Champions Online Review

Posted on November 13, 2009

My Champions Online review is below starting with character creation.
Character Creation: Simply put, character creation in Champions Online is one of the most verbose systems I have ever dealt with.  The closest thing to compare it to is City of Heroes, which makes perfect sense since Cryptic Studios developed that superhero title as well.  In [...]

DC Universe Online vs Champions Online

Posted on January 27, 2009

Back in early 2004 the first superhero MMO, City of Heros created by Cryptic Studios, was released and from what I can remember with decent reviews.  The game has done pretty well peaking around 200,000 users at its height and as of Sept 2008 had around 125,000 subscribers.  Not a huge success by any means [...]

Free Trial Period Announced for Champions Online

Posted on September 1, 2010

As of today, Cryptic and Atari are revealing the fact that Champions Online, one of their more famous MMO titles, will be having a free trial period lasting until September 7th.
This trial period is in celebration of the first anniversary of the moderately popular superhero-based game and has swept up the disenfranchised population falling out [...]

Bill Roper Leaves Cryptic

Posted on August 19, 2010

After two years of developing games such as Champions Online and Star Trek Online; the MMO giant Bill Roper has decided that he is going to depart Cryptic.  Nobody’s really quite sure why, other then Bill has grown tired and wants to branch out to find new opportunities.  Well that’s all fine an dandy I [...]

Champions Online Q&A – July 2010

Posted on July 12, 2010

It’s once again time for Ask Cryptic, the feature in which Cryptic Studios answers player questions regarding the future of its games, in this Champions Online Q&A. Despite the fact that it opens with the disappointing, though understandable, news that there won’t be any four-armed player characters appearing in the game, there are bright spots. [...]

Champions Online: New Serpent Lantern Expansion Pack Video

Posted on June 22, 2010

Champions Online, developed by Cryptic Studios and Atari, recently released a new in-depth video to help hype its Serpent Lantern Expansion Pack out now.
The Serpent Lantern Expansion Pack features new weapons and armor, new dungeons and bosses to tackle and many more upgrades to the game. The expansion moves the story of battling the villainous [...]

Champions Online: State of the Game – June 2010

Posted on June 17, 2010

Cryptic Studios has released their Champions Online State of the Game report for June 2010. In it, Executive Producer Shannon Posniewksi lays out what the team has learned from the first Champions Online adventure pack, the Serpent Lantern. Also discussed is the big summer update to the game, scheduled for August, and a reminder that [...]