NCSoft, the developer behind the MMORPG City of Heroes, has granted a license to its followers to host a resurrected model of the sport on a non-public server, referred to as Homecoming.
“We’d wish to thanks all in your endurance over the previous few years, and we’re extremely thrilled to announce that it’s paid off: NCSOFT has formally granted Homecoming a license to host City of Heroes,” stated the Homecoming crew in a statement.
The Homecoming crew has additionally assured that gamers’ accounts and characters are protected, and that growth of latest content material will proceed. Moreover, Homecoming will nonetheless be free and the sport might be funded completely by donations.
Homecoming creators aren’t required to pay any up entrance or recurring license charges, however will enhance their donation targets to be able to save the cash in case one thing goes fallacious. Whereas NCSoft has given the inexperienced gentle to Homecoming, the developer can nonetheless request that the non-public server be shut down at any time. Moreover, growth will proceed to be closed-source quite than open-source.
City of Heroes launched on PC in 2004 and ended service in 2012. Nevertheless, supply code was made out there in 2019, which renewed curiosity within the sport as gamers hosted it exterior of NCSoft’s direct involvement.
In GameSpot’s City of Heroes assessment, we stated, “It is a refreshingly centered on-line role-playing expertise, and is an entertaining, polished sport that, in contrast to so many others, manages to ship on the underlying promise of a superb idea.”