cryptic studios

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

Bye forever!

The MOP Up: Champions Online ups the ante on Monster Island

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With a name like "Monster Island," you wouldn't expect this Champions Online locale to be a walk in the park. And in fact, this...

Champions Online’s Cryptic says it’ll ‘start exploring more inclusive customization options’

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Over the weekend, a Champions Online player tipped us off to a conversation on the game's official forums in which players are chronicling their...

The Stream Team: Returning to the earth in Neverwinter

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After a short break exploring Menzoberranzan in Neverwinter, Massively OP's MJ is returning to the earth. Earth elementals, that is! It's back to working...

Neverwinter adjusts companions and items, fixes a milestone rewards error, and helps a lost kobold

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There is a kobold in Neverwinter's Menzoberranzan. It's just before a final boss fight in the Whispers in the Dark quest. It was apparently...

Choose My Adventure: Rocking my way to max level Bard play in Neverwinter

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The journey in Neverwinter continues with pure, unadulterated focus on my Bard, as suggested by the voting public. And I promise, I won't ask...

Neverwinter fixes a long list of bugs and ‘substantially’ improves several healing companions

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Have you been delving Menzoberranzan in Neverwinter and discovered some windows floating off of the sides of buildings there? Sure, the Drow might do...

Star Trek Online’s recent patch brings back its First Contact Day and Delta Recruit events

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Last week was a pretty big one for Star Trek Online players, particularly those who like previous events in the spacefaring MMO, as PC,...

The Stream Team: The Klingon life in Star Trek Online

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So far in his Star Trek Online career, MOP's Chris has managed to get to max level as a Starfleet character and gotten some...

Old School RuneScape beta tests the rewards for its upcoming Desert Treasure II quest

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What MMORPG beta tests the rewards of its quest line before those rewards or the quest itself go live? Old School RuneScape, that's what,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 417: Happy Compensation Day!

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Justin and Bree discuss World of Warcraft, New World, Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, Amazon Games' layoffs, and Ghostcrawler's new MMO studio, with adventures in LOTRO and WoW Classic, plus a mailbag topic on problematic MMO speedrunning.

The Stream Team: Making my way through Neverwinter’s new Menzoberranzan with devs

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If Massively OP's MJ had to pick a favorite place in D&D lore, it would be Menzoberranzan; that's where she started her tabletop adventuring....

Choose My Adventure: The Songblade makes Neverwinter’s Bard rock even harder

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Most of the time when I'm beaten over the head by an MMORPG's meta, I tend to thumb it in the eye and tacitly...
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Cryptic claims victory over login issues plaguing its PC MMORPGs and hands out apology goodies to players

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If you were among the PC players who were having trouble getting into Cryptic's slate of MMORPGs like Star Trek Online, Champions Online, or...

One Shots: Seeking the secret

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Hey, when's the last time we kicked off a One Shots column with a Dungeons and Dragons Online vista? It should happen more often,...
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Star Trek Online upgrades Xbox Series X|S version as Cryptic’s login problems persist

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Star Trek Online just uploaded a major upgrade for its Xbox Series X|S users. Cryptic said in a press release that the patch will...

Choose My Adventure: The Neverwinter Bard continues to rock even as the challenge level rises

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This week in Neverwinter could be best described as broken up into two halves: a half of chicken time and a half of regular...

The Stream Team: Trying to take on the doom chickens in Neverwinter

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Sometimes things line up perfectly: MOP's Chris is tripping his way through Neverwinter for Choose My Adventure, and the April Fowls' Day event is...

Perfect Ten: 10 features that take Star Trek Online out of this world

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In returning to Star Trek Online after a couple of years away, I did something brand-new this time around: I brought my Star Trek-obsessed...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 415: Don’t go into the Lightfall

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's update 36, Destiny 2's Lightfall, CCP's blockchain game, DDO's promo, Ship of Heroes on Steam, and the return of Alganon, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes, plus a pair of mailbag topics on AI tech in MMOs.

Neverwinter’s Salvatore-penned Menzoberranzan module is live on PC and console today

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Happy Menzoberranzan day! Neverwinter fans better have the spelling of that word down pat because the full release rolls out to the live PC...

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