Champions Online Surpasses 1 Million Characters; Free-to-Play Until November 2nd

October 30, 2009 4:22 PM

If you're looking for an excuse to slip into some brightly-colored spandex and roam the city streets, Halloween's not your only option this weekend.

Developer Cryptic Studios and publisher Atari recently announced that their superhero-themed MMO Champions Online now houses more than 1 million player-created heroes. As we reported earlier, if you're curious to see what it's all about, new players can hop in and play for free all weekend long, until November 2nd.

The free-to-play period also coincides with a special in-game event called "Blood Moon Halloween," where players can "join the fight against Takofanes and his Undead Heroes." We're not sure who Takofanes is, or why you should fear him, but it won't cost you anything to find out this weekend.

Would-be heroes can register on the official site.

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zipper76

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October 30, 2009 4:35 PM

AITOO that thinks it's probably a sad statement when they are announcing the number of characters that exist? Unless they've moved to a pay-per-character model, this isn't a good sign.
- SkeezPimp
  
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  October 30, 2009 4:47 PM
  
  It's probably just some milestone they have set. They probably didn't even think they were going to get that many accounts in the first place. Initially, you've only got eight slots per account. You can purchase more...but come on, I'm not doin' that.
  
  It is a weird announcement regardless.