Developer Journals

Level designer John Hopler throws his life under the Champions Online microscope in this week's "Meet the Team" feature. Find out all about him by clicking below.

One of most unheralded positions in any game company is that of the Quality Assurance tester. Champions Online, in this week's installment of "Meet the Team", focuses on just such a hero. Find out more about Adam Lee after clicking below.

In this week's "RoleCraft," Jim Moreno continues his look at character alignment in MMORPGs - this time focusing on how in-game factions make characters "evil" (or not).

The latest edition of "Ask Cryptic" is now available for your reading pleasure. Fans of Champions Online submit questions which developers provide answers. This week's questions cover a bunch of nifty topics like role playing and costumes.

In this week's examination of Clausewitz "On Gaming," Jonathan Steinhauer looks at what victory and defeat mean ... to NPC monsters.

The latest look at the team behind the development of Champions Online focuses on lead VFX artist Michael Cavallaro. Check out all that's fit to print by clicking below.

In this week's RoleCraft, Jim Moreno looks at the standard D&D concept of alignment, how it works in roleplaying, and how it's applied to MMORPGs.

Champions Online producer Rob Overmeyer is the subject of this week's "Meet the Team" article, a chance for readers to get inside the head of a developer. Find out what makes him tick...

Champions Online devs have posted the latest edition of "Ask Cryptic" in which fans get to pose their burning questions for developers to answer. This week's version features questions about combat, non-combat activities and knockback. See if yours made the cut by clicking below.

Jonathan Steinhauer continues his application of the writings of Carl Clausewitz to MMOGs, this time focusing on defeat and "life after death" in online worlds.