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Champions Online News
Latest Headlines for Champions Online
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Progress Since Launch Interview
Champions Online has withstood a fair amount of criticism since its launch. Recently, MMORPG.com's Jon Wood spoke with Cryptic's Bill Roper about the game, its future, and the criticisms that it has weathered.
Reported on Dec 11, 2009 -
Bill Roper Interview
MMORPG.com's Dana Massey recently traveled to teh Cryptic Studios offices and spoke with Champions Online's Bill Roper about the game, its launch and its future direction.
Reported on Dec 07, 2009 -
Speculating on What's Next
MMORPG.com Champions Online Correspondent C.A. Thomas writes this look at a number of different directions that the developers at Cryptic might go in the continuing development of the superhero MMO.
Reported on Dec 01, 2009 -
Free Thanskgiving Weekend
Beginning Thursday, November 26th at 10AM PST, Cryptic Studios will be offering a free Thanksgiving weekend for Champions Online. The free play event will run for a full four days, coming to a close on November 30th, 2009 at 10AM PST.
Reported on Nov 25, 2009 -
Nemesis Confrontation Now Live!
The Nemesis Confrontation update, which was announced last week, is now live! In addition to the "Nemesis Confrontation" five man lair, today's update also includes a bevy of costume additions, including several new capes, many new back items and accessories, and a pass on many of the existing costume pieces to incorporate the glow feature. Along with the usual fixes, tweaks, and balances that come with any major update the Archery power set has seen a major overhaul with this patch as well.
Reported on Nov 24, 2009 -
Exclusive "Nemesis Confrontation" Trailer
Get a first look at the recently announced Nemesis Confrontation lair in this latest Champions Online trailer available exclusively at MMORPG.com!
Reported on Nov 19, 2009 -
Nemesis Confrontation Dev Chat Friday!
Yesterday we reported on the announcement of a new five man lair called "Nemesis Confrontation". The lair will be introduced in an update set to release next Tuessday, November 24th. But given the short time frame between the announcement and the update's release, there are sure to be many questions about the update on players' minds, and Cryptic Studios is happy to oblige with the announcement of a Nemesis Confrontation Dev Chat set for this Friday.
Reported on Nov 19, 2009 -
New Lair: Nemesis Confrontation!
Cryptic Studios has announced today the addition of a new lair to the game called "Nemesis Confrontation". Nemesis Confrontation is a new five man lair for UNITY members (Level 40) that will see players confront the nemeses of all five members of their team, and then finally culminate in a fight against a new evil: the Shadow Destroyer!
Reported on Nov 18, 2009 -
Five Most Needed Additions to Champions
MMORPG.com's C.A. Thomas writes this list of overall improvements that need to be made to Cryptic's newest superhero MMORPG, Champions Online.
Reported on Nov 16, 2009 -
Champedia Launched!
Cryptic Studios has launched a "central database for all Champions Online in-game data" called Champedia, which will allow players to search for characters, super groups, powers, and missions.
Reported on Nov 13, 2009 -
Bill Roper on Balancing Ranged vs Melee
Today, we ask Cryptic Studios' Bill Roper about his philosophies on attempting to balance ranged and melee combat styles in an MMO.
Reported on Nov 12, 2009 -
A Guide to Teaming
MMORPG.com Champions Online Correspondent C.A. Thomas writes this look at teaming and the roles that are required to do it effectively in Cryptic's new superhero MMO.
Reported on Nov 05, 2009 -
Player Perspective: Superhero Discontent
MMORPG.com Columnist Jamie Skelton writes this look at some of the discontent that has been flowing around the Champions Online forums surrounding the game.
Reported on Oct 30, 2009 -
Blood Moon Live Today! New Trailer!
Champions Online's first major update and event hits live servers today! To coincide with the update's release, a new trailer has been released over at IGN highlighting some key points of the update.
Reported on Oct 27, 2009 -
Free Blood Moon Weekend
Try Champions Online for free with the launch of Blood Moon this weekend! Blood Moon officially launches tomorrow, October 27th, but the free weekend event will begin on 10AM this Friday, October 30th, and run through to 10AM Monday, November 2nd.
Reported on Oct 26, 2009 -
C-Store Receives Major Update!
The Champions Online "item shop" has received a major update with last nights scheduled maintenance. Today, players can access a whole host of new items from the C-Store including the robot beast, epic samurai, and Halloween costume sets, full character retcons, additional character slots, and additional costume slots.
Reported on Oct 20, 2009 -
Victor Wachter: Going Shardless
MMORPG.com's newest columnist Victor Wachter pens his first column on the shardless server that has been implemented by Cryptic Studios with the launch of their new superhero MMO, Champions Online
Reported on Oct 20, 2009 -
Bill Roper on Blood Moon
MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller had a chance recently to ask some questions of Champions Online Executive Producer Bill Roper about the upcoming Blood Moon event and the general future of the super-hero game.
Reported on Oct 19, 2009 -
Blood Moon Preview!
The Champions Online Blood Moon page has received a major update! The new page is a one-stop shop for all your Blood Moon information needs, including links to recent Blood Moon dev diaries, the power list for the new Celestial powerset, details on the new event perks and item rewards, and a bevy of new screenshots, some of which feature characters sporting some snazzy new costume items!
Reported on Oct 14, 2009 -
PvP DevChat Tomorrow
Cryptic Studios will be holding another Champions Online devchat Thursday, October 8th, at 4PM PDT. The devchat will focus on the Hero Games, Champions Online's PvP system.
Reported on Oct 07, 2009
