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Big Versus: City of Heroes/Champions Online
With the release of Cryptic 's new MMO, Champions Online , there are now two superhero MMOs on the market. The first is Cryptic 's old game, City of Heroes (now under the direction of Paragon Studios under NCsoft ), and the distinctions between the two are very striking. If you don't have ...
What Star Trek Online Should Learn From Champions
What Star Trek Online Should Learn From Champions
biobreak.wordpress.com — Once Star Trek Online launches in the spring of 2010 (reportedly), Cryptic will truly transition from a... one-title company into a multi-launched MMO studio. According to Jack Emmert, the shared technology and resources between the three dev teams ... (more) What Star Trek Online Should Learn From Champions
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Bill Roper – Computer Game Poison?
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Who wins in the fight between these two superheroes?
Massively — Filed under: Super-hero, City of Heroes, Reviews, Opinion, Champions OnlineNo, not those two, we're not touching that question. We're talking about the two Superhero MMOs: old favorite City of Heroes and newcomer Champions Online. Are you wondering how the two compare and which one comes out ahead overall? Big Download wanted to know too, and did us the favor of lining these two up side-by-side to find out. Since character customization is a huge feature in both games, Big ...

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