The Metropolis of Heroes: Homecoming crew has introduced that they’ve been granted a license by NCSoft to proceed internet hosting the basic 2004 MMO publicly.

Metropolis of Heroes was taken offline again in 2012 regardless of nonetheless having a reportedly wholesome participant base. Followers have been in a position to put up personal servers for the sport a number of years in the past. This was an especially secretive factor a number of years in the past, however ultimately it turned extra extensively accessible as Metropolis of Heroes: Homecoming. The crew behind it went so far as offering content material updates to the sport, integrating beforehand paid content material into the bottom recreation without spending a dime and increasing the courses and skills inside the recreation.

Nevertheless, there was at all times the risk that NCSoft would come alongside and power Metropolis of Heroes: Homecoming to close down. No matter whether or not or not they have been doing something with the property, it’s their authorized proper to guard it. We’ve seen many fan endeavors shut down this manner. Nevertheless, regardless of Metropolis of Heroes: Homecoming’s public existence, NCSoft by no means made any strikes in opposition to it, and now it seems like they don’t plan to, going so far as sanctioning the challenge.

A protected house

The crew has acknowledged that Metropolis of Heroes: Homecoming will stay free to play and can stay funded completely by donations. In addition they have confirmed that they’ll proceed engaged on new content material.

An FAQ has been launched alongside the announcement that may be very illuminating and clear. Among the many issues revealed is the sunsetting of help for the Tequila updater in favor of a extra customary in-house launcher for updates. They notice that there will probably be some modifications to the phrases of service and description monetary modifications for the crew. In addition they have revealed that they’ll be restructuring the crew, however it can nonetheless contain the identical individuals.

I performed a whole lot of Metropolis of Heroes, beginning near its preliminary launch and following by its Metropolis of Villains enlargement. As such, it has a spot in my coronary heart. Its shutdown was tremendously disappointing to me, and I spent a very long time making an attempt to fill the void it had left. I’ve tinkered round with Metropolis of Heroes: Homecoming, however I feel I at all times had at the back of my thoughts that it could possibly be taken away at any second. With NCSoft lastly granting the challenge legitimacy, I really feel rather a lot safer getting again into it. That is unexpectedly nice information.

Metropolis of Heroes: Homecoming is at the moment accessible without spending a dime on PC and will be discovered on the official discussion board.