another of the pre-WoW-clone era of MMO's bites the dust

another of the pre-WoW-clone era of MMO's bites the dust "Farewell, from all of us at Paragon Studios"

wayskobfssae

#1 Posted 04 September 2012 - 10:22 AM

http://na.cityofhero...e/thank_you.php

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August 31

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.

*sigh* I'm running out of MMO's worth my time

OpenMaw

Judge Mental

#2 Posted 04 September 2012 - 11:02 AM

Am I the only one who reads these statements from companies and reads the whole "We got together and decided" thing as often "We got together and decided killing ourselves would be in the companies best interest" ?

Ah well. Never partook in the game. Cant say I care one way or the other. It sucks for those who did invest though.

wayskobfssae

#3 Posted 04 September 2012 - 11:06 AM

Commando Nukem, on 04 September 2012 - 11:02 AM, said:

Well in this case, it's more like... big publishing company who is in their own minds not getting hurt at all by this, has decided that smaller developing company is no longer a valuable asset and should be shut down. That the game was still doing fine didn't even factor.

Jinroh

#4 Posted 05 September 2012 - 07:54 AM

Yeah I saw that too, total BS. CoH was the only MMO I ever liked.

Jeff

#5 Posted 05 September 2012 - 09:25 PM

wayskobfssae, on 04 September 2012 - 10:22 AM, said:

*sigh* I'm running out of MMO's worth my time

Kind of gave up on MMORPGs myself. Been off WoW for a year and a half or more. Sadly, some people I used to know are back at it. Now I mostly stick with single player RPGs (Mass Effect trilogy). You probably know this, but every expansion meant a huge gear reset, so all that work you did was for nothing, because the gear you get with the new expansion will replace the gear you took months to acquire.

Point I'm trying to make is these MMORPGs aren't really worth anyone's time. I'd stick with traditional RPGs and such if I were you.