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Sunday Comics: Dead Island Publisher Atari is “divesting” itself of MMO specialists Cryptic Studios, which it snapped up in 2008. It’s trying to sell the creators of Star Trek Online and Champions Online after losing Atari millions. [Atari Results (PDF)]
Bill Roper — one of the forces behind Warcraft, StarCraft, and Diablo — defected to Cryptic Studios back in 2008 to work on Champions Online and Star Trek. He has recently stated that he’s leaving Cryptic, but hasn’t given specifics.
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Champions Online’s Millennium City has been invaded by the Black Harlequin and his giant, murderous mecha-teddy, Clarence for the holidays. We’re going to need bigger hugs.
Cryptic Studios puts Champions Online’s nemesis feature to good use next week, pitting players against their self-created arch nemesis in a battle to save the universe from inter-dimensional evil in the Nemesis Confrontation event.
According to developer Cryptic Studios, Super Crecente is just one of more than a million superhero characters created since the launch of the massively multiplayer Champions Online.
Zombies and werewolves run rampant in Cryptic Studios’ Blood Moon event for Champions Online. In this video the developers discuss the special events taking place during the free-for-all weekend.
Why spend next weekend going out dressed up in costumes and getting drunk when you can stay home, put on a costume and get drunk while playing in Champions Online’s free play weekend?
The NPD PC charts for September have arrived, bringing with them several new entries amidst the old favourites, with Batman, Champions Online, and Aion slipping into the top 20.
