City of Heroes: Homecoming starts its 22nd anniversary event and login badge

City of Heroes is marking the original game’s 22nd anniversary, and Homecoming has kicked off its yearly celebration on the licensed servers. Players who log in between now and May 31 can claim this year’s anniversary badge, called Exuberant.

According to the official post, Luna’s shop is also open through May 31 for anyone who wants to pick up older anniversary badges. Homecoming says the anniversary event is live now as well.

Homecoming didn’t share a full breakdown of the event in that post, so the exact details are a little thin right now. If it follows the usual format from past years, players can expect anniversary time capsules to show up around Paragon City, the Rogue Isles, and Praetoria, with items like badges, temp powers, tokens, and pets inside.

For anyone who hasn’t kept up with the game’s unusual afterlife, Homecoming is the City of Heroes server group that received an official NCsoft license in 2024. That made one of MMO history’s longest-running fan revival stories a lot more official than it used to be.