GamesRadar - Champions Online

Cryptic: MS holding back Xbox 360 Champions Online (News)

Aug 29, 2009

Do gamers sense a trend in the world of Xbox 360 MMOs? Cryptic CCO Jack Emmert made it known that Microsoft is seemingly the only thing standing between Champions Online and the Xbox 360. Said Emmert, "It just takes time for the big beast known as Microsoft to get moving," adding that he had no better explanation for the hold up and "it's as baffling to developers as it is to everyone else."

Champions Online - Trailer (Video)

Aug 21, 2009

Get ready to slip into some spandex with Champions Online, the new MMORPG from the team that brought you City of Heroes.

Champions Online - World of Champions developer diary (Video)

Aug 21, 2009

Get ready to slip into some spandex with Champions Online, the new MMORPG from the team that brought you City of Heroes.

Champions Online - Developer diary (Video)

Aug 17, 2009

Get ready to slip into some spandex with Champions Online, the new MMORPG from the team that brought you City of Heroes.

Champions Online offers lifetime subscription (News)

Aug 4, 2009

Those that preorder Champions Online are being offered 6-month discounted subscriptions and lifetime subscription plans. Both of these plans come with access to the Star Trek Online closed beta.

Champions Online reveals Fire power set (News)

Jul 31, 2009

Champions Online has revealed another power set complete with descriptions of the powers and how to get them.

Champions Online reveals Electricity power set (News)

Jul 30, 2009

Champions Online announces details on the Electricity power set. Details include what the abilities do when tapped, charged, and more.

Champions Online microtransactions, Omega System, and beta changes (News)

Jul 16, 2009

Highlights from the latest State of the Game for Champions Online includes micro-transactions, endgame content, and what beta testers are seeing this week.

Champions Online and its Mystic powers (News)

Jul 3, 2009

A highlight of the Mystic powers in Champions Online including the Sorcery and Supernatural line.

Champions Online tentative open beta start date (News)

Jun 27, 2009

News of the MMORPG Champions Online's open beta beginning date.

Champions Online State of the Game now with Twitter (News)

Jun 26, 2009

Champions Online latest State of the Game announces the ability to post to Twitter from in game. Other news within the article includes talks about powers, crisis zones, and more.

Champions Online villain profile: Stingray (News)

Jun 25, 2009

Another profile for one of Champions Online's most emotional and unstable villains. Stingray, once the Princess of Atlantis, is now a supervillain last seen in Lemuria.

Champions Online villain profile: Qwyjibo (News)

Jun 19, 2009

Examiner says: "Qwyjibo's tale is something of woe. As a manimal created by Dr. Moreau for his own army, Qwyjibo immediately started questioning his creator's way of life."

Champions Online's Official State of the Game (News)

Jun 19, 2009

It's always appreciable when a developer makes as much effort as it can to not only listen to their community, but respond in kind as well. The fairly regular Ask Cryptic features have gone great lengths to achieve a nice give and take, but now the first public State of the Game for Champions Online has been posted.

Win beta key and beta tour for Champions Online (News)

Jun 18, 2009

Details how to win a beta key and beta tour for Champions Online through their Facebook promotion. A winner will be announced June 25, 2009.

Champions Online not "standard fantasy fare", won't go after WoW (News)

Jun 18, 2009

John Needham, Cryptic Studios CEO, has affirmed that Champions Online is completely different from the typical MMO game and won't poach from others.

He argues the superhero MMO can be enjoyed "right alongside World of Warcraft" and others, with the goal of having Champions Online as "simple to get into as possible for anyone".

Stronghold Prison lair in Champions Online (News)

Jun 17, 2009

A summarized guided tour of the Stronghold Prison lair in upcoming MMORPG Champions Online. The original tour is guided by a community team from beginning to end.

Champions Online on Xbox 360 this year (News)

Jun 16, 2009

The rundown from an Atari financial report that dates Champions Online for the Xbox 360 in Q3.

Champions Online lets you build your own nemesis (News)

Jun 16, 2009

A brief look at the nemesis system in the upcoming PC and console MMORPG Champions Online.

Atari Confirms Launch Window For Champions Online (News)

May 29, 2009

Atari revealed earlier today in a financial statement that their Champions Online MMO developed by Cryptic Studios is scheduled to launch in Q3 of this year on Xbox 360 and in September on PC.

Champions Online (Screenshots)

May 29, 2009

Rumor: Champions Online to have a PC/360 simultaneous release (News)

May 19, 2009

This article discusses the possibility of a PC/360 simultaneous release for Cryptic Studios upcoming title, Champions Online due to the PC releases recent push back to September and Cryptic's stance on wanting cross platform servers.

Champions Online suffers delay (News)

May 16, 2009

Cryptic Studios has announced that their upcoming superhero MMORPG Champions Online has suffered a delay.

Champions Online – hands-on (Preview)

May 13, 2009

It’s a bird. It’s a plane. It’s… some character you created in a videogame. And that’s all you need to do to get started in the upcoming massively multiplayer, cel-shaded superhero RPG Champions Online, which we played last week during a visit to developer Cryptic Studios. ...

Champions Online MMO Could Arrive On PS3 (News)

May 7, 2009

Cryptic Studio's Champions Online MMO is due to arrive on the PC on July 14th with an Xbox 360 version promised soon after. The game's executive producer, Bill Roper has said a PS3 version of the game is not entirely out of the question...

Champions Online 360: No "huge" wait over PC version, says Roper (News)

May 1, 2009

VG247: Champions Online will be one of 360's first MMOs, Cryptic design boss Bill Roper has told VG247, and has promised there won't be a "huge gap of time" between the PC version on June 14 and the console SKU.

Atari Confirms Champions Online Release Date (News)

Apr 25, 2009

Atari officially announced today that Champions Online will be released worldwide on July 14th. They had been planning on announcing this information on May 8th but the date was leaked earlier today and it apparently forced their hand.

Champions Online Fansite Kit Holds Some Secrets (News)

Apr 23, 2009

Due to the closed beta NDA restrictions for Champions Online, Massively knows very few specifics about the game. Luckily, Cryptic released a fansite kit last week that contains plenty of hidden gems for fans to speculate about and Candor, a board member on the Champions forums, compiled a list of all the goodies.

Weaknesses System Removed From Champions Online (News)

Mar 19, 2009

IncGamers' interview with Bill Roper has confirmed that the weaknesses system, previously set to give you boosts to power in return for taking heavy damage from certain types of attacks, is no longer in the game.

Champions Online Nemesis Battles To Be "PvP Style" (News)

Mar 19, 2009

IncGamers report, following their interview with Bill Roper, that the climactic Nemesis battles in Champions Online are going to play out like PvP fights.

"They don't do things like a lot of AIs you see that are on timers or other shticks, but they actually use powers, use cooldown, and react just like a player does in terms of how they use their powers and what you're doing," according to Roper.

Bill Roper Responds To Champions Online PS3 Rumours (News)

Mar 19, 2009

IncGamers interviewed Bill Roper earlier this week, and during the interview, they asked him about the possibility of forthcoming PC and 360 MMO Champions Online coming to PS3 - particularly with regards to prior news that a job offer for a PS3 programmer appeared on Cryptic's site.

Champions Online Is A Timed Exclusive (News)

Mar 12, 2009

Champions Online will be released for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 but the launch will not be simultaneous. One platform will receive it before the other two. So, who does Cryptic Studios love the most?

Rumor Killers: Army of Two 2, COD: MW 2 Details, and Champions Online PS3 (News)

Mar 6, 2009

Army of Two 2 on the way?, Leaked details on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2? Champions Online coming to PS3?

Champions Release Date Obscured (News)

Mar 1, 2009

BeefJack writes, "Atari have backed down on the previously promised June release for Cryptic's new superhero MMORPG Champions Online and have instead scheduled it for the slightly more anomalous "spring"...

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Atari: Champions Online in the works for "consoles" (News)

Feb 18, 2009

Atari told VG247 today that Cryptic MMO Champions Online is in development for "consoles". Note the "s".

ATARI Launch European Champions Online Website (News)

Feb 18, 2009

In addition, visitors to the site can apply for a chance to take part in the live beta test of Champions Online and be amongst the first to explore the new universe and become champions.

Champions Online (Preview)

Jan 28, 2009

What superpower would you have? Us? We’d probably have to plump for invisibility because you can’t kill what you can’t see, and someone has to watch over Veronika Zemanova as she goes through the dangerous process of trying on lingerie. And, as luck would have it, in the forthcoming MMO, Champions Online, you’ll be able to live out these superpower-wielding dreams without the fear of arrest. ...

Cryptic Lets You "Rate My Champion" (News)

Jan 23, 2009

That Gaming Site writes: "Cryptic Studios, the developer behind upcoming superhero MMORPG "Champions Online" have unveiled an upcoming feature allowing the Champions community to..."

X-play MMO Report Thursday Jan. 8th (News)

Jan 9, 2009

Just like The Sess before him, the beginning of a new year means that Casey gets to look forward to the games that are planning to release in 2009. This next year holds some serious milestones for MMOs, specifically the existence of many home console versions. What will happen when A-list MMO titles invade the living rooms of millions of people? Will they have mass appeal? Before you answer those questions make sure you strap-in, gun it to 88, and watch for the three bright flashes. This is...

The MMO Report.

Take-Two Drop Champions Online (News)

Dec 18, 2008

With Atari buying up Cryptic Studios what is to happen to Take-Twos Champions Online Project?

Cryptic 'definitely interested' in PS3 Champions Online (News)

Sep 5, 2008

Speaking during a presentation to press at Leipzig Games Conference last month, Cryptic designer Aaron Safronoff said that the studio "would like to deliver the game to as many platforms" as possible.

When asked why there is no PS3 version planned, Safronoff replied: "The PS3 version is something we're definitely interested in. But as far as that launch time it will just be those two. As far as any specific reason why we haven't done it yet, I actually don't know that answer. But as far as time is concerned, we were already built in. We wanted to do the 360 and PC right away. Basically that was the quickest transition for us to get a game on the market."

He added: "We are certainly looking into it, absolutely. We would like to deliver the game to as many platforms as we possibly could."

Champions Online (Preview)

Aug 7, 2008

For Cryptic Studios, men in tights are serious business. Cryptic established itself as a force for good in the MMO world with City of Heroes and its sidekick standalone expansion, City of Villains, but in hindsight, those games seem like mere proof-of-concept for Champions Online, Cryptic’s next superhero MMO opus. ...

'Champions Online' Launching Spring 2009 (News)

Jul 17, 2008

"City of Heroes developer Cryptic Studios is breaking through the next-gen MMO doors with Champions Online, due out next spring for the Xbox 360 and PC."

Champions Online Developers Answer to the Community (News)

May 21, 2008

In yet another edition of 'Ask Cryptic,' designers and directors take the time of day to answer some of the communities' questions. Unfortunately, the big question for this week was layered boxers or briefs.

Champions Online, based on the pen-and-paper HERO System, appears to be a delightful romp in the same vein as City of Heroes. The most delightful aspect of the game has to be the customization options available for players to explore and utilize to create their very own protagonist or antagonist in a perpetual MMORPG world. Possible lawsuits from popular comic book publishers aside, Champions Online is ramping up as development continues to move forward.

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New Champions Online screens (News)

Mar 10, 2008

"Get a closer look at the facial animations featured in these new Champions Online screenshots!" exclaims Crytpic Studios about new, um, Champions Online screenshots.Go ahead and get a closer look. Go on, we're sure they don't bite."Now superheroes can smile, cry, grimace, wink, scream defiance at their foes or do anything else you can imagine!" the developer exclaims again. Like Han Solo once said, we can imagine quite a bit.Anyway, Champions ...

Champions Online Trailer - Marvel MMO's Replacement From Cryptic Studios (News)

Mar 2, 2008

Most of us have heard by now that the much-anticipated Marvel Universe Online game for the PC and Xbox 360 has been canceled. Cryptic Studios was understandably upset, but they've taken their work on the superhero game in an exciting new direction. Check out this new trailer for proof that change is sometimes a very good thing.

Champions Online First Details (News)

Feb 22, 2008

"The makers of City of Heroes hope to create the superhero MMO to crush all contenders.

" Champions is a popular paper-and-pen role-playing game. Since the first edition of the Champions tabletop game was released in 1981, the HERO role-playing system has since evolved into one of the most respected around, primarily for its robust character creation system. Champions Online takes many of the ideas of the tabletop game and reshapes it to fit the needs of a massively multiplayer online game.

"There's still quite a lot to be learned about Champions Online, but it appears Cryptic Studios is on the right track. Champions Online ships in spring 2009 on PC and Xbox 360.

Cryptic is the firm who recently stopped working on Marvel Universe Online for PC and Xbox 360.

Champions Online MMO confirmed for Xbox 360 (News)

Feb 20, 2008

Cryptic Studios, a leading developer of massively multiplayer online role-playing games, has announced Champions Online, a new MMO based on the popular pen-and-paper RPG Champions. Cryptic has also acquired the Champions intellectual property from Hero Games.