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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Champions Online fights a random server error that caused players to get stuck in maps over the weekend
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Dungeons and Dragons Online sleds into the Snowpeaks Festival today
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Star Trek Online has a new executive producer, players have a new hairdo
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Blizzard polls players about a Hearthstone sub as it scales back esports
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Epic MMO Battles of History: Azeroth vs. Final Fantasy XIV antagonists
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TERA Console tweaks classes and battlegrounds as a new TERA PC rogue server launches
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Champions Online kicks off its festive winter event, preps costume contest in honor of Kevin Conroy
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Five things that excite me playing World of Warcraft: Dragonflight
For most of 2022, World of Warcraft: Dragonflight was so far down my list of "most anticipated releases" as to be falling off the...
The Daily Grind: What’s the least appealing weapon in MMOs?
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Bruno was joking with me about how crap it was that Hobbit Champions in Lord of the Rings...
LOTRO Legendarium: What class should you pick in LOTRO?
Hunter.
Thanks for coming to the column! See you in the next one!
What, you want a bit more than that? Sheesh, fine. I'll stop amusing...
Champions Online begins the first week of its Blood Moon Halloween celebration
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The Stream Team: The challenge of Crystal Cove in Dungeons & Dragons Online
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One Shots: A line-up of champions
You know that you've finally made it as a bona fide hero when you are asked to line up in a dramatic group pose....
Lord of the Rings Online is about to give soloers a way to earn raid gear
In an hour-and-a-half Q&A video this past Friday, Standing Stone Games' Allan "Orion" Maki took the center stage to field numerous questions from the...
Champions Online is giving away character slots and vehicles for its 13th birthday
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"Happy Anniversary, Champions!" Cryptic...
Champions Online is reviving its streaming apparatus for its 13th birthday
Look up there in the sky! Is it a bird? A plane? No, it's a new streaming schedule for Champions Online!
That's right: Cryptic's underdog...
