
Videogamer writes: "Champions Online, the superhero MMO due out this September, is being developed by Cryptic Studios, the team behind City of Heroes and City of Villains, and the upcoming Star Trek Online. Here, in the first installment of our exclusive developer diary series, Steve Long, from Hero Games, publisher of the paper-and-pencil Champions game, describes how Cryptic got involved in developing the MMO."

Cryptic Studios announced with a press release that more of its veteran developers have returned to the studio following tenures elsewhere.

The MMO studio says it’s “unifying legacy expertise with fresh perspectives”

Cryptic Studios appears to be the latest Embracer-owned company to be impacted by layoffs.