cryptic studios

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

Paws for impact.

Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs of the decade

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A few years back, we did a cheeky Massively Overthinking about our five favorite MMORPGs of all time. It was quite a potent list...
I didn't say zorp.

Magic: Legends starts showing off with two classes and two worlds

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All right, you've seen some more footage, you've got some idea of how the game is going to be... now, if you're done with...
Years and years.

Star Trek Online devs talk about 2019 content updates and vague 2020 plans in a podcast

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Right before the folks at Star Trek Online took their holiday break, there was time to speak with the Priority One podcast about how...

Cryptic’s Magic: Legends is an isometric RPG and not an MMORPG because of earth elemental butt

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Yesterday, we got our first look at the gameplay in Cryptic's upcoming Magic: Legends MMO, and, well, it didn't go over that well. In...
Hell hell hell hell

You’re about to get burned by Neverwinter’s Infernal Citadel

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The next time that you step foot in Neverwinter, don't be surprised if things get a mite bit toasty all around you. This rise in...
Familiar?

The first gameplay footage of Magic: Legends is available now for your viewing pleasure

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So after the surprise reveal of Magic: Legends, we've all been awaiting the first glance at what the game's actual gameplay will be like......

Perfect Ten: Upcoming MMOs to watch in 2020

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There is a great feeling of flipping a calendar over to a fresh year, isn't there? All that promise and potential spread out in...
smorgasborg

Star Trek Online starts the Borg Resurgence Event to end the first Event Campaign

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You've got your liberated Borg captains, you've got regular events blowing up the Borg, you have Borg arcs... yes, at this point the Borg...
Looking for some HELL PIT, baby, this evening

Neverwinter welcomes console players to the Hell Pit starting on January 9

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Welcome to the new year, Neverwinter players! Want something new to do? Why don't you start by venturing into the HELL PIT? Starting on Thursday,...

Into the Super-verse: What superhero MMOs offer that other games don’t

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When I was in high school, the Console Wars were heating up between SEGA and Nintendo. I'm afraid to report that many of my...

The Stream Team: Hitting the Neverwinter campaign trail

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With the start of the new year, Massively OP's MJ is hitting the Neverwinter campaign trail. First, she needs to finish up The Staff...
It's neverending.

Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI offer new year’s greetings

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The new year has arrived once again, and for fans of Final Fantasy XIV and Final Fantasy XI that means letters from the producers of both...

Star Wars comes to Star Trek Online thanks to some creative use of the character builder

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Sometimes, we have to thank those who have too much free time on their hands, especially when it turns out fun things for others...

MassivelyOP’s Weirdest MMO Stories of 2019: The vizzoyages of the starship Compton

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Today we're continuing our countdown of Massively OP's weirdest MMORPG stories of 2019! Coming in at #4 on our list is... Snoop Dogg has a giant...
Never over.

Perfect Ten: The best MMO updates and expansions of 2019

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The down side of doing these columns at the end of the year every year is that there's a certain challenge of writing the...

The Daily Grind: Which MMOs do you want to play in 2020?

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There's nothing like a new year -- and a new decade! -- to encourage one to make grand plans that may or may not...

Fight or Kite: Totally reasonable expectations for PvP MMORPGs in 2020

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A new year is upon us, and I am especially excited this time around. The past few calendar swap-outs have been pretty stale from...
ho ho no

The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best console experience?

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2019 has been an amazing year for MMOs on console, with Black Desert paving the way to become only the second MMORPG in the...

The Daily Grind: What is the best MMO holiday event minigame ever designed?

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While Halloween seems to bring out a lot of spooky instances and trick-or-treating in MMORPGs, I've always felt that the Christmas season sees more...

The Daily Grind: What was the most painful MMO sunset of 2019?

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It wasn't a great year. We'll do our annual run-down of all the sunsetted MMORPGs of the year later on this month, but we're...

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