Atari and Cryptic have announced details of the pre-orders for Champions Online, listing US retailers that will be offering special deals.
Gamestop, Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Amazon will each be offering players different deals for Champions Online pre-orders, including early access to the game and exclusive in-game items.
After some confusion earlier this month, the start of the open beta test has also been confirmed as 17 August.
Cryptic Studios appears to be the latest Embracer-owned company to be impacted by layoffs.
Champions Online is based on the popular pen-and-paper Champions RPG, giving players the power of total customization of their hero experience while they explore a vast universe of richly detailed 3D environments.
The brand-new Witch Archetype brings ranged Support through the use of Curses to harm and spells to heal in Champions Online.
I never liked the City of... but Champions looks like a game I could really get in to.
City of...'s biggest strength was the char customisation, and Champions seems to have a very strong one as well.
Lots to choose from! Make sure you get the deal that is best for you!!!
But nothing announced for the UK? Oh well. Some of those packs look cool, but I imagine that - all things being equal - the ones with Early Start will sell a hell of a lot more if people know about all the deals going on.
Early start has to be included for sure, and it looks like Gamestop got the best offer overall.
Oh wow, I would like to try out the open beta just out of curiosity. I have been playing WoW 4 years, and that was my first and only MMO. Won't hurt to play this thing free eh?