Farewell, from all of us at Paragon Studios

[Vynestra]

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.

It's still sinking in, it stings every time I read it. And when I hit the "to sunset the world's first, and best, Super Hero MMORPG before the end of the year" it hits me in full force. I can't begin to say how many memories I have from this game and the people I've met..And how comitted the dev team is..It saddens me too much.

[banyentertainment]

It's still sinking in, it stings every time I read it. And when I hit the "to sunset the world's first, and best, Super Hero MMORPG before the end of the year" it hits me in full force. I can't begin to say how many memories I have from this game and the people I've met..And how comitted the dev team is..It saddens me too much.

So was the Age of Conan team, and so was the Warahammer team, specially Paul barnett that dude is the most passionate pr nerd alive, and so hillarious.
In the end, they wasted money foolishly, knowing that unless they create something ground breaking inovative..people aren`t going to leave behind so manny years spent on their characters on wow..not to mention how competent blizzard is (generally)

[Sj]

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...City-of-Heroes

Closing thread.