Champions Online gets demo, iPhone app

By Oli Welsh Published 21 December, 2009

Also Christmas event and recruitment bonus.

Cryptic will be promoting its superhero MMO Champions Online with a new update, an iPhone app, a recruitment initiative and a free demo this Christmas.

Starting today, 21st December, you'll be able to play two characters up to level 15 within the game's tutorial areas free of charge in a new demo. Find it at the official site.

The iPhone app, Champions Companion, allows you to view your character, manage your friends list and see online status, use mail, read in-game news and more. It's available now, free, from the App Store.

The new referral program allows players to invite a friend to play free for 10 days. Both of you will get a rare in-game action figure and experience and combat buffs when you group up. You'll also earn an additional costume slot and 400 Cryptic Points currency for every one of your recruits who buys the game.

Finally, Cryptic launched the Attack of the Misfit Toys event this weekend, with the usual new costume pieces, action figures and perks to go with a wandering giant robotic teddy bear boss in Millennium City.

Cryptic is also currently winding up for the release of Star Trek Online at the start of February. We've just got our beta access, so look out for a report and more early in the New Year.

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  • mcmonkeyplc #1 2 years ago

    Excellent! I can see how my PC will handle STO!

    Dont really give a shit about champions online though :)

  • DFawkes #2 2 years ago

    The iPhone App is quite handy for checking who's on before booting up, and for free it's a nice little companion to the game.

    Great that there's a demo now, in my opinion it's a lot more polished than at release and probably worth a look for people that were curious. I'm still playing :)

  • Kremlik Verified Co-Founder, Crash To Desktop #3 2 years ago

    DF would you consider CO better then CoX in the long run? or has it been hit by the 'we don't have X millions already lets let it die' issue that the players and devs now think with many many mmos
    Edited by 1 at 21/12/09 @ 12:37

  • Rubarack #4 2 years ago

    CO was so promising, it's astonishing to see what a hash they made of it since Open Beta.They need to add at least some content to cover the gap they inserted but so far they haven't added a damn thing to the game.

  • DDevil #5 2 years ago

    Almost makes me want to sub again... I miss the game but just don't have the time!

  • telboy007 #6 2 years ago

    So I take it this will never see the light of day on the 360 / PS3 then?

  • miiiguel #7 2 years ago

    I never played a mmo. Ever.

  • Kremlik Verified Co-Founder, Crash To Desktop #8 2 years ago

    @tel with Sony (well SOE techically) doing DCU Online themselfs for the PS3 and PC it's unlikely for that and we all know how MS are with anything these days so it's av wait and see deal - iirc it's still being done for the 360, last i heard during beta the 'tweaks' between the two were almost done - I think it's merly just the red tape between MS and them getting to agree a way of 'pricing' really

  • telboy007 #9 2 years ago

    Cheers Kremlik

  • Seoh #10 2 years ago

    Am i missing something with this demo? it allows you to reach lvl 15 but doesn't allow you to leave the tutorial zone, whenever i try to head to canada or the desert it tells me to buy the full version.