With the Marvel MMO officially dead and buried, what's a poor Superhero-MMO developer to do? Turns out that Cryptic Studios, creators of City of Heroes, City of Villains, (and would-be creators of Marvel Unniverse Online) already has another project going. That explains why we've been in the dark about the Marvel MMO for so long, Cryptic's been busy with another project! That new project is called Champions Online and is based on the old-school tabletop RPG of the same name (sans "online"). Champions is still a superhero world, with plenty of customizability that should work great for the world of an MMO. The main character creation mechanic, called the Hero System, allows the player to create custom super-powers. The depth of a tabletop game with the fun of a superhero MMO? Sounds good, though we'll always miss the Marvel MMO. [Via Joystiq]
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2-15-2008 @ 9:15AM
Kamalot said...
There was supposed to be a Champions game for ancient PCs (486s) that never was released. I'm still waiting for it to this day.
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2-15-2008 @ 12:41PM
spambot said...
This sounds a lot more interesting than a Marvel MMO.
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2-15-2008 @ 2:00PM
AoE said...
Oh my god just hearing the name brings back such memories! I can't wait to see what they do with it.
I thought it was just a regular RPG though? I don't remember the table-top version... did I miss out on something great?! :(
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