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City of Heroes was developed by Cryptic Studios, which recently released Star Trek Online and Champions Online. However, since Cryptic was bought by France-based Atari in 2008, development duties for City of Heroes have been handled by Paragon Studios, CoH Influence the Silicon Valley based shop formerly known as NCsoft North.

Founded in 2007, the studio has grown from an original roster of 20 (CoH Influence)employees to more than 50 people--a number that will presumably increase if City of Heroes 2 goes into full-fledged development.

Inspired by comic books, City of Heroes lets players assume the role of a superhero and fight a variety of villains in the fictional metropolis of Paragon City. City of Heroes influence Players can customize their heroes with a variety of costumes and items and hundreds of different superpowers, skills, and abilities. They can then form alliances with other characters, create secret headquarters, and fight evil to become the top superhero squad in the city.