City of Heroes free to play?

[alexandraerin]

I'm not going to have time to play it regularly for a while here, but this is awesome news. Especially if the microtransaction model encourages them to bring in new powersets regularly, which it looks like it is. I especially like the fact that some of the new power sets they've launched (Beam Rifle and Street Justice) are superficially close to existing powers but fill in conceptual gaps. The lack of customization depth on the power side to match the costume customization was one of my complaints about the game early on, and something that's been improved in fits and starts.

It looks like the content's also been improved in ways that will benefit casual gamers like myself.