Champions Online Preview
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Aside from the story-driven elements, there will also be a multitude of PvP options, including both 1-on-1 and team arena battles that play out like the craziest sumo matches you've ever seen. When a player's health runs out or a player is forced out of the arena, the match ends. You may end up with some cool items as well, as there will be rewards available only in these multiplayer modes. Don't worry, though, no one's going to take your stuff, as prizes will be randomly generated and dropped after the fact. Matches will occur in sanctioned, (televised) events that happen within the City's arena as well as in unsanctioned (Bash) brawls, which take place in unsavory Westside ghettos, where all the thugs and homies hang out and sell dope to school kids (sorry, no drug dealers in this game).
On top of all these variations, there will also be gigantically epic, apocalyptic events. Think of this as the MMORPG equivalent of the giant super-hero crossover books, like Infinite Crisis or Civil War, except you're kicking ass with characters who aren't from some copyrighted, trademarked group of DC or Marvel. The early map shown was the Stronghold, which is basically a giant indoor maze with turret-mounted lasers and gangs of crooks lurking around every turn.
