Cryptic may be porting Champions / Star Trek Online to the PS3
by Michael Zenke 
Nov 17th 2008 at 7:00PM
Filed under: New titles, Star Trek Online, Consoles, Rumors, Champions Online
The Craigslist listing specifically calls for a "PS3 Engine Programmer", and the job description includes daily duties touching on the company's massively multiplayer games. "We have developed a flexible, cutting edge MMO platform to power games like Champions and Star Trek Online. It runs on PC and XBOX 360 - now we want to support PS3 too." Kotaku labels this as a rumor, and rightly so; no confirmation or announcement from Cryptic means that this may be nothing more than fact-finding.
PS3 Engine Programmer
We are currently looking for a full time PS3 Engine Programmer.
Are you interested in a challenge? We have developed a flexible, cutting edge MMO platform to power games like Champions and Star Trek Online. It runs on PC and XBOX 360 - now we want to support PS3 too. Are you an expert PS3 coder? Do you enjoy squeezing every last drop of performance and spare memory out of the system?
Every day you could be:
Exploiting SPU parallelism to get the maximum performance out of the system.
Extending existing systems to adapt to the ever-changing needs of a massively multiplayer game.
Collaborating with innovative art and design teams.
What you need to work here:
The ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
Extremely proficient in C programming and debugging. You must be a brilliant programmer.
Thorough understanding of the PS3 - SPUs, RSX, SPURS multi-threading, etc.
Love videogames - Console AND MMO.
Apply Online At: www.crypticstudios.com
We are currently looking for a full time PS3 Engine Programmer.
Are you interested in a challenge? We have developed a flexible, cutting edge MMO platform to power games like Champions and Star Trek Online. It runs on PC and XBOX 360 - now we want to support PS3 too. Are you an expert PS3 coder? Do you enjoy squeezing every last drop of performance and spare memory out of the system?
Every day you could be:
Exploiting SPU parallelism to get the maximum performance out of the system.
Extending existing systems to adapt to the ever-changing needs of a massively multiplayer game.
Collaborating with innovative art and design teams.
What you need to work here:
The ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
Extremely proficient in C programming and debugging. You must be a brilliant programmer.
Thorough understanding of the PS3 - SPUs, RSX, SPURS multi-threading, etc.
Love videogames - Console AND MMO.
Apply Online At: www.crypticstudios.com
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Celestial Lord said on 7:18PM 11-17-2008
I sincerely hope this is the case. Should Champions Online come out for both PC and the PlayStation 3, I know I'd buy both versions.
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Lateris said on 9:06PM 11-17-2008
My question is how intelligent will the MMORPG gameplay evolve when played on a console. But if I remember right any USB keyboard(ibm) will work with the PS3. That would work for me if it is a "good game".
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Skypp said on 12:33AM 11-18-2008
i'll believe it when i see it
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