Cryptic Studios launched the website for their latest super-hero MMO, Champions Online, today. It wasn’t that long ago that Microsoft officially announced the demise of Marvel Universe Online, a super-hero MMO that Cryptic was developing. Then comes the announcement that Cryptic purchased the Champions IP from HERO games, the creators of the HERO roleplaying system.
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Champions Online unveiled
Filed under Love Your Geek on February 20, 2008
Keywords: Champions Online, City of Heroes, Cryptic Studios, HERO games, MMORPGs, superheroes
Replayability
Filed under Soapbox on April 20, 2007
Keywords: City of Heroes, MMORPGs
I’m coming up on my 4 month “anniversary” in City of Heroes. I’m a little late to the party–CoH is celebrating their 3rd year this month. There is still an active community and the developers continue to add content.
This is my first experience with a MMO, but reading through others’ comments on the CoH forums [...]
Hi, Kippy McFidget
Filed under Reviews on October 13, 2006
Keywords: Disney, MMORPGs, ToonTown
It’s my nephew’s fault. He came over a couple weeks ago and couldn’t stop talking about it. I thought it might be a chance to bond with him, so I asked him to show it to me. He did, and I haven’t stopped playing with it since.
I’m hooked on my first MMORPG. (Why are you [...]
I wanna be a superhero
Filed under Love Your Geek on April 13, 2004
Keywords: City of Heroes, comic books, MMORPGs, superheroes
I still remember the first comic book I ever owned/read. We were moving from New Jersey to Iowa, and at some gas station along the way, my dad bought me a Superman/Plasticman team-up. I was in the 1st grade. I became a hardcore collector from Jr. High up until I got married (funny how collection [...]
