This didn't surprises me at all. When even Bounty Bay Online found someone, then I'm sure that there was some companys out there and also intressted in the City of Heroes IP. Maybe the game is old, but with a lot of content in there AND the game was profitable, of course there was someone intressted...
Fact is that NC Soft never wanted to sell it, they never do this with any other game they closed. That's why they fire everyone so quickly, just don't give anyone a chance for a rescue. I'm done with this company, when this is the way they want to do bisness then they have to do this without me.