The alleged concept document in question begins by going through City of Heroes’ history, noticing that by 2008 it had over a million registered accounts, 13 released issues, and a then-current playerbase of 107,000 gamers with an all-time high of 165,000. Even if it isn’t, it’s interesting to consider what a sequel might have been like. While I’m not going to repost the document or images from it here, I did want to share a possible glimpse into what could have been, if indeed this document is legit. It was on Reddit for about two days before being yanked (because you can only tempt the legal deities so far), but copies were dispersed and I had time to peruse it. It was rightly assumed that any possible sequel was canned with Paragon Studios, and everyone pretty much forgot about it.Įxcept that around the time that City of Heroes’ server code resurfaced back in April, so did an interesting PDF that claimed to be a concept proposal for City of Heroes 2 from 2008. Instead, the original City of Heroes was closed down in 2012 and crowdfunded spiritual successors sprang up left and right to carry on the torch. What would it be like? How would it tie into the first game, if at all? And could Paragon Studios actually pull off developing and operating two MMOs simultaneously?Īs we well know, this never came to be. For a community that was greatly devoted to the superhero MMORPG, the thought of a sequel was intriguing. While companies file trademarks all the time without always following up on them, these legal efforts do indicate intent and options. In 2010, popular video game network MTV noted that NCsoft had filed an interesting trademark for a possible City of Heroes 2.
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