City of Heroes is no longer a Cryptic Studios venture. Bet you weren’t expecting that one, huh? The official notice is full of platitudes, assurances to the players, and statements about unity of purpose between Cryptic and NCsoft-NoCal.

But yikes. I … imagine … MUO is still going to be published by NCsoft, but that’s just one less firm link between Cryptic and NC. Fun to watch the gears turn, huh?

Additional: And now you get free CoV! And prestige! And a debt removal! Yikes!

Additional: Oh … MUO is a Microsoft-published project, Lum reminds me in the comments. Thanks Scott. :)

Sooo … goodbye NCsoft/Cryptic.