CITY OF HEROES: ARCHITECT EDITION

I'm pretty sure that a certain company knows the opinions of it's former users at this point, so I'll leave it at that.

City Of Heroes is the largest, longest running, and most succesful Super Hero related MMORPG on the planet. Servers available in English, German, and French.City Of Heroes now has a FREE TO PLAY option, but the Architect Edition still has goodies that may make it worth your while to pick up. If you've never used the Architect Edition Previousl, you can use the Archtitect Edition Serial Code to "Upgrade" your account to VIP status for 30 Days of full featured play, and get the bonus of the Magic or Science Booster pack.The Magic and Science booster packs are no longer avaialable for sale as sets, although the contents of them are still available in game through the Paragon Store.I personally have bought and used 4 COH architect editions box sets adn upgraded the accounts of firends and myself for less than $10 each time, since the price of this set has drastically dropped from it's original $30, since Going Rogue, and then Free to Play came out.

On Sept 1st NCSoft announced they were shutting down this game. The staff has been laid off, and the codes from all of these boxed sets have been voided. People trying to use them are being told "This Serial Code has expired"."This morning we announced that Paragon Studios will be taking to the skies of City of Heroes for the last time.In a realignment of company focus and publishing support, NCsoft has made the decision to close Paragon Studios. Effective immediately, all development on City of Heroes will cease and we will begin preparations to sunset the world's first, and best, Super Hero MMORPG before the end of the year. As part of this, all recurring subscription billing and Paragon Market purchasing will be discontinued effective immediately. We will have more information regarding a detailed timeline for the cessation of services and what you can expect in game in the coming weeks.The team here at Paragon deserves special praise for all that we have accomplished over the last 5+ years. These developers are some of the most creative and talented people in the gaming industry. By now, we've all been given this news internally, but to anyone who may be reading this message after the fact; know that your hard work and dedication has not gone unappreciated or unnoticed. To any potential studios looking to grow your team; hire these people. You won't regret it.To our Community,Thank you. Thank you for your years of support. You've been with us every step of the way, sharing in our challenges, encouraging us to make City of Heroes better, more than everyone else thought it could be. We couldn't have come this far without you. I implore you all, focus on the good things of CoH and Paragon Studios. Don't dwell on the "how" or the "why", but rather join us in celebrating the legacy of an amazing partnership between the players and the development team.Thank you, and I'll see you in the skies, one last time."If the retailers had any decency they'd stop trying to rip off unwitting customers that aren't aware the game has been shut down and pull this useless merchandise off of the market.