Earth's first and best line of defense is its heroes. For generations, brave men and women have answered the call to protect the world from the villains who threaten its safety and security. Led by The Champions, protectors of Millennium City, the world's heroes have launched a crusade for peace, security and justice. But they need allies. Defender is calling for a new generation of superheroes to fight in a war against evil that spans the globe -- and beyond.
Champions Online is a superheroic MMO project by the creators of City of Heroes, designed to give players the power of total customization of their hero experience while they explore a vast universe of richly detailed 3D environments. The game features literally billions of character options allowing total customization, real-time action combat and of course the richly detailed Champions universe.
In less depressing superhero MMO news, the F2P Champions Online has received its latest update, Nighthawk, which is looking as moody as an Edward Hopper painting. In this update, vehicles are introduced, including the snazzy-looking "Hawkwing" seen in this video. Read More »
Cryptic Studios wants Champions Online players to tap into their inner Darkseid. The free-to-play MMO is looking for new content, in the form of user-created supervillain bosses. In a post over on the official Champions Online site, Cryptic lays out the ground rules for making your very own big, bad boss. Read More »
Atari and Cryptic Studios' subscription-based superhero MMO, Champions Online, is going the way of Lord of the Rings Online and Dungeons & Dragons Online. The publisher announced this morning the year-old game will be free to play beginning in early 2011. Read More »
Champions Online and Star Trek Online developer Cryptic Studios is losing its chief creative officer. Industry veteran Bill Roper is bidding farewell after two years with the studio to look for new opportunities. Read More »
The description I devised for my Champions Online super-being Death Panel goes like this: "Workaholic bureaucrat Edgar Billings thought his service to his country ended when his head smashed through the windshield of his car and into an inconveniently placed tree. Little did Edgar know that at that very instant, Congress passed a diabolical piece of legislation that ripped him from the astral plane and sent him hurtling back towards Earth, hungry for paperwork. Wielding the Chains of Oligarhy (sic), DEATH PANEL now hunts the terminally ill criminals of Millennium City. Looks like it's time to pull the plug... on crime.
Also, you must eventually leave the relatively safe and warm cradle of the hero generator and step foot into Millennium City, and what you'll find there is an unfinished and altogether average massively multiplayer online role-playing game with halfhearted action-game trappings. Read More »
T for Teen Blood, Fantasy Violence, Suggestive Themes
Release Region: United Kingdom
Release Date: September 4, 2009
Publisher: Namco Bandai
Release Region: Australia
Release Date: September 7, 2009
Publisher: Atari
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