Champions Online going Free to Play
Posted on Thursday, October 28th, 2010 and filed under Free to Play.
Massively 1 reports that it’s a pretty wild day for fans of Champions Online. In a surprising move, executive producer Shannon Posniewski announced in his most recent State of the Game that Champions will be adopting a free-to-play model.
This announcement isn’t the only shocker for fans of the superhero MMO. New heroes in CO will be able to choose an “Archetype,” a class-like build that streamlines the character creation process and makes the elaborate power selection mechanics a little easier to use. Existing superheroes and new fully-customized Champions will require a paid subscription, but the majority of the game’s content, including the costume editor, the zones and expansion packs will be completely free.
Cryptic has included a full list of all the various features that Silver (free accounts) and Gold (subscriber accounts) will be able to access. This is definitely a bold move by the game’s producers, and only time will tell if it pans out for them. What can be sure is that it will get a lot of new users to take the plunge and try the game out.
Champions Online: The new superhero MMORPG from Cryptic Studios!
Posted on Tuesday, September 1st, 2009 and filed under Game News.Five years after the release of City of Heroes: the very first superhero MMORPG Cryptic Studios bring us Champions Online. It looks as though the key features separating this from it’s predecessor are better player customization and powers. As far as graphics are concerned they’re nearly identical, as the game uses a modified version of the original engine. This game has created some hype since it’s E3 debut last year, after Cryptic bought out NCSoft. Well we’ve finally reached the release date (September 1st) and there’s a new trailer which has surfaced on the web. Check it out!
-Christian
