City of Heroes Sold: WarCry's Interview with NCsoft's Brian Clayton

Brian Clayton is the new Studio Manager of NCsoft NorCal and took some time to talk to us about Tuesday's announcement that NCsoft had bought full ownership of City of Heroes/Villains from developer Cryptic Studios. What will it mean to the players and what are NCsoft's plans for the game's future? Find out.

"We love the IP, we believe in the IP and for us it was all about focus on the IP," said Brian Clayton, the new Studio Manager of NCsoft NorCal and Executive Producer of City of Heroes.

Ever since Cryptic Studios announced that they had partnered with Marvel and Microsoft to produce a next-gen super-hero MMOG for the PC and Xbox 360 some variation of Tuesday's announcement seemed only like a matter of time. Whether or not it was the case, there was no way for Cryptic Studios to avoid the perception of a conflict of interest as they managed two competing IPs. The sale to NCsoft, according to both studios, is the best thing they can do for fans of the first super-hero MMOG.

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