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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Perfect Ten: MMORPGs with huge class rosters
After talking with Mark Jacobs the other week about the difficulty of balancing Camelot Unchained's 30 classes, it got my mind thinking of MMOs...
Hyperspace Beacon: Three things SWTOR’s Eternal Championship needs
Hello BioWare,
It’s me again, your average Star Wars: The Old Republic fan. You remember when I complained about Chapter 10 of Knights of the...
Perfect Ten: Why MMORPG studios don’t just reboot their games
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It's interesting to note that the EverQuest video game franchise, as a whole, is quite large -- perhaps bigger than you realized. There's the...
Massively OP’s MMORPG Valentine’s Day 2016 roundup
If you're one of those gamers who needs goofy real-world holidays in your MMOs, then this weekend is for you, as sappy pink hearts,...
League of Legends deploys final preseason patch
Before the season arrives, League of Legends has one or two final things to say in how the game is run. Today the MOBA...
Champions Online’s Teleios Ascendant lair patch is live
Last month, Cryptic promised a new update for Champions Online, and this week, it's finally live. The studio calls it the "biggest challenge" in...
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PWE and Cryptic Studios have just announced that Champions Online's latest content update will land on the public test server today. It's called Teleios...
League of Legends reveals confusing new champion Jhin
Last week Riot Games released a bizarre video called Mind of the Virtuoso that appeared to be part art project and part ... I guess art project...
PSA: Champions Online lifetime subscriptions are on sale
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SMITE hosts World Championship and Xbox One Invitational this week [Updated]
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Perfect Ten: The 10 best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2015
There is no way we can list all of the great updates in a given year. It's not possible. We are always going to...
Perfect World is running a bunch of holiday events
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Paladins adds deserter system and Evie, the Winter Witch
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Every year, we lodge our predictions for the next. Funny, strange, and deadly serious, these predictions are a glance back on the naïvetés of 2014 and...
The Stream Team: Play-testing the rest of Paladins’ champions
The first time MassivelyOP's MJ delved into Paladins, she was wasn't able to try out all the various champions. She didn't manage to play...
Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for Marvel Heroes & superhero MMO fans
If you're a superhero fan or close to someone who is, you are certainly not lacking for options as to where to spend gobs...
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I don't think I could take the blow to my ego to boot up and play something called Dragomon Hunter, but then again, I...
