Champions Online is aiming for a 2009 launch and developer Cryptic Studios is slowing releasing more info and, more importantly for us, new screenshots showing off what their next super hero MMO looks likeRecently a batch of new shots from the game were posted up on the game's official web site.

Many of the shots show off the underwater land of Lemuria where many of the game's missions will take placeThe shots retain that cel-shaded look that make Champions Online look different than Cryptic's last MMO game City of HeroesCan Cryptic go back and make their second such game better than the first? Stay tuned.