Official Site: Champions Online
Studio: Cryptic Studios/Perfect World Entertainment
Launch Date: September 1, 2009
Genre: Superhero Themepark
Business Model: Hybrid F2P (Cash Shop, Optional Sub)
Platform: PC
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Happy birthday, Champions Online
Champions Online turns seven years old today -- seven! And naturally, PWE and Cryptic have big plans for the whole month.
Everything in the...
Champions Online welcomes twin sidekicks
Two sidekicks for the price of one? What a deal! What a revelation! What a savings!
Well, that's enough first-paragraph excitement for the day. Let...
Champions Online begins testing Shadow of Destruction update
Superheroes are notorious for staging spectacular comebacks after suffering defeat or even dying for the sixth time that week. So try not to act...
Perfect Ten: The ten things I look forward to with MMO launches
It's not long now until World of Warcraft: Legion launches, which is all that I've been waiting for now for a while. Sure, technically...
The MOP Up: Path of Exile’s Q&A bonanza (July 10, 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 overhauls its costume creator significantly
Half of the fun to be had in Champions Online is just about putting together a character costume. Unfortunately, that's gotten more and more...
The MOP Up: League of Legends fights in-house toxicity (June 19, 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...
Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with distinct visual styles
Given the choice, I am always going to pick a game with stylized graphics over realistic ones. This is for many reasons; it's partly...
Analyst argues game devs are abandoning free-to-play in some genres
Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has another piece on Gamasutra this week, this one arguing that video game developers are "backing away from...
Champions Online begins Nightmare Invasion event
Champions Online has just kicked off a new Nightmare Invasion event for teams of 3 to 5 superheroes over level 10.
"Strange otherworldly creatures have...
Perfect Ten: My highlights from pre-launch MMO hype
Maybe the hype and anticipation of an upcoming MMORPG leaves you feeling burned out and turned off these days. Considering that some titles can...
One Shots: You put a spell on me
One of the very few MMORPGs that my wife and I ever played together was Wizard101, and I think most of that time involved...
Perfect World will publish Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic
Perfect World has just announced that it will be publishing Gigantic, Motiga's upcoming MOBA. "This partnership with Perfect World Entertainment expands the game’s reach, allowing...
Giant monsters smash Champions Online, heroes smash back
Sure, you expect nasty things to come out of a place called Monster Island, but Canada? Why are you getting in on the act...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 63: Leisure suit Larry
Justin and Larry discuss pristine WoW servers, TSW, Trove, Champs Online, SWTOR, lockboxes, and birthdays in CoH, LOTRO, and Guild Wars.
Champions Online promises fresh events, archetypes, and costumes
Champions Online has posted a state of the game letter to let players know what's new in Millennium City and what's still on the way. You know,...
Black Desert: Business model research, Daum addresses hacking complaints
Red Fox Insights analyst Jake Parmley has a piece on Gamasutra today about Black Desert's business model that confirms what you might already suspect:...
City of Heroes fans mark 12th anniversary in Paragon Chat and Champions Online
Twelve years ago, heroes answered the call to defend Paragon City against aliens, bandits, and nefarious sewer zombies. City of Heroes launched on April 27th,...
Champions Online wants to put you in the seat of this shiny air bike
Even the most stalwart superhero wants to unleash their inner grease monkeys once in a while. Champions Online is giving its legion of heroes...
Paragon’s Iggy and Scorch are an explosive mix
Kids, don't drink and drive. Unless, for some bizarre reason, you end up in a MOBA where you've transformed into an alcoholic gremlin-thing and...
