Champions Online Dated, With New Trailer

PC, Xbox 360

Atari and Cryptic Studios have announced that Champions Online for PC systems will be available worldwide July 14, 2009. Champions Online is a new MMORPG that lets gamers dive into a massive world of super-powered heroes, villainous Nemeses, ancient gods, underwater civilizations, alien invasions, and much, much more! From Cryptic Studios, the creators of the acclaimed City of Heroes and City of Villains, comes one of the most exciting new MMOs of 2009.

Powered by the groundbreaking Cryptic Engine and based on the award winning Champions setting from the HERO System of pen and paper role playing games, Champions Online taps into a rich and established universe of heroes, villains, and intrigue. The game takes the MMO genre to new heights with fast paced, real time action combat. This high flying action delivers a heroic feeling unlike anything experienced in another MMORPG, while the total customization of character creation takes the experience to the next level.

Choose from thousands of costume pieces, body types, and modifications for a level of personalization never before imagined. Create unique power sets to break outside the prison of class archetypes – players can even choose the appearance, and style of their powers to complete their vision. While players transform into the ultimate hero, the Nemesis system lets the game’s powerful customization tools craft an enemy of the extreme opposite, a villain of nightmares. This ultimate adversary will appear throughout a hero’s career, and even form diabolic supergroups to bedevil other players throughout the universe.

Champions Online brings epic heroism back to the MMORPG genre, with depth to challenge the most experienced online gamers and fast paced action to engage new entrants to the genre. Check out the new trailer, showing off the gorgeous comic book-esque graphics, below.

Champions Online 'Create Your Nemesis' Trailer - 112.6MB MOV