Cryptic Studios super-hero MMO, Champions Online, began its free-to-play service today. The game allows players to create a hero and go on all of the adventures the base, original game offered at no cost. If you would like to proceed into the special ‘adventure packs’, then you will have to fork over some cash. Also announced was that the Cryptic Points used for in-game micro-transactions is merging with Atari’s point system, becoming ‘Atari Tokens’. The company has stated this conversion is a 1:1 process, meaning 1 Cryptic Point is equal to 1 Atari Token.

Champsions Online was released in late 2009.