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A few weeks ago, Champions Online put out the call for your best festively-themed screenshots in their Winter Screenshot Contest. They began this by saying that winter was “almost here” to which one reader replied that he’d spent 30 minutes defrosting his car and winter is not “almost” here, it “is” here. So now that winter has arrived, Cryptic was ready to see the community’s take on it. Whether it be a peaceful snowy scene or a raucous holiday celebration, they wanted to see your favorite shots.
The response was very enthusiastic — the submission thread hit fourteen pages in nine days, and Cryptic announced the five lucky winners of the contest on Tuesday. The submissions ran the gamut from quiet and peaceful to loud and celebratory to funny.
Each of the winners will receive a code for an in-game Retro Destroyer action figure. All of the submissions can be seen on the forum thread, while the five winning screenshots can be viewed here. Congratulations to the winners!
Filed under: Super-hero, Events, in-game, News items, Champions Online
Champions Online announces screenshot contest winners originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on December 25th, 2009 at 8:00pm by Rubi Bayer
Filed Under: champions-online, co, contest, cryptic, cryptic-studios, winter-screenshot-contest
Today we bring Star Trek Online fans two big chunks of information and a whole slew of Klingon screens, too. First is a short trailer featuring Zachary Quinto laying down dialog for the game. Make sure you watch the video until the very end, as there’s a fun extra you won’t want to miss.
Second — and arguably much more exciting to specific fans — is the reveal of Klingon gameplay. Klingons are PvP only, meaning their progression contains no PvE questing of any kind. Just how much information are we talking about here? Well, pretty much all of it. In fact, we’re kind of wondering why you’re still reading this and not looking below the cut, where vast amounts of Klingon gameplay treasure awaits.
Continue reading Zachary Quinto in STO as Klingons gameplay is revealed
Filed under: Screenshots, New titles, PvP, News items, Star Trek Online
Zachary Quinto in STO as Klingons gameplay is revealed originally appeared on Massively on Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on December 17th, 2009 at 6:30pm by Kyle Horner
Filed Under: atari, cryptic, cryptic-studios, klingon, klingon-empire, pvp, star-trek, star-trek-online, sto, trailer, video, zachary-quinto
Filed under: Super-hero, Patches, News items, Champions Online
Cryptic has revealed the free costume pieces in next week’s Nemesis Confrontation update, which come in addition to two unlockable costume sets. Among the new free costume items are some exceptionally sweet capes, although we’re sure many players will be filled with glee to see new weapons being added to the costume creator.
While these are only cosmetic costume options, they’re important to players who wield specific guns or swords. It may seem like a minor issue to some, but having an outfit that makes sense — and looks cool at the same time — is surprisingly important to players who revel in a game like Champions Online.
You can also now put guitars on the back of your characters; something that immediately reeks of potential. We have to wonder if guitars are going to be added as visual replacements for sword based powers, enabling us to whack enemies with our musical axes. If someone at Cryptic could make that so, it would be somewhere within the vicinity of pure awesome.
Free costume parts galore in Champions Online originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on November 21st, 2009 at 4:00pm by Kyle Horner
Filed Under: Free, atari, champions, champions-online, costume, costume-pieces, costumes, cryptic, cryptic-studios, nemesis-confrontation, november, patch, update
Filed under: New titles, Opinion, Star Trek Online, The Daily Grind
This isn’t often a question we find ourselves asking others when it comes to character creation in an MMO, but, well Star Trek Online is different in this regard. Considering the very specific sort of wish fulfillment Cryptic’s next game offers, do you plan to first create a fictional captain or in-game version of yourself to captain a starship?
You see, we began thinking on this very subject not too long ago and a dilemma struck. While being a Vulcan or some odd new species is undoubtedly a tempting concept, seeing ourselves sitting in the captain’s chair is nearly as exciting. Considering Cryptic’s knack for powerful character creation tools, we’ve no doubt that coming up with a close approximation of our likeness wouldn’t be too difficult.
We know that every Star Trek fan is going to create themselves at some point but your first “main” is so very important. Since creating a Klingon-sided character is unlocked after some initial Federation play, we’re thinking of making ourselves first, and then, wait for it… a Gorn second. Yes!
The Daily Grind: You or not you, in Star Trek Online? originally appeared on Massively on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 08:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on November 21st, 2009 at 8:00am by Kyle Horner
Filed Under: atari, cryptic, cryptic-studios, federation, klingon, klingons, opinion, star-trek, star-trek-online, sto, the-daily-grind
In a recent interview with Boomtown, Bill Roper spoke his mind on everything from Hellgate: London hate to Champions Online’s launch and future. In fact, the man spoke quite candidly on all topics, particularly that of Cryptic’s missteps with their second superhero MMO as well as their successes.
Of particular note, there’s a mention of how Champions Online will handle DC Universe Online’s 2010 launch given that the superhero MMO market hasn’t really expanded of late. Curiously, Roper says he feels that the Xbox 360 version will help to vastly expand Champions’ user base. There’s a chance Cryptic could be pushing to get into the console market by or before SOE releases their superhero MMO. Although given the headaches Cryptic has expressed at getting an MMO on Microsoft’s console, we get the feeling much of the developer’s focus is presently on Star Trek Online and continued live game support.
Filed under: Interviews, New titles, News items, Champions Online
Bill Roper on Champions Online’s launch, current state and future originally appeared on Massively on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted on November 20th, 2009 at 6:00pm by Kyle Horner
Filed Under: atari, bill-roper, champions-online, cryptic, cryptic-studios, dc-universe-online, dcuo, soe, sony, sony-online-entertainment, star-trek-online, sto
