2K Games nos informa en el día de hoy que se ha abierto el período de inscripción de la beta privada de Champions Online, el ambicioso nuevo MMO que prepara Cryptic Studios, creadores de los populares City of Heroes y City of Villains. El juego está siendo desarrollado para PC y también para Xbox 360, siendo uno de los pocos MMORPG que están en marcha en estos momentos para la consola de Microsoft, con una salida estimada para primavera de 2009. Los interesados en inscribirse en la beta (es para la versión PC) pueden hacerlo a través de esta página web. La puesta en marcha de la beta se producirá a mediados del próximo mes de noviembre. Champions Online ofrece al jugador el poder total para crear su propio superhéroe, con el que explorar un vasto universo que hará la delicia de los amantes de los cómics.

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Sign Up Now for Cryptic Studios’ Champions Online™ Closed Beta

Players get to test the new comic book styled action MMO for the first time

Los Gatos, CA – October 13, 2008 – Cryptic Studios™ announced today that players can now sign up for a chance to participate in the first closed beta for Champions Online™, an action massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) slated for release in the spring of 2009. This PC specific beta begins in mid-November 2008 and players sign up by visiting http://www.champions-online.com/preview_application.

“This closed beta is an exciting step in the evolution of Champions Online,” said Jack Emmert, chief creative officer for Cryptic Studios. “All of us here in the Cryptic offices have been playing the game for a while now, and we’re excited to invite others in to have as much fun with Champions Online as we’ve been having internally.”

Champions Online gives players the power of total customization for their hero experience while they explore a vast comic book universe. Gamers create their hero’s name, back story, costume, powers and abilities as well as design their own personal nemesis and his or her back story, which will guarantee a truly unique experience.

Champions Online is being developed by Cryptic Studios as a cross-platform project including PC and current gen console systems, and is published by 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO).

For more information, log onto www.champions-online.com.