cryptic studios

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

It's an old deck, I swear.

The Daily Grind: Do you want minigames in your MMO?

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I won't pretend that I'm one of the biggest fans of the game, but I'm really glad that Triple Triad is a thing in...
Star Trek Online

Tom Paris, Miral Paris coming to Star Trek Online

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A pair of veteran actors are joining the cast of Star Trek Online. Lisa LoCicero will be reprising her role as Lieutenant Commander Miral...

MMO Week in Review: Superhero shenanigans [April 12, 2015]

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review! The...

Champions Online leaves Cryptic North for Cryptic Studios

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Big (but not bad) news for Champions Online: The superhero title is relocating along with its team back to its original development studio. Senior Game...
Fighting the good fight... in really, really ugly armor.

Interview: Star Trek Online’s Al Rivera on the looming Iconians

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The Iconians are coming to Star Trek Online, and if you've been playing the game during the past five years, you know that's a...
What you are chasing and will not get.

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that let you turn real money into MMO money

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Two days ago, World of Warcraft launched the WoW Token service, which will kill the game forever. It thus joins the list of every...
Hey there, you don't get to see me.

Neverwinter’s Elemental Evil is now available, insert Minsc and Boo joke here

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For some reason it feels like we've been writing about Minsc and Boo for months. In any case, I guess we haven't been writing...
Yes, sir. Infinite twinkies. The good kind, even.

Star Trek Online lays out Delta Recruitment rewards

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Star Trek Online is launching into a big storyline soon, but like most storylines you would expect for a game that's been running for...

Neverwinter launches on Xbox One

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You've played the MMO while sitting hunched forward at your computer -- now it's time to enjoy Neverwinter while slouching back on your couch...

Perfect World suffers more layoffs, this time in the EU

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Massively OP has been contacted by a former Perfect World employee — who wishes to remain anonymous and whose identity we have confirmed — about...

Star Trek Online delivers rare rewards for featured episode

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Star Trek Online must really, really want you to play the featured episode Uneasy Allies, because the team is waving around rare rewards for...

Minsc and Boo go for the eyes in Neverwinter’s Elemental Evil

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While fans are surely looking forward to Neverwinter's sixth expansion, which is launching just two weeks from now, a portion of the anticipation may be...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 7

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Justin and Bree discuss EVE Fanfest, ArcheAge's dolphingate, the PWE/Cryptic layoffs, Elder Scrolls Online's B2P relaunch, FFXI's maintenance mode, Guild Wars 2, and The Secret World, with mailbag questions on Sword Coast Legends and NWN.
I get the temptation, but you are not actually a captain.

Star Trek Online adds new five-player queue, R&D event

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Star Trek Online's website has updated with a couple of blurbs that may interest you for the weekend. First up is a bonus R&D...
Community: only as long as it's convenient.

Star Trek Online lines up a new feature episode, improved Pilot spec

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The entirety of Star Trek Online's run to date has featured an obvious villain waiting in the wings: the Iconians. Everyone knows they're out...

Cryptic layoffs alone totaled 18 people

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Massively OP has been contacted by a Cryptic employee -- who wishes to remain anonymous and whose identity we have confirmed -- about the Perfect...
I am still proud of myself for this screenshot.

Perfect World Entertainment hit with potentially massive layoffs

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Layoffs have hit Perfect World Entertainment. It was first rumored in a tweet by Ben PerLee, who had previously worked as PR for the...

Neverwinter’s Elemental Evil expansion has been delayed

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PWE and Cryptic have just announced that Neverwinter's Elemental Evil expansion -- yes, the one with Minsc and Boo -- has been delayed. Originally...
No word on Lord of the Rings Online erecting a monument for the bravest hobbit of them all.

Star Trek Online installs memorials for Leonard Nimoy and all those lost

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The death of Leonard Nimoy affects everyone who has ever been engaged in the Star Trek franchise, whether you were a lifelong fan of...

Star Trek Online’s new sector space looks beautiful

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The walls of sector space are coming down in Star Trek Online, creating a more wide-open galaxy for captains to explore. But what will...

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