City of Heroes a "flourishing franchise", says NCSoft

Superhero MMO developer NCSoft have commentated after they were caught registering a trademark for City of Heroes 2.

”City of Heroes is a flourishing franchise and continues to be the world’s most popular superhero MMO,” NCsoft told Eurogamer.

”While we cannot comment on City of Heroes 2 at this time, NCsoft is proud of City of Heroes’ success and is looking forward to future product launches associated with the franchise.”

An expansion for City of Heroes, entitled Going Rogue, is due out in July.