They came. They conquered. They wore tight pants. They were the heroes: the robots, the mutants, the men with clown makeup and the ice ninjas who love them. Today City of Heroes, the first-ever massively multiplayer superhero game, is released to retail. However, pre-order customers have been playing on the live servers since Sunday, kicking the tires. And by tires, we mean villains. The pre-order window allowed us the luxury of spending a lot of quality time with the final game prior to it hitting shelves.