As many of you already know, Cryptic Studios is the developer working on Champions Online and Star Trek Online. Some of you probably already know that these games are being designed to appear both on the PC and the Xbox 360.

Now here's something you probably don't know about yet: Star Trek Online and/or Champions Online might be getting a PS3 port.

After Perpetual Entertainment halted development early this year, Cryptic Studios is now taking up the mantle and has announced that it's working on a Star Trek MMO, called Star Trek Online, which is supposed to head to the PC and consoles. Find out more about this upcoming game, as well as see some screenshots, after the jump!

When you've got a big event coming up, it's important to have your agenda well thought out beforehand. Fortunately, the organizers of the ION Game Conference have already finalized the schedule. They've also announced a new set of speakers, to boot. More event details come your way in the full article, after the jump.

Got some question roaming in your mind about Champions Online? Well, you might want to check out the latest update on the superhero MMORPG. The latest leg of Ask Cryptic Studios has been posted and question by curious players have been finally answered. Check them out after the jump!

Sometimes being immensely talented can work against you, especially when your talent captures the attention of Doctor Destroyer.

In Champions Online, Cryptic Studios details the background story of the most powerful psionic villain on the planet: Menton. More on this cerebral super villain in the full article, right after the jump.

Now and again, companies will introduce members a game's development team during a little Q & A session. In fact, Cryptic Studios has recently done that with Champions Online lead programmer Charlie Grisafi. 

Mr. Grisafi has a lot to tell you about the work he's been doing for the game. More details and explanations abound in the full article after the jump.

Common sense dictates that you cannot keep supervillains in an ordinary prison for long. The reason is that, sooner or later, they're going to bust out. So where do you keep them, then? Why, in a super-prison, of course! Champions Online has one such place: the Stronghold. Let Cryptic Studios tell you all about it after the jump.

The lure of teasers can be difficult to resist - they tend to whet your appetite for more without revealing too much about a good thing.

Speaking of which, Cryptic Studios has done exactly that with a new Champions Online teaser video. It's short, it's sweet, and it's available right after the jump.

Very little is known about Microsoft Game Studios and Cryptic Studios' upcoming MMOG and Xbox 360 video game, Marvel Universe Online. Take that fact into account and the trailer we have today really turns into a big tease.

This teaser trailer shows several Marvel heroes and villains in statuesque poses including Wolverine, Ant-man, Cable, Captain America, Cyclops, Daredevil, Nick Fury, the Hulk, Nightcrawler, the Punisher, Quicksilver, Spider-Man, the Thing, plus Apocalypse, Uatu, Doctor Doom, Doctor Octopus, Magneto, Galactus, and a Sentinel. This makes us even more curious as to how gameplay (too bad there weren't any shown) will work in Marvel Universe Online.

See if you can spot the all the Marvel characters by clicking play. We'll keep an eye on more Marvel Universe Online news and goodies so keep checking back. In the meantime, enjoy!

 

Straight from Barcelona, Spain, an official press release from Microsoft Game Studios revealed that an MMO game themed by the comics world repertoire of Marvel Entertainment is now under development by Cryptic Studios. Marvel Universe Online, which should be available for Xbox 360 owners and Windows Vista PC-goers, will sport interconnectivity play over Xbox Live and Live for Windows, bringing the MMO fans of the PC and fans of the Microsoft next-gen console closer together.

"The vision behind the alliance of Microsoft Game Studios, Cryptic Studios and Marvel is to expand the MMO genre and create an epic gaming experience exclusively for Xbox 360 and Windows Vista gamers to experience together online," Frank Pape said, who's senior director of business development at Microsoft Game Studios.

With MMO veteran developer Cryptic Studios at the development helm, the exclusive team-up of Microsoft, Marvel and Cryptic will attempt to deliver "the best possible experience in Marvel Universe Online." The World of Warcraft-killer we've been searching for, perhaps?

You may know Cryptic Studios for their hit MMO games City of Heroes and City of Villains, which are also superhero-themed like the Marvel MMO should be. Bringing in monsters, villains and Marvel superheroes to your favorite gaming platform, the MMO is expected to bring out the uniqueness of the Marvel IP.

When is it coming out? It hasn't been announced, but expect it to be a long way off from 2007. Still, with an MMO looking to rival that of Fury's graphics, it's definitely worth the wait.