Cult online action RPG Marvel Heroes, after more than eight years offline, has player-run servers at last

Cult online action RPG Marvel Heroes, after more than eight years offline, has player-run servers at last | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these MMO 15 years after it was shut down, Star Wars Galaxies is still getting massive updates thanks to this restoration project—like a Helldivers-style galactic civil war Third Person Shooter Anthem subreddit gets a new lease on life as modder shows the game running without EA’s servers: ‘We didn’t realize how much demand there’d still be for this forum to keep discussions going’ Action Marvel Rivals wants to go big for 2026, and the team has ‘already planned more than a year ahead’ Third Person Shooter Hopes for an eventual Anthem private server resurrection ignited as former executive producer says code for running the game locally ‘is there to be salvaged and recovered’ MMO A medieval MMO that shut down in 2023 after 6 years of early access and less than 1 year of full release is making a surprise comeback MMO New World will join the graveyard of defunct MMOs when it goes offline in 2027 FPS Modder behind cancelled Star Wars game’s unofficial revival has ‘no concern at all’ about Disney reprisal: ‘We pose little to no threat to any upcoming or ongoing titles’ MMO Cryptic rises again? 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter In November of 2017, MMO action RPG Marvel Heroes was shut down. Though it had the traditional rough launch, the basic idea of “Diablo but you can be Scarlet Witch” had promise, and turned itself around after some updates. Though not enough to save it when Marvel eventually cut ties with developer Gazillion Entertainment. While the plan was to keep Marvel Heroes running until the end of 2017, it ended up being “sunset” two months early, and that was that.Until now. Marvel Heroes has been resurrected, with a server emulator finally hitting 1.0. The first player-run server came online in Tahiti up and others are on the way. I reinstalled it via Steam, made an account on the Project Tahiti website, launched it with the parameter -siteconfigurl=mhtahiti.com/SiteConfig.xml, and was able to join a queue of 1,706 players this morning.I eventually made it into the game, though the server was restarted before I could finish the tutorial. Fortunately, a singleplayer alternative has also been made available. You can download a server emulator on Github, follow the setup instructions, and play solo without having to worry about lag or disconnections while things settle down.Article continues below You may like 15 years after it was shut down, Star Wars Galaxies is still getting massive updates thanks to this restoration project—like a Helldivers-style galactic civil war Anthem subreddit gets a new lease on life as modder shows the game running without EA’s servers: ‘We didn’t realize how much demand there’d still be for this forum to keep discussions going’ Marvel Rivals wants to go big for 2026, and the team has ‘already planned more than a year ahead’ There’s a Pastebin to keep track of player-run servers as more come online. You may also need this link to the Internet Ar