Atari and Cryptic have already announced a bunch of pre-order promotions with various stores in preparation for the Sept. 1 launch of Champions Online. Well, if you prefer to download games directly to your computer, you'll be happy to hear the superhero MMO is now available for pre-order on Direct2Drive.

There's two perks to pre-ordering the game through Direct2Drive. First, you'll get guaranteed access to FilePlanet's open bets for Champions, which starts Aug. 17. Second, you'll get an exclusive costume piece: the Mechanoppendage Backpack. You can pre-order the game here.