Gee, what do you think the big story was this week? Mebbe the surprise sale of one of the pillars of modern MMOGdom? Maybe it wasn’t a suprise to you, but I’m not that cool: I was floored.

The Big Story. — Paragon City’s New Mayor
The word from the official NCsoft site makes no bones about it: NCsoft acquires City of Heroes Franchise. The mega-MMOG publisher has purchased the intellectual property from Cryptic Studios, and will be setting up a new studio in the Northern California area to support it. Most of the development crew currently working on the ‘City of’ titles has made the jump to NCsoft NorCal, and players hopefully shouldn’t see much in the way of a hiccup during the changeover. In fact, they’ll be getting new toys.

A couple of other things from today worth noting:

• Wow Comic #0
• EQ2’s Third Birthday
• Animal Crossing MMOG Confirmed
• Guild Wars Art Giveaway (told you it would be cool)
• Rise of Kunark NDA Lifted

And, just as a note, you’re unfortunately unlikely to see anything from me on RoK this weekend/next week, because I’m going to be fall-out-of-my-chair busy. Call of Duty 4, Mario Galaxy, Assassin’s Creed, and Mass Effect are conspiring to make sure I don’t set eyes on a virtual world for quite a while. :)

I hope to return to my regular posting schedule as best I can next week, but we’ll see. Wish me luck.

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