Oh how we love to give out beta keys, so today we're posting a very special giveaway for Cryptic's Champions Online, which is set to launch in less than a month! Since we only have 1000 codes to give away, they may go quickly!
Simply head on over to our giveaway page, click the 'Claim your key' button at the bottom of the page and you're set with a shiny new key! From here, you can register for the beta on the preview page and follow this handy guide for complete information on downloading the client and joining the beta community. Best of luck!
Update: Champions Online is currently in a closed beta and, because of this, the servers are running in playtest sessions. Currently, the servers are down, so please don't panic when you download the client and it cannot connect to a server. Please refer to the Champions Online preview page for more information about the next playtest session.
Update 2: 50 minutes of giveaway, and all 1,000 codes have vanished! Congratulations to those of you who were lucky enough to snag a Champions key, and enjoy the beta!
Reader Comments (90)
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:14AM (Unverified) said
Omigosh. I got 1 :P
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:17AM ChristopherKee said
Thanks
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:16AM (Unverified) said
"This key does not activate any known products" WTF?
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:19AM ChristopherKee said
Huh? I just put the code in and it registered it with my Champs account.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:32AM Seraphina Brennan said
You're putting it into the main site. The key will not work there.
Make sure you're inserting the key into preview.champions-online.com.
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Make sure you're inserting the key into preview.champions-online.com.
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:18AM (Unverified) said
!!!! Thanks massively
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:18AM (Unverified) said
THANK YOU MASSIVELY
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:21AM Flicktion said
Hm... Mine doesn't seem to work, I get a 'This product key did not match our records' error.
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:28AM Seraphina Brennan said
1. Make sure you're putting it into the preview.champions-online.com site.
2. Make sure you are entering the key exactly as we've displayed it. No hyphens, if you tried to put it into the main site.
3. If that still doesn't help you, e-mail us using the contact us link above and we'll see what we can do to help.
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2. Make sure you are entering the key exactly as we've displayed it. No hyphens, if you tried to put it into the main site.
3. If that still doesn't help you, e-mail us using the contact us link above and we'll see what we can do to help.
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:23AM (Unverified) said
I might seriously cry, lol. The key I was issued will not work
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:33AM Seraphina Brennan said
As I've said above, make sure you're inserting your key into the preview.champions-online.com website. The main website does not work with these keys -- they're made for the closed beta preview site.
If push comes to shove and it still doesn't work, you can contact us via the method I have stated above.
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If push comes to shove and it still doesn't work, you can contact us via the method I have stated above.
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:27AM KDWhite said
Created account!
Downloaded .exe!
Hit 'Play!'
...server down.
Downloaded .exe!
Hit 'Play!'
...server down.
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:30AM (Unverified) said
Thanks Massively.Ive been waiting a long time for this.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:31AM (Unverified) said
Worked, but a bunch of friends did the same thing and its not working for them...THEY...ARE ...PISSED.... =\
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:36AM (Unverified) said
O man they aren't getting in to a beta.... why not just preview it when it comes out?
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:31AM Seraphina Brennan said
Testing hours start tomorrow. Sorry! Play times are Wednesday and Friday.
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:33AM (Unverified) said
Well, I can only get as far as the login pop-up before it tells me, "unable to authenticate". I got past it once, but it said the server was down. I wonder if this is why I can't get back in.
Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:37AM Seraphina Brennan said
The server IS down. Testing hours start tomorrow. Until then, you cannot play. Please refer to the champions online preview site for more info about how their hours work.
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Posted: Aug 6th 2009 11:35AM (Unverified) said
Thanks massively
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