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Fri, Jan 27, 2012 | 17:36 GMT

Champions Online: Free for All celebrating one year anniversary

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Champions Online is celebrating its one year anniversary since going free-to-play with a 20% off sale in all items in the C-Store. Players will also receive in-game goodies from now until January 31 such as a double boost in XP with the return of Witchcraft. In addition, the new Mountain Archetype has party favors for sale such as the Halloween and Winter Grab Bags. Players will also be able to perform a daily mission for The Mountain to earn one of the new Mountain Costume set pieces. More information is available on the official website.

Mon, Dec 19, 2011 | 16:14 GMT

Champions Online reveals new character type, definitely not a Sith

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Bummed that you’re not able to play Star Wars: The Old Republic at launch? Well, Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios has a bit of a treat for you. The company launched a new character archetype (re: class) that bears more than a passing resemblance to a Sith lord.

The character wields what are essentially two red lightsabers, and is clothed in a dark hood and cape. Could it possibly just be a coincidence that this is coming out a day before the official launch of SWTOR? No, not really. Picture after the break. More »

Thu, Sep 01, 2011 | 09:04 BST

Thursday Shorts – 3DS Metroid crashes, CoD XP tickets, Diablo III intel

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After reading Nathan’s epic David Jaffe interview, I am incapable of digesting anything larger than bite-sized.

Fri, Aug 19, 2011 | 05:18 BST

Cryptic details transition to Perfect World subsidiary

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Cryptic has opened up on precisely how its acquisition by Perfect World will affect Champions Online and Star Trek Online players.

Fri, Jul 08, 2011 | 22:08 BST

Friday Shorts II: Champions, Atlantis, Zynga, F2P iPad, movies

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It’s time for the weekend, and your second batch of shorts for the day. Go get ‘em below the break, tiger.

Tue, May 31, 2011 | 07:36 BST

Atari’s Cryptic Studios picked up by Perfect World

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Atari has sold Star Trek Online and Neverwinter developer Cryptic Studios to Perfect World.

Thu, May 12, 2011 | 23:40 BST

Thursday Shorts: Army of Darkness, Orion: Prelude, Doctor Lautrec, Duke Nukem OnLive

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Tomorrow is Friday. You should be pleased. Very pleased. Have some shorts to help you celebrate the impending end of your work week.

Thu, Apr 21, 2011 | 22:42 BST

Thursday Shorts evening edition: Deus Ex music, Crytek SDK, Donations, Sims Royal Wedding fun, more

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Some things in life are hard to explain. This post isn’t one of them. It’s just more shorts. .

Wed, May 25, 2011 | 04:54 BST

Saturday Shorts: RIFT, Star Trek, Green Lantern, The Settlers 7, sales

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Saturday playtime is almost over, so to get you ready for a relaxing Sunday, here are some headlines and news highlights.

Fri, Mar 25, 2011 | 15:52 GMT

Thursday shorts – the sequel: Tanks, Divinity II, SWG, KZ3 contest

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The first bifurcation of shorts is here. Read the follow-up below. The only thing better, would be triplets.

Wed, Mar 02, 2011 | 10:37 GMT

Wednesday shorts, part 1: GDC panel bits, Rift launch trailer, much more

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There’s a metric fuck-ton of smaller stories heading out of GDC and opportunists piggy-backing the show. Skim this lot.

Thu, Feb 17, 2011 | 21:34 GMT

Champions Online numbers surge with free-to-play revolution

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Champions Online has joined the ranks of the free-to-play success stories, with Atari claiming numbers have grown by 1,000 percent since dropping a subscription model.

Tue, Jan 25, 2011 | 17:01 GMT

Champions Online is now free to play

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Following news last week that Champions Online lifetime subs have now been reduced by 20 percent to £240, Cryptic’s confirmed that the basic game is now completely free to play.

Thu, Jan 20, 2011 | 13:55 GMT

Sale: Cryptic slashes lifetime sub prices for STO and Champions Online

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With Champions Online going free to play and Star Trek Online turning a year old, Cryptic is celebrating by temporarily slashing prices on lifetime subscriptions for both MMOs.

Thu, Jan 13, 2011 | 14:21 GMT

Champions Online FAQ details new free-to-play business model

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With Champions Online going free-to-play on January 25, Cryptic thought this would be the perfect time to post an FAQ regarding the new business model. If you have been playing since launch or just getting started on it, you may want to hit it up.

Tue, Jan 11, 2011 | 20:54 GMT

Champions Online goes free-to-play January 25

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Atari and Cryptic announced today that the free-to-play update of Champions Online will become available worldwide on January 25.

Fri, Nov 12, 2010 | 18:59 GMT

$300 lifetime subs return to Champions Online

Cryptic’s reopened lifetime subscriptions to Champions Online, despite the MMO being on the verge of going free-to-play.

Sat, Nov 06, 2010 | 17:52 GMT

Cryptic to “wait and see” how Champions does before switching STO over to F2P

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Cryptic boss Jack Emmert has said the company plans to see how well Champions Online does before looking at switching Star Trek Online over to a free-to-play model.

Tue, Oct 26, 2010 | 14:31 BST

Champions Online switching to free-to-play

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Cryptic just confirmed that superhero game Champions Online is to become to latest MMO to switch to a free-to-play model.

Wed, Mar 24, 2010 | 19:06 GMT

Champions Online no longer coming to consoles, says Cryptic

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Cryptic has revealed that it no longer has “current plans for a console version” of Champions Online.

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