A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
cryptic studios
Into the Super-Verse: Looking back on Champions Online, 15 years later
I hadn't even really thought about the fact that Champions Online has been out for 15 years now until I saw the anniversary post...
Champions Online celebrates its anniversary with cat rescues, concerts, and Champions trivia
Can you believe that it has been 15 years since Champions Online launched? We don't blame you if it's hard to believe, but in...
Perfect Ten: Underrated MMOs that deserve a second look in 2024
We've all been there at one time or another. We've been playing the same-old favorite MMO for a long time and then suddenly feel...
Perfect Ten: My 10 favorite MMO pet classes of all time
I've had to face the fact that among the MOP team, I'm in somewhat of a minority who actually likes -- nay, passionately loves...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best volcano zone in an MMORPG?
Today's Daily Grind is inspired by Neverwinter, whose last module revamped the volcanic Mount Hotenow and dropped a ton of Mountain of Flame screenshots...
The MOP Up: EVE Echoes is going to let you drill into the moon
EVE Echoes -- please remember that this still exists -- offered up some balance and market adjustments along with a preview of some new...
Vague Patch Notes: The player-provided guidance problem in MMORPGs
Final Fantasy XIV has a player-based mentor program and an automatic guidance network for new players. The idea is that certain players can volunteer...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with outstanding tutorial sections
Tutorials! They're important. I even wrote an entire column about them recently, talking about how important they are in getting people into a new...
Star Trek Online unveils the Heritage Starship Bundle after teasing it with cryptic hints
Look. You knew that when Star Trek Online started toying around with pseudo-ARG puzzles regarding its latest promotion that the end result would be...
Enter to win a Gigantic Rampage Edition key on PC, PlayStation, or Xbox in honor of Ranked Mode S1
Gigantic's devs has a big day in store for fans of the game, as season one of the MOBA's Ranked Mode is live on...
Enter to win a Neverwinter Volcanic Galeb Duhr companion pack in our Mountain of Flame giveaway
In celebration of last week's multiplatform launch of Neverwinter's latest module, Mountain of Flame, Cryptic has kindly granted us gift codes to raffle to...
Star Trek Online hints at a new ship bundle with mysterious teaser images paired with a cipher
What's a good way to draw hype for an upcoming reveal for Star Trek Online? Offer fans a mystery, apparently: The MMO's Twitter account...
The No Man’s Sky Worlds ‘universe refresh’ is why you’re playing No Man’s Sky this weekend
You know that whenever Hello Games and Sean Murray start dropping cryptic teasers so they'll trend on Reddit, a new No Man's Sky update...
Neverwinter’s Mount Hotenow-revamping Mountain of Flame module is live on all platforms today
As promised, Neverwinter is getting a fiery new update today in the form of Mountain of Flame, officially live simultaneously on PC, PlayStation, and...
The Daily Grind: Should MMOs show blood and battle damage?
At the risk of sounding like a bloodthirsty gorehound, I do kind of wish that MMOs did more to visually represent the damage that...
This year’s Steam Summer Sale brings another collection of bargains for MMORPG fans
It's Christmas in summertime once again, otherwise known to gamers as the Steam Summer Sale, and we're happy to report that there are some...
Raph Koster’s new MMORPG is called Stars Reach, and yes, it’s basically Star Wars Galaxies 2
It's June 26th, Star Wars Galaxies' 21st birthday, and I'm sitting on Google Meet talking to none other than MMORPG founding father (and SWG...
Neverwinter announces Mountain of Flame module, coming July 16
Where my Neverwinter peeps at? Cryptic's Dungeons and Dragons MMO has a big announcement for you today: It's announcing its next season and update,...
Star Trek Online’s Unparalleled update arrives on consoles today
Despite the name, it would appear that Star Trek Online's latest update, Unparalleled, does indeed feature a parallel. In a parallel universe known as...
LOTRO Legendarium: Am I excited at all for Amazon’s Lord of the Rings MMO?
With all of the recent hullabaloo around New World, I've noticed several mentions of what this may portend for Amazon's Lord of the Rings...
