- Franchise Ownership Acquisition: Champions underwent a barely-visible but significant transfer when the rights to the setting (but not the rules) were purchased outright by Cryptic Studios when they wanted to use it for an MMORPG. The rights were then licensed back to Hero Games for the tabletop game. Cryptic were themselves subsequently acquired by Gearbox Software.
- Running the Asylum:
- A number of the current writers used to be Champions players.
- A number of the NPC heroes that have appeared in the RPG were based on player characters; Dr Silverback was Hero Games/DOJ owner Darren Watt's PC, the Harbinger of Justice was writer/owner Steve Long's.
- Vaporware:
- Hero System Vehicles for the game's Sixth Edition has been referenced in numerous 6E products since 2009 but remains unproduced. This includes not just name dropping, but actual attempts at cross-referencing: for example, the Hero System Skills supplement refers players to the unpublished HSV for the rules on combat sailing.
- There was also a PC game for the game's 4th edition that was in production at one point, had an article with screenshots in the company's newsletter, that never saw the light of day.
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