cryptic studios

A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.

Guild Wars 2 is teasing something (new elite specs? a bard?) with a countdown for two weeks from now

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Guild Wars 2, what are you cooking up for us next expansion? The MMORPG's social media posted some artwork on Monday of a lute,...

Star Trek Online reopens the summertime vacation planet of Risa with new cosmetics and T6 ship

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It's about that time for Star Trek Online fans - time to put on their favorite swimsuits, beam down to a sunny paradise planet,...

PSA: Champions Online will apparently end 32-bit operating system support next week

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The inexorable march of time appears to be coming for the tech that's powering Champions Online, as one player is sharing a screenshot of...

The new Star Trek Online, Champions Online, and Neverwinter Discords that will displace the forums are here

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Back in May, players of Cryptic's old MMORPGs jacked their grumpiness levels up to 11 at the news that their games' new operators at...
Why are you fighting me? Because I'm a freaking dinosaur.

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that have fun with dinosaurs

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A great perk of being an MMORPG developer is indulging in your inner child's greatest fantasies. Been a life-long fan of pirates or ninjas?...

The MOP Up: AdventureQuest 3D has character slots in the works

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It may be too strange to believe, but AdventureQuest 3D doesn't have multiple character slots -- yet. That's about to change, as the studio...

The Stream Team: All That Matter in Star Trek Online

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Today is her 15th Massiversary, and Massively OP's MJ will be celebrating by delving into the new mini episode in Star Trek Online. The...

MMO Business Roundup: SAG-AFTRA’s victory, Ubisoft’s shame, Embracer’s leadership

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Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMO and MMO-adjacent industry news! Voice actor strike: The voice actor union SAG-AFTRA, whose strike against the major...

Star Trek Online outlines updates coming to its endeavor system today, including a rank raise

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If you're a high-level Star Trek Online player, you're probably very familiar with the endeavor system: It's the system that grants various daily tasks...

Star Trek Online offers discounted lifetime subs, runs multiple console events

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It's always a risky proposition to go all-in on an MMO lifetime subscription, but sometimes it really pays off -- especially if the game...

Champions Online polls players about costume pieces for its 16th anniversary

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September is still a few days (months?) away, but Champions Online already has its eye on that month for the occasion of its 16th...

Enter to win a Neverwinter Renegade Illusionist companion pack to celebrate the launch of Red Harvest

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In celebration of last month's multiplatform launch of Neverwinter's 31st module release, aka Red Harvest and its D&D movie-themed location, publisher Arc Games has...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 518: Too much horsing around

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Chris, Justin, and Bree discuss Equinox Homecoming's early access, Dune Awakening's beta, Neverwinter's Red Harvest, the former Cryptic MMOs' journey to Discord, Pax Dei's layoffs, and SWTOR's 7.7, with adventures in Palia, Lost Skies, Tower United, and Elder Scrolls Online, plus a mailbag topic on emulators we don't talk about.

DECA is closing the Star Trek Online, Champions Online, and Neverwinter forums in favor of Discord

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As I type this, Another One Bites The Dust is going through my head, but I'm not talking about an MMO - just its...
win, lose, and draw

Gachapwned: Examining the nature of gacha mechanics as a concept

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If you mention the term "gacha" to most people, what you will get is a reaction somewhere between disgust and anger or one of...

Neverwinter’s 31st module, Red Harvest, is live on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation today

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Hey Neverwinter fans, heads-up: It's launch day! Specifically, it's launch day for Red Harvest, the MMORPG's 31st and latest module, live now not just...

Star Trek Online talks Axiom, career-specific objectives, and what’s next for the narrative

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Last week developer DECA talked about the recent Axiom episode for Star Trek Online and how it was taking the baton passed by Cryptic....

One Shots: The MMO grand tour

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Have you ever taken a step back from your endless endgame chasing to go back through the entirety of your MMO from start to...

Star Trek Online’s new studio DECA says the Axiom episode continues Cryptic’s legacy

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Have you played through Star Trek Online's newest episode yet? If you have, then you might want to check out the first part of...
You hang up the dang ornaments.

Vague Patch Notes: Not every MMO mechanic you dislike is a bad one

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There is a category of responses to any column about mechanics, and it came up with the recent couple of columns about level scaling,...

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