A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
cryptic studios
One Shots: Dragons — why’d it have to be dragons?
Dragons: They come in every shape, size, and element, and about all of the ones that have ever been invented exist inside one MMO...
MMO Business Roundup: Guild Wars’ art book, Day of Dragons drama, Red Dead hackers, FogBank layoffs, and more
Welcome back to another roundup of MMO (and MMO-adjacent) industry news!
Guild Wars' art book: If you happened to read our swag guide ahead of...
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO character you’ve ever picked back up?
Recently, I have found myself back in Neverwinter -- and quite enjoying myself! But what was really strange about this return is that I...
Massively Overthinking: The one about MMORPG content roadmaps
You know what word I love to hear from MMORPG developers? Roadmap. If you're a millennial or older, you surely remember roadtrip life before...
Why I Play: Is Star Trek Online worth playing in 2020?
Star Trek Online is a hard game to get into. When I first tried it early in my MMO career, I hated it and...
Perfect Ten: The best value MMOs in 2020
While there is nothing wrong with dropping some money on a worthy game, many of us are looking to be as frugal as possible...
Interview: Star Trek Online’s Jarrod Fisher looks back on 10 years of MMO trekkin’
If you haven't heard the word yet, this year marks the 10th anniversary of Star Trek Online, which released way back in 2010. To...
Star Trek Online’s 10th anniversary Omega Event features a change that angers players
As the 10th anniversary of Star Trek Online continues to loom large, more details continue to release about what events players can look forward...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 256: Queens, vikings, and vampires
Justin, Bree, and Sam are on about MMO PvP this week, discussing all things New World, Albion Online, Elder Scrolls Online, ArcheAge, and Magic Legends, plus adventures in MMOs including Guild Wars 2 and Neverwinter.
Neverwinter’s Infernal Descent tabletop-inspired adventure is live on PC today
PWE and Cryptic have dropped some pretties for PC MMO fans today with the arrival of the Infernal Descent update in Neverwinter, this one...
Star Trek Online previews its new anniversary ship, the hybrid Khitomer Alliance Battlecruiser
The newest anniversary ship for Star Trek Online is not a Klingon ship. It is also not a Federation ship. It is, instead, the...
Rumor: Star Trek Online may be selling some lockbox ships in the regular store
If you have ever played Star Trek Online, you are no doubt familiar with the occasional flashing messages that so-and-so just won some mega-awesome...
Not So Massively: Magic: Legends isn’t at all what I expected – it’s better
When we first got word of an MMO in the setting of Magic: The Gathering years ago, a Diablo-style ARPG probably isn't what anyone...
The MOP Up: Funcom delays Moons of Madness’ console release
For those starving in the Secret Worlds Legends content wasteland of 2019, there was at least the single-player spin-off Moons of Madness to enjoy....
The Game Archaeologist: Super-early versions of MMORPG websites
One of the absolute best things the internet ever generated has been the Internet Wayback Machine. Through this site, snapshots of millions of websites...
Global Chat: Why player representation in games matters
The recent flap over Escape from Tarkov's public pronouncement of "no icky girls" (my paraphrase) as playable characters in its game elicited more than...
Magic Legends’ lead answers 75 questions in 7 minutes
Even after watching gameplay footage and finding out its launch window, you probably have more than a few questions about Cryptic's upcoming Magic Legends....
The Stream Team: Barging through Neverwinter’s Blackdagger Ruins
While completing a campaign in Neverwinter last time, Massively OP's MJ and her team ventured into Blackdagger ruins. Now, they are setting their sites...
Neverwinter shares the lore of Infernal Descent’s Vallenhas and hosts a systems team AMA
So we already got a look at Neverwinter's upcoming Vallenhas from a visual standpoint, but you have to figure that an entire location doesn't...
Star Trek Online shares anniversary Task Force Operation details and some new mysteries
The 10th anniversary of Star Trek Online is coming soon and so have the reveals for what players can do in-game to mark the...
