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Cryptic looking for coder to port engine.

MMO developer Cryptic studios is advertising for a PS3 programmer, suggesting it's looking to port its in-development Star Trek Online and Champions Online to the console.

"We have developed a flexible, cutting edge MMO platform to power games like Champions and Star Trek Online," reads the job ad.

"It runs on PC and Xbox 360 - now we want to support PS3 too."

Champions Online is a cel-shaded superhero MMO from the genre's originators - Cryptic developed the original, City of Heroes, for NCsoft, as well as the canned Marvel Universe Online for Microsoft.

Champions has been confirmed for release next year on PC and 360. Diablo legend Bill Roper's working on it now. You can find full details, including a hands-on preview, on our Champions Online gamepage.

You'll have to wait a year or two longer to get your hands on Star Trek Online, which was announced this summer for "PC and console".

The game will allow you to command Klingon and Federation starships staffed with NPCs, explore space, engage in ship or hand-to-hand combat, and beam down to planet surfaces in parties of friends. Once again, shots, video and detail-packed news are over on the Star Trek Online gamepage.

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Dizzy #1 3 years ago

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Cross platform play would be a good idea as well.
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Olemak #2 3 years ago

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Champions on the PS3 would be very hard to resist. I'm sort of hoping this is not going to come through, as I am still going through CoH withdrawal.

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Xerx3s #3 3 years ago

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"Cross platform play would be a good idea as well. "

Never going to happen. It would mean that they would have to shut out either of the console platforms.
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Rirekon #4 3 years ago

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"Never going to happen. It would mean that they would have to shut out either of the console platforms. "

Er... why?
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DFawkes #5 3 years ago

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Indeed, it not only could, but has - Final Fantasy XI can be played on PC, or 360, or on PS2, plus I believe it can be played on a backwards compatible PS3 now too (there was an update to allow it). Can't get more cross-platform that that, unless you start adding portable consoles, and the Wii.
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CosmicFuzz #6 3 years ago

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I really hope there's no monthly fee for this, 'cos I'm dead tight.
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Arwin #7 3 years ago

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Wow, that would make two superhero MMOs for PS3 then?
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