Comments on: Hero announces 6th Ed in 09, Champions MMORPG?

By: Matthew Baker

Matthew Baker — Fri, 30 May 2008 17:52:15 +0000

I am so looking forward to this game how dose oner get to sign up for Beta testing

By: Dai Oni

Dai Oni — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:22:42 +0000

“Hell yes, managed to get the WoTC hate in this thread too!”

Not cool.

By: Allan Sugarbaker

Allan Sugarbaker — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 04:12:36 +0000

Chris said: I think I wanna know what the reasoning was behind letting people know 18 months out that you will have a new edition of the game. Seems like a long way outâ€¦but there ya have it. misuba said: That depends on how much transparency and community involvement they bring to the creation of the new edition. Since theyâ€™re Hero, not WotC, Iâ€™m betting that theyâ€™ll bring plenty. There was a new Hero Games website relaunch that look place during DunDraCon (as if they weren't busy enough), and at the con seminar, Steve Long mentioned that he had pre-stocked the new 6th Edition forum with numerous threads posing questions about how 6th Ed should approach various rules, in order to get discussions going. So it seems the company is looking for plenty of community input, and giving itself enough time to properly consider any suggestions. Seems like a solid start.

By: Tori B.

Tori B. — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:37:31 +0000

Misuba has all the specifics right: Cryptic is now the owner of the IP for Champions, and Hero is the licensee. A few other data points: 1.) as I understand, Cryptic was formerly part of or doing development for the Marvel MMO, and some has suggested this move to Champions is a way for them to salvage the developed compenents of that MMO in progress. The DC MMO is, afaik, dead as well. Cryptic’s also no longer the owner of CoX as I understand, it having been purchased and managed for the last year or so by NCSoft. Given that I am not a big fan of the CoX play mechanics (great character models, though), I’m hoping Cryptic will do this one justice.

By: misuba

misuba — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:10:33 +0000

The deal is actually that the Champions intellectual property was sold to Cryptic outright, and Cryptic have given them a license, I believe a permanent one, to the IP that used to be theirs, for tabletop purposes. So I imagine a decent sum changed hands for the rights. If I were Hero I would have sought back-end participation, definitely, but who knows.

By: James S.

James S. — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:00:41 +0000

I just hope the HERO guys are getting a good kickback outta this and/or some financial royalties. I’m not a big fan of the system but I used to play Champions way back when in college. At least the video game money coming in would help keep them in business.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:40:53 +0000

Hell yes, managed to get the WoTC hate in this thread too! Woo!

By: misuba

misuba — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 23:12:53 +0000

That depends on how much transparency and community involvement they bring to the creation of the new edition. Since they’re Hero, not WotC, I’m betting that they’ll bring plenty.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:50:13 +0000

I think I wanna know what the reasoning was behind letting people know 18 months out that you will have a new edition of the game. Seems like a long way out…but there ya have it.

By: Scott R. Krol

Scott R. Krol — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:43:38 +0000

Champions Online website now live…

http://www.champions-online.com/

By: Mike Sugarbaker

Mike Sugarbaker — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:19:05 +0000

(I apologize to everyone for the way comments are getting lodged in WordPress’ throat lately)

By: John

John — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:17:08 +0000

Cryptic Studios is said to be the company that picked up the rights to a Camps MMORG. The Marvel Online project is dead – which may be why Cryptic moved to secure Champions. As they are the folks who created City of Heroes, I think that they may be the ones who could pull this off. I play COH and like it – I would like Champs online more…if they keep to the game concept. Should be interesting

By: James S.

James S. — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 11:09:39 +0000

I’m not taking that bet. I hate losing money.

By: James

James — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 10:37:11 +0000

The Marvel MMO is already dead:

http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/02/13/marvel-mmo-bites-the-dust/

And it’s been almost two years since anyone heaard anything about the DC MMO, innit? After all, once it became associated with Jim Lee, it just kinda disappeared… and the rate Lee completes works (All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder, anyone?) I dunno if we’ll see this until after the next, last, Crisis…

By: misuba

misuba — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:26:08 +0000

I’d wager that two of them at most will actually make it to market.