Champions Online going free-to-play on Halloween weekend
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Oct 25th 2009 at 7:30PM } 
The free-to-play weekend is being offered in an attempt to promote the title's first live update, Blood Moon. We expect that more than a handful of partially illiterate heroes will appear during the update's launch, and will be confused as to where all the sexy teenage vampires are located.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ripslymemc @ Oct 25th 2009 7:42PM
For a second there I thought they were going to be f2p forever, but its only for the weekend...
:(
Phix @ Oct 25th 2009 8:09PM
Yeah, same here. I was pretty shocked... almost as shocked to learn that CrimeCraft ISN'T free to play!
Markusdragon @ Oct 25th 2009 7:52PM
Ooh, so essentially a 3-day demo? Now that's a little more interesting...
Markusdragon @ Oct 25th 2009 7:53PM
30dayshaveseptemberapriljuneandnovememberalltherest... Crap, I meant 4 days, didn't I.
*dunce cap*
AvA (ice~) @ Oct 25th 2009 8:24PM
what. the fuck. lmfao
DeepFriedSushi @ Oct 25th 2009 8:06PM
why does she have concaved nipples
under13warrior @ Oct 25th 2009 8:21PM
Wish my PC could run it...
Special Agent Steve @ Oct 25th 2009 10:57PM
I can make it run it.... for a price*
* It's your soul.
under13warrior @ Oct 25th 2009 11:10PM
NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
under13warrior @ Oct 25th 2009 8:22PM
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
(sorry I just cant handle this in a civilized manner)
Quiggy @ Oct 25th 2009 8:30PM
Can't we install some sort of filter that bans these fuckers forever? Or at least some form of CAPTCHA?
KingOfHearts @ Oct 25th 2009 8:39PM
I just turned the corner, and I did NOT see Christmas.
You LIE!!
Sidebuster @ Oct 25th 2009 8:51PM
I could swear that Cryptic never canceled my account after I canceled. What i mean is, I don't get charged, but I can still log in. Probably my imagination.
Champions is fun for a little while, but I find it really hard to get a group simply because you don't need to be in one and that means you're just playing a single player game. Great controls and graphics though.
ZaxCG2 @ Oct 25th 2009 9:23PM
Sounds intriguing. Does anyone recommend?
2nd Lieutenant Gunther (PSN: helghast102) @ Oct 25th 2009 9:31PM
@Quiggy
NO CAPTCHA! I fucking HATE those things!
mocax @ Oct 25th 2009 9:31PM
can i design a superhero with tentacles? who hunts female baddies.... and make them.... suffer.... for their evil deeds....
NukeAssault @ Oct 25th 2009 11:58PM
go on...
Reader @ Oct 26th 2009 12:22AM
I suggest rewording the title... It's misleading. I take it McElroy isn't into the MMO scene?
Gerik @ Oct 26th 2009 4:55AM
Wow, I could have saved myself $50 if I had just waited. A free weekend would have been just enough time for me to decide that I never want to play it again.
One reason it sucks? When I played, I picked Super Jump as my travel power. When using Super Jump, I took fall damage. That blew my mind.
Ryan @ Oct 26th 2009 8:27AM
Travel Power? Super Jump? Like in CoH?
Wow, it lacks even more originality than I thought.
Jouten @ Oct 26th 2009 11:24AM
Doesn't Joystiq ever monitor their comments anymore? What's with all the 'comment spam'? Why don't they remove it? They remove other offensive posts, why not these ones?
MadSkeetElite @ Oct 26th 2009 1:12PM
Omg these comments are hilarious. So this game isn't very good Gerick? Anyone else play it? I don't wanna sit on my PC and download this forever just to play a crappy game. Sorta like what happened when I heard of a certain "awesome" Second Life...sigh... piece of crap.. seriously everyone just sits on that game and begs for money and runs around nude... ugh.
Mopo @ Oct 26th 2009 1:55PM
Ok, I can see where this is going. Play for the weekend? I have a feeling that it will take that long just to download it. I do not see anywhere that you can download the content now prior to the actual play time. If that is the case, then I can see severs being bogged down...
Batzarro @ Oct 26th 2009 3:03PM
Mine keep crashing.