The official site of Cryptic Studios now has a countdown to some sort of launch for a mysterious game. The small background image of the countdown depicts a sci-fi scenery in space. Star Trek Online is most likely the mysterious title due the studio’s recent acquisition of the game’s license and assets after Perpetual Entertainment dropped its development in January. In early March, the official Star Trek Online website was plastered with an image of the Star Trek emblem with the words “Coming Soon” on the bottom.

Cryptic Studios answers some additional fan questions for Champions Online this week with their latest edition of Ask Cryptic. Some of the positive news includes less emphasis on instanced missions than what were found in CoX (City of Heroes/Villains). Instanced areas, instead, will be reserved for villain bosses and the like. The majority of missions in CoX took place in semi-randomly generated instanced areas that were generally lacking in variety. However, that may change in Champions Online by making them fewer and farther in between, rather than the standard template. Standard missions will take place in persistent environments, akin to WoW.

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In the superhero-themed MMORPG, City of Heroes, their latest free expansion titled “Midnight Hour” will improve some aspects of the character creation system. Among the new new features is the ability to analyze the statistic and underlying numbers behind each power, including a display that shows you how each power progresses upon leveling up, as well as how each power adapts to PvP.

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The team at Cryptic Studios answers some player questions in their latest dev blog entry for their upcoming superhero MMO, Champions Online. The company previously developed the CoX (City of Heroes/Villains) series.

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