Tag: Champions Online

Winter Celebrations Begin Around Perfect World’s Library


Winter is here, and that means seasonal events returning to your favorite MMOs. Perfect World Entertainment has officially announced its schedule for December, starting with most of its library this week with Neverwinter’s Winter Festival next week.

The list of festivities includes:

  1. Neverwinter Winter Festival of Simril: December 14-24, complete events to win event-exclusive mounts, companions, and costumes.
  2. Star Trek Online Q’s Winter Wonderland: December 7 – 18, help Q defeat the Kramp’lhri, compete in ice races, and more to earn exclusive cosmetics including a winter sweater worn by Wesley Crusher.
  3. Champions Online Attack of the Misfit Toys: December 7 – January 4, defeat the deadly toys unleashed on the city for new winter themed costumes.
  4. Perfect World International: (Varying) A slew of winter updates await, including login rewards, special NPCs, and more.
  5. Forsaken World: (Varying) In-game events, login rewards, and photo contests abound guarantee that players will receive their share of presents this month.
  6. Swordsman: December 21-26, earn charge points for logging in and exchange them for rewards.

You can learn more about any game’s upcoming events by heading over to the official Arc Games website.

Blood Moon Returns To Champions Online


We are knee deep in October, and that means it is that time of year again: Time to go kill some spooky monsters and get your hands on some ghastly goodies. Champions Online is just another one of those games handing out tricks and treats this holiday season.

Head on in to get your hands on the living sword, spiked collar, lunar wing vehicle, or shadow sickle vehicle. Defeat enough enemies to obtain the rank 3 defeat perk and you’ll be rewarded with a Thriller-themed dance emote.

(Source: Champions Online)

Perfect World Entertainment Details December Holiday Events


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Perfect World Entertainment has a lot of games in their library, and that means a busy December if you play more than one or two of them. For those of you looking forward to the festivities, we have a comprehensive guide for the events running through each game.

Neverwinter:

Winter Festival of Simril (December 15, 2016 – January 5, 2017)

Twilight Tor is back in all of its splendor for our adventurers. Complete daily quests and open Starlight Parcels to be rewarded with gifts for players and their party. Opening Starlight Parcel’s throughout the event increases the odds of better rewards including event-specific mounts and companions. Strap into your sled for high-speed racing and help the villagers with their monster infestation. Ice fishing makes its return, beckoning players to the frozen surface of Lake Glorfindar for an all-new level of challenge and rewards! Enjoy 2x bonuses all month long and don’t forget to visit your Stronghold to get into the Winter spirit. For additional details, please visit https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter

Star Trek Online:

Q’s Winter Wonderland (December 1, 2016 – January 12, 2017)

This year’s Winter Event brings the storied tradition of Klingon ice fishing to Star Trek Online. Catch candy fish and deliver them to the offering plate to unlock winter trinkets. Make enough offerings, and the candy Kos’karii appears ready for battle. Defeat it and earn even more festival rewards! By completing events, players can even earn a T-6 ship. Throughout all of December, we’ll also be hosting several promotions and bonuses for players enjoying this year’s Wonderland. For additional details, please visit https://www.arcgames.com/en/games/star-trek-online

Champions Online:

Attack of the Misfit Toys (December 8 – January 5)

Millennium City has been transformed into a winter wonderland! Starting December 8 and lasting throughout the New Year, Champions can visit Renaissance Center to check out the ornamented tree, visit the Toy Drive store and gather presents to collect special rewards from the Helper Elves. Starting December 22 to January 5, players can battle Clarence, the giant teddy bear, and Black Harlequin, who has turned the abandoned foundry into a workshop to create deadly toys! But this time something is different, as Clarence seems to have brought along some strange friends! There are new rewards in the Toymaster’s Apprentice store every week of the event, so be sure to check back! For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/champions-online

Swordsman:

Christmas Snowball Event (December 22 – 28)

During this event, Joe Chen will give every player 10 Snowballs a day. You will be rewarded with EXP and Kung Fu points for using them on other players and there is a chance that you will transform the other players into a holiday object.

Christmas Snowman Event (December 22 – 28)

Find Christmas trees hidden throughout three of the major cities in the game. Attack it until it drops the items you need to complete this event. When you return the items to Lan Fenghuang, she will reward you with an item needed to make your very own temporary snowman.

Santa’s Gift Event (December 22 – 25)

During this event, Santa will visit the major cities each day between 10:30 PM PT – 11:30 PM PT. You can collect gift keys which you can use to open the piled up Christmas gifts next to Joe Chen for special rewards. For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/swordsman

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12 Days of Giveaways (December 2 – 24, 26 – 31)

Check out our news page for new codes that will be given out starting on December 2 to earn Christmas fashion sets, Ether Jade, War Avatar Chests and much more! Codes will appear starting on the December 2 and new codes will appear every other day. Check the news page again from the 26th – 31st to get a redeemable code for even better rewards.

Snowmen and Snow in Major Cities (November 30 – February 1, 2017)

Archosaur and other major starting cities will feature Living Snowmen inside and outside their walls. Kill Snowmen and they will give you some quips, Chi Stones, Dice Tickets, and more.

A Generous Gift (December 7 – 27)

Visit the Generous Young Boy and if you’re able to wait around long enough, you can receive Golden Treasures for free.

Do the Penguin March! (December 13 – 29)

Go to Frigid Bay, complete various quests to try and get the special golden reward. For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/pwi

Forsaken World:

12 Days of Giveaways (December 14 – 25)

Log in each day with a character who is at least level 50 to receive special prizes. Log in on Christmas Day to receive a FREE Christmas Pack. This pack includes a fashion handheld, Christmas title, Christmas Fireworks, a Smiley to use in chat and a Gingersnap Mage pet.

Winter Festival (December 1 – 31)

Participate in festive quests to earn special holiday pets, special XP items, and various character boost items. For additional details, please visit http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/forsaken-world

Champions Online Lifetime Subscription 33% Off


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Champions Online lifetime subscriptions are on sale once again. From now until July 18th, you can get your hands on this deal for $200 from the regular price of $300. Lifetime subscription provides a lifetime (their life, not yours) of members benefits, including premium archetypes, travel powers, costume sets, and a 500 Zen monthly stipend.

With all your new found powers, you need a look that shows off your heroism. Gold Members get immediate access to loads of free costume sets, more than 400 parts in total, as an automatic unlock. Gear up for the fight with the Sakura Mecha Armor that comes free with your subscription. Your dueling gunslinger will be thankful for the bandolier and extra bullets that come free with the High Plains Drifter set. Finally, what type of Spartan doesn’t wear his signature cape and Spartan Armor before entering combat? These are just a few of the costumes you’ll get for free when you become a subscriber.

(Source: Champions Online)

Otherworldy Creatures Invade Champions Online


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Beginning yesterday (May 19th) and going through June 2nd, heroes in Champions Online will be able to group up and take on otherworldly invaders in the Nightmare Invasion event. In order to participate, players must be over level 10 and in a group of at least three.

Strange otherworldly creatures have started invading Millennium City, and you need to stop them! A mysterious stranger called Golden Seraph has appeared in Renaissance Center, pleading for assistance in stopping this invasion. Who is behind this new invasion, and what does it ultimately mean?

There are exclusive rewards for heroes who participate in the event.

(Source: Champions Online)

Top MMOs That Need To Come To Consoles


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The current generation of consoles have played host to a major surge in massively multiplayer games, with new titles releasing and being announced every month. To date, console gamers can enjoy titles like DC Universe, Planetside 2, Neverwinter, Final Fantasy XIV, Elder Scrolls Online, and more. With Star Trek Online recently announced for both Xbox and Playstation, MMO Fallout has decided to give its list of MMOs that need to make their way to the comfy couch.

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1. Marvel Heroes

Now that Marvel Heroes has gamepad support, a launch on Xbox and Playstation is the next logical step. Imagine the appeal of sitting on your comfy couch and beating the crap out of Magneto as Captain America, or even as Magneto since he’s a playable hero now. Since both consoles support free to play fully, with open talks of cross-platform play, it isn’t entirely out of the question to see people on all three consoles playing together in harmony.

While Marvel Heroes hasn’t been confirmed for console launch, the prospect hasn’t been denied either. There were initially plans for release on PS3 and 360, which were scrapped after the game launched for a variety of reasons, including a need to focus resources on fixing what had been a heavily panned launch on PC.
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2. Age of Conan

With Exiles set for release on consoles and Funcom on a tight budget, the odds of seeing Age of Conan come to Playstation and Xbox are probably slim to none. That being said, the game’s action combat could find itself perfectly at home with a controller, and the free to play model would introduce the game to a whole new category of gamer.

Incidentally, Age of Conan was also meant to come to consoles. Initially confirmed for launch on the Xbox 360, it took Funcom until 2011 to admit that the game wasn’t coming out, likely out of a combination of the poor reception of the PC version at launch and the technical limitations of the Xbox. Regardless, the game could find a new home on PS4/Xb1.

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3. APB: All Points Bullet

Unlike the previous games on this list, APB is still hoping for a console launch, with Deep Silver confirming the game’s release in Q2 2015. While we are now one year late, and still without a current launch date, it is unknown exactly when the game will be coming out. Regardless, a third person shooter with cooperative/competitive elements is a sure fit for the consoles, albeit one that is now pretty dated.

You’ll notice a trend that these titles were previously confirmed for launch on Xbox 360 only to have their development quietly cancelled later on. A lot of developers wanted to be the first not-Final Fantasy MMO on Xbox 360, only to face the harsh realities of developing, releasing, and maintaining such a title and dealing with Microsoft’s policies of the time.

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4. Champions Online

Since Star Trek Online and Neverwinter have console ports, it only makes sense to go back and bring back the title that started it all, Champions Online. Considering that, like most other games on this list, Champions Online was originally supposed to launch on the Xbox 360, it makes sense that Cryptic Studios already had a design drawn up on how to get the game working comfortably on consoles.

Much like Star Trek Online, Champions Online has a ton of content built up over years of development with fairly little competition on the consoles. Apart from DC Universe, there aren’t really any online super hero games to play on Xbox.

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5. Heroes & Generals

It’s been a long time since console World War 2 shooters were fruitful and plenty. We haven’t seen a WW2 Call of Duty since 2008, Medal of Honor dropped out in 2007, Brothers in Arms was 2008, and Battlefield 2009. There is Battalion 1944 coming out in 2017, but otherwise the genre is pretty much dead on home consoles.

Heroes & Generals is just what the doctor ordered, a first person shooter that is still consistently updated, with plenty of replayability and a long progression system, and a genre that is ripe for the picking. Heroes & Generals is still in early access, so a console launch isn’t even being planned at this point while the PC version is finished.

What MMOs would you like to see on consoles? Let us know in the comments below.

Perfect World Apologizes For Extended Maintenance


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Perfect World Entertainment is apologizing for recent troubles that kept servers down for an extended period of time this week. Extended maintenance on Tuesday and Thursday was meant to allow new hardware to integrate into the system and fix other problems, but the process took longer than expected and carried issues of its own. To compensate players, PWE is offering double experience and questionite in Champions Online until Tuesday.

In addition, the 15% charge bonus for Zen will be extended another day.

We’d like to apologize for the extremely long emergency downtime you may have experienced today. We’ve been having some problems with our network hardware that’s been causing issues, and we’ve been wanting to finally replace it with new hardware for a while now. The extended maintenance on Tuesday and Thursday was part of the new hardware swap, but the reintegration took a bit longer than expected. The good news is the update leaves all our Cryptic games in much better shape!

(Source: Champions Online)

Get Champions Online On Sale, Keep It On Sale


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Champions Online subscriptions are currently on sale until 9/29, discounted 33% off plus an extra benefit. As an added incentive to jump on board now, Perfect World Entertainment is extending the offer to recurring subscribers. As long as you keep your subscription active, the discount will remain in effect.

Once you lock into a subscription, you’ll be able to maintain that rate for as long as you stay subscribed — meaning that you can keep that discount as long as you want! Plus, every month you’re subscribed, you’ll get a stipend of 500 ZEN.

Subscribers to Champions Online receive a number of benefits, including free-form power sets and extra costume pieces.

(Source: Champions Online)

Design A Costume In Champions Online


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Do you have a great idea for a costume? Want to see that costume available in Champions Online for others to enjoy? Cryptic Studios has announced a costume design contest where one winner will see their creation available for purchase within the Champions Online cash shop.

Throughout the next few weeks players can submit their costume design, consisting of a 1) visual component, and 2) a written description. Don’t worry if you’re not an artist, as long as we have something visually to go with, anything will work. Players will post their entries on the forums, and we’ll choose our favorites to feature. Once the submission period ends, we’ll select five finalists and post them for the community to vote on.

The winner will also receive 3000 Zen ($30 value) as well as four copies of the costume to hand out to friends. Five runner-ups will receive a smaller dividend of prizes including Zen and exclusive action figures. The contest runs from today up until April 21st, with the winner announced on April 28th.

(Source: Champions Online)

Lessons From 2013 #13: Until We Say It’s Over


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You have to hand it to Cryptic, the company just won’t give up whether you want them to or not. Champions Online launched way back in 2009 and while the game was pretty fun it suffered from the effects of being the first game on a new engine. Systems weren’t fleshed out, the game is still pretty clunky, and the system feels bogged down by all of the new features that Cryptic has piled on over the years. Rather than leaving the game in the dust, Cryptic Studios announced earlier this year that they are opening Cryptic North, a brand new studio primarily made up of ex-Flying Lab Software employees. The studio has one goal, to improve Champions Online and allow the game to fully utilize the current Cryptic Engine platform.

Everything’s been quiet on the western front, so we have to assume that the team is busy plucking away. Hopefully we will hear more about Champions 2.0 in 2014.