Official Site:Â Champions Online
Studio:Â Cryptic Studios/Perfect World Entertainment
Launch Date:Â September 1, 2009
Genre: Superhero Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid F2P (Cash Shop, Optional Sub)
Platform: PC
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The Champions Online Winter Event stomps into town
Being a superhero means that every holiday - every single one of them - will be met with an array of themed villains. It's...
Former Cryptic devs form Cold Iron studio to build ‘AAA online action games’
Every wonder what happened to Craig Zinkievich after he moved on from Star Trek Online and Cryptic Studios? Turns out he and several other...
SWTOR nerfs command XP after community farms mobs
The new galactic command endgame system that arrived in last week's SWTOR: Knights of the Eternal Throne has been steeped in controversy ever since...
Here’s the schedule for all of PWE’s Christmas events
Perfect World wasted no time in pulling the trigger on its crop of winter holiday events now that December is here. The MMORPG publisher...
The best Thanksgiving and Black Friday MMORPG deals
Getcher credit cards ready, folks. It's time.
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The Secret World is part of the Humble Bundle this week; you can...
Champions Online heralds the return of Nighthawk
Legendary superhero Nighthawk has gone rogue -- or has he? Players will have to investigate a series of appearances of Nighthawk and his vigilante...
Black Death’s Providence update adds animal husbandry, treasure hunts, and better NPC AI
Indie survival sandbox The Black Death has a big patch out this week called Providence with a ton of new features and skills. Players...
Champions Online introduces a new archetype: The Witch
Seven-year-old Champions Online has a reputation for being a neglected MMORPG, but it's actually had several updates in 2016, including Teleios Lair and Shadow of...
League of Legends crowns 2016 world champions
This past weekend, the battle went down in League of Legends' biggest tournament of the year. When the dust settled, Team SK Telecom T1...
The MOP Up: Neverwinter brings the thunder to consoles (October 23, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Guild Wars 2 heard you liked Halloween farming, so…
Last night, ArenaNet end boss Mike O'Brien gave the Guild Wars 2 farming meta one step forward and one step back by announcing the team...
Massively OP’s guide to MMO Halloween 2016
"Two things I did on Hallows Night: / Made my house April-clear / Left open wide my door / to the ghosts of the...
A Blood Moon rises over Champions Online once again
I think it was Eliot who recently joked that Halloween in a superhero game is just gilding the lily -- everyone in a superhero...
EverQuesting: Could Daybreak’s new FPS be an EverQuest?
With the constant clamoring from fans for Daybreak (or someone) to create an honest-to-goodness next-gen sequel to the EverQuest franchise, you'd hope that it...
The MOP Up: SkySaga meddles with trading methods (October 9, 2016)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
Champions Online’s Shadow of Destruction is all about the endgame
Will Champions Online finish out 2016 with more patches than World of Warcraft? Maybe! Even if not, it's made a valiant effort this year,...
Chronicles of Elyria seeks $3M more in funding
With the opening of Chronicles of Elyria's web store next week, its team is working on the next phase of the game's fundraising campaign....
Bloodline Champions spinoff Battlerite hits Steam early access
Earlier this year, Bloodline Champions' original developer, Stunlock Studios, announced a spiritual successor: Battlerite. That MOBA has now gone live on Steam's early access...
Leaderboard: Where did all the City of Heroes players go?
Based on the comments under Justin's Perfect Ten on City of Heroes memories this past week, a lot of folks out there in our audience really...
PSA: Get your Champions Online anniversary freebies
If you have totally forgotten that Champions Online is currently in the ecstatic throes of its seventh anniversary, it's to be forgiven. Lots of...
