A major Chinese publisher with a large branch in the US, known here primarily for its stewardship of Cryptic Games’ MMORPGs, including Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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The Stream Team: Launching Neverwinter fireworks for Lliira
It's a holiday weekend in part of the world and the MMOverse, so why not start the celebration early? Neverwinter just started the Celebration...
Torchlight III’s new mainline patch adds Act 3, contracts, new Lifebound mechanics, and Relic updates
How do you know when a game's patch is a hefty one? When it takes two different pages to cover everything that's in it....
First impressions of Star Trek Online’s new Klingon tutorial and House Divided arc
One of the things I have always admired about Star Trek Online is the fact that its writers know how to take a premise...
Neverwinter’s Avernus, Star Trek Online’s House Divided launch as Cryptic offers 20th anny rewards
It's a big day for Cryptic Studios as the company is celebrating two decades in the industry, releasing Avernus for Neverwinter, and dropping House...
Star Trek Online previews some of the improvements coming with the Year of Klingons
Today is not yet a good day to die... but that day is coming soon, as the Year of Klingons approaches in Star Trek...
Global Chat: Too many shipwrecks in MMOs
In the vast annals of MMO tropes, there's one that has been in front of you all along and you've probably never noticed: shipwrecking...
Torchlight III schedules Act 3 and numerous fixes for June 30
Torchlight III may have had a bumpy early access launch this month, but Echtra Games is hoping to turn its fortunes around with next...
Neverwinter shows off the new heroic encounters arriving in Avernus
The Blood War is raging in Neverwinter, but that in and of itself isn't particularly noteworthy. The whole thing about the Blood War is...
The Daily Grind: What are the coolest MMO alien races?
OK, for today's topic, we're going to be limiting ourselves strictly to scifi MMORPGs (sorry fantasy, you'll have to settle for pretty much 95%...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 277: All the wonder in the ‘verse
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO, WoW Classic, Black Desert, Star Wars Squadrons, DC Universe Online, Torchlight III, and Anarchy Online, with adventures in RIFT, SWG Legends, and The Outer Worlds, and mailbag topics on LOTRO leveling, MUDs, and the next generation of MMO fans.
Cryptic’s MMOs will be offline much of June 23 and 25 for lengthy maintenance
We hope that you hadn't earmarked long stretches of time to play the various MMOs by Cryptic Studios on Tuesday or Thursday. The team's games...
Not So Massively: My top 10 favorite ARPG classes
I love me some ARPGs, but in any RPG your enjoyment will depend so much on finding the right class. A game that felt...
Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen dev defends the use of limited-action sets
With Pre-Alpha 5 on the way, Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen is generating more and more interest among MMORPG veterans. But one topic is...
Battle Bards Episode 171: Forest Tales 2
Hitch up your shorts, buckle your boots, and step into another deep forest of MMORPG music with the Battle Bards! As diverse as the...
One Shots: Stunning statuary
Last week's call for MMO screenshots of in-game statues resulted in so many great pictures, I could have probably done two of these columns!...
The Stream Team: Celebrating Neverwinter’s seventh anniversary with a jubilee
What? Neverwinter on a Saturday? It may not be the regular D&D night, but it is the MMO's seventh birthday, and that's a great...
The Stream Team: Working among Neverwinter’s werewolves
Massively OP's MJ and her team thwarted Idris' attempt to build an undead army in Ebon Downs, but there's plenty of adventure to be...
Massively Overthinking: When should we cut MMO studios some slack for trainwreck launches?
A while back, the MOP writers were chatting about some of the trainwreck launches we've seen from MMO studios over the last few years.
"I...
Torchlight III acknowledges rocky launch, promises work toward act three and more
Not quite a week into the surprise early access launch of PWE's Torchlight III, Echtra Games' Max Schaefer has posted a developer messaging acknowledging,...
Global Chat: Do numbers rob MMOs of fun?
Have developers and players grown so used to mechanics and number crunching that we've collectively lost something important along the way? That's the concern...
