cryptic studios

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

Perfect Ten: Future MMOs that I can’t wait to play

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I imagine that most of us have a future bucket list of MMOs that we wish would get here already. It wasn't but a...

Neverwinter cracks 1.6M players on Xbox One

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If you're looking for Neverwinter's true success story, it might not be on the PC at all. Cryptic Studios announced today that ever since...
It's not really a new ship without slow pans around it and swelling orchestral music.

How Star Trek Online constructs its new pilot ships

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The newest ships in Star Trek Online are all based around making players feel like that piloting specialization was a good expenditure of time...
Star Trek Online

Star Trek Online interviews Voyager veterans and Season 10 voice actors

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Star Trek Online's Season 10: The Iconian War adds franchise veterans Robert Duncan McNeill and Lisa LoCicero to the fold. McNeill and LoCicero will...

Massively Opinionated: Hearthstone vs Neverwinter vs LoL

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In this episode, Larry, Jason, Justin, and Tina debate the MMO free-to-play business model: the best takes, the western market, and awful F2P ads.
Of course, then you get reminded about the setting.

Neverwinter announces its next major update, Underdark

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Neverwinter is heading into a dark place with its next major update. Darker than dark, even. Tenatively dubbed Neverwinter: Underdark, the next module will...

Global Chat: What happens to original MMOs when they get sequels?

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Telwyn at GamingSF asks a question that I've contemplated from time to time: When an MMO gets a sequel, what happens to the original...
Star Trek Online

Star Trek Online honoring Grace Lee Whitney

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"We raise our memorial flags at the loss of Grace Lee Whitney," STO's Twitter feed read earlier this afternoon. "Star Trek Online will be honoring...

The Game Archaeologist: AOL’s Neverwinter Nights

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Here's a question for you: How much do you really, really have to love a game to pay $6 to $8 an hour to...

Massively Overthinking: Are boutique MMOs the future?

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This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor Taemys, who just so happens to be a guildie of mine. He's clever,...
Community: only as long as it's convenient.

Perfect World Entertainment combining all forums into one setting

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There are a lot of games under the publishing banner of Perfect World Entertainment, and the vast majority of them are getting mashed together....
If you read this like, it sounds kind of like he's monitoring some new youth trend.

Neverwinter’s new lead designer takes a ‘hard look’ at Elemental Evil

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Neverwinter's Elemental Evil update had some issues that extend beyond some ill-distributed reward codes. A letter to the community from new lead designer Scott...
My life is not fun.

Perfect Ten: The 10 things every MMO’s official site should have

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Are you ready to have you mind absolutely blown open? Because I have an astonishing truth to lay at your feet: While doing this...
If at first you don't succeed, alter the timeline.

Star Trek Online’s Iconian War begins today

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For the past five years of operation, Star Trek Online has built up to the conflict with the Iconians. Now it's time for the...
The lesson here is that someone will always find a way to make a fun thing miserable.

Neverwinter disables promotional codes following exploits

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Last week, the Neverwinter team distributed a little bonus code via email to player accounts in celebration of the Elemental Evil update -- just...
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...

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