NCSoft, the developer behind the MMORPG Metropolis of Heroes, has granted a license to its followers to host a resurrected model of the sport on a personal server, referred to as Homecoming.
“We’d prefer to thanks all on your persistence 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 Metropolis of Heroes,” stated the Homecoming workforce in a statement.
The Homecoming workforce has additionally assured that gamers’ accounts and characters are protected, and that growth of recent content material will proceed. Moreover, Homecoming will nonetheless be free and the sport will likely be funded fully by donations.
Homecoming creators aren’t required to pay any up entrance or recurring license charges, however will enhance their donation targets with the intention to save the cash in case one thing goes incorrect. Whereas NCSoft has given the inexperienced gentle to Homecoming, the developer can nonetheless request that the personal server be shut down at any time. Moreover, growth will proceed to be closed-source quite than open-source.
Metropolis of Heroes launched on PC in 2004 and ended service in 2012. Nonetheless, supply code was made accessible in 2019, which renewed curiosity within the sport as gamers hosted it outdoors of NCSoft’s direct involvement.
In GameSpot’s Metropolis of Heroes evaluation, we stated, “It is a refreshingly targeted 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 wonderful idea.”