Most MMOs release a large expansion every year or so. Not Cryptic Studios, the genius behind the superhero tights-fest MMOG City of Heroes (CoH) . When you're raison d'etre comes out of a comic book, I guess your expansion has to be larger than life. Enter City of Villains, the stand-alone (yes, stand-alone... no previous version, superhero pajamas, or action figurines required) sequel to CoH. While it's not-or perhaps, more than- an expansion to the original, current City of Heroes subscribers can pay for the box (MSRP $49.99) and play it using the same $14.99 per month account in a brilliant NCSoft marketing coup.