresee any changes to our funding model, as Homecoming is not required to pay any up-front or recurring license fees. We continue to be overwhelmed by the generos