Atreyu
Sep 2nd, 2012, 07:21:31 PM
This announcement came out of nowhere:
http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/news_archive/thank_you.php
Farewell, from all of us at Paragon Studios
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 clear that this was a sudden decision from management - only a week or so ago the developers released new stuff for the Paragon store and were openly talking about the next 2 expansions.
Rumours are now swirling as to the reason. One poplar rumour is that it had nothing to do with the game itself but rather was the result of a breakdown in licensing talks between Cryptic (the original developers of the game) and NCSoft, which meant the latter could no longer run the game and hence why they're shutting it down.
Haven't played it myself in years, but still sad to see it end so suddenly like that. :\ At least it got a few years under its belt - the game is even older than WoW.
http://na.cityofheroes.com/en/news/news_archive/thank_you.php
Farewell, from all of us at Paragon Studios
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 clear that this was a sudden decision from management - only a week or so ago the developers released new stuff for the Paragon store and were openly talking about the next 2 expansions.
Rumours are now swirling as to the reason. One poplar rumour is that it had nothing to do with the game itself but rather was the result of a breakdown in licensing talks between Cryptic (the original developers of the game) and NCSoft, which meant the latter could no longer run the game and hence why they're shutting it down.
Haven't played it myself in years, but still sad to see it end so suddenly like that. :\ At least it got a few years under its belt - the game is even older than WoW.