KeyWord:
Cryptic Studios,Champions Online,Development,NCsoft, City of Heroes
Date:
02-15-2008
Summary:
The new MMO game's details were revealed in a sneak peek of the upcoming issue of Game Informer magazine. Entitled Champions Online, it will allow players to choose between either a character or villain character.
Game Title: Champions Online
Genre: Fantasy
Developer: Cryptic Studios
Status: Development
It's no surprise that Cryptic Studios next project will have another superhero theme thrown into it. Considering that they were the original developers of NCsoft's City of Heroes and the now defunct Marvel Universe Online MMO titles, it's no wonder that it decided to capitalize on its strength as an MMO developer by working on another title with the same theme.
The new MMO game's details were revealed in a sneak peek of the upcoming issue of Game Informer magazine. Entitled Champions Online, it will allow players to choose between either a character or villain character.
It was also revealed that the new game will be also released for "consoles" as well as the PC. While this seems suspiciously similar to Cryptic Studios own plans for Marvel Universe Online, perhaps this was their own way of reviving the already dead project sans the comic licensing from Marvel.
It's still unsure which console platforms Champions Online will be released on. However, it's sure that NCsoft's City of Heroes will have a new MMO archnemesis once the game goes live.
Cryptic Studios is a leading independent developer of Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games, with a reputation for delivering profitable, on-time, on-budget titles. It developed the innovative and successful City of Heroes, as well as its subsequent expansion, City of Villains. Both titles garnered numerous awards from leading enthusiast press including GameSpy's Game of the Year award in 2004.