Jack Emmert discusses the Champions IP in fresh new video

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Jack Emmert discusses the Champions IP in fresh new video

by Akela Talamasca Jul 11th 2008 at 10:45AM

Filed under: Super-hero, Video, Culture, Lore, New titles, Previews, Massively Event Coverage, Champions Online

During a recent media event at Cryptic Studios, Jack Emmert gave a presentation on what the Champions IP was all about, including the history of the Champions universe and its super-powered beings. He also took some time to answer a few questions, and delineated how the Champions Online MMO will distinguish itself from City of Heroes.

Although the video misses a few minutes of the beginning of the presentation, it does cover the major figures such as Defender, Doctor Destroyer, and Foxbat (pictured above); the various organizations the world harbors; and the Nemesis system. There's a lot of great content in Emmert's words, and if you're like us, it all just makes you hungry for more. The full 14:50 video is all yours after the break!

Tags: breaking, champions-ip, champions-online, cryptic-studios, defender, doctor-destroyer, featured, foxbat, jack-emmert, joystiqfeatures, nemesis, presentation, video

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7-12-2008 @ 12:19AM

zuburi said...

I still play City of Heroes. The game got sooo much better after Emmert left the team and "Positron" was put in charge. Emmert's aversion to showing the player statistic numbers (I mean for powers and the like; "min/maxers are evil") and his "vision" put CoH on life support.

I am amazed a control freak like him is using somebody else's rule system (Champions), and can imagine the amount of head-butting that went on when this was still called the Marvel MMO.

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