Champions Online is now officially the longest-running superhero MMO, and the world makes no sense

You are no doubt aware that Champions Online is still running, although the game has been in unofficial maintenance mode for half of forever. What you may not be aware of is the fact that at this point, it is the longest-running superheroic MMO on the market. That’s right, it edged out its closest competitor by just about a month.

If that strikes you as the sort of thing that should not have been permitted to happen, well, you aren’t alone in that. But that’s the world we live in.

You can argue whether it’s the longest-running steadily updated superheroic MMO, but you can’t argue that it’s been in operation longer than anything else. Collectively, it turns out that players have had about 5500 years in-game, which is more than twice the age of the Great Wall of China. Those are your fun statistical factoids for the game, but we’re sure that some other unintentionally depressing fact will come along before too long.

"Developing Champions Online was a lot of fun, working with a smart and creative team to provide a great comic-book experience!" – Randy Mosiondz

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— Champions Online (@ChampionsFFA) April 14, 2018