The moment many gamers were expecting is closer and almost a reality: Champions Online, the MMO developed by Cryptic Studios, has gone gold and will soon be released in shops worldwide. Also, starting today, the open beta of the game kicked off and you can experience is starting right now and test the features of the game.

Cryptic Studios has taken the massively multiplayer role-playing game genre to new heights with Champions Online. The experience begins with Champions’ immensely powerful character creation and customization tool, which enables players to fashion truly unique superheroes by choosing from thousands of costume pieces, body types, powers, and character appearances. Players can then modify their choices with an array of configurable sliders and color options, resulting in a completely individualized hero.

No superhero, however unique, can be complete without a super villainous Nemesis or two. With Champions Online’s powerful customization tools, players can also design the perfect Nemesis to oppose their superheroes. These ultimate adversaries appear throughout a hero’s career, sometimes issuing challenges, other times ambushing their heroic foe. Champions Online brings epic superheroism to the MMORPG genre with depth that challenges the most experienced online gamers, while its fast-paced action promises to engage new entrants to the online superhero universe.

Champions Online releases on Windows PC this September.