A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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Champions Online’s new serial story continues with a city-wide search
In this, the bizarro timeline of the real world where Champions Online actually produces new playable content on a weekly basis, Cryptic pushed out...
Choose My Adventure: The ‘hard mode’ of City of Heroes in Going Rogue
Disaster! Our plucky Praetorian has plunged into a pit of perilous despair! The challenges of this bold new world are mounting, and the pint-sized...
The Soapbox: Hoping for Amazon to succeed where Lord of the Rings Online failed
It's not often I really get excited about an upcoming MMORPG. Partly this is because of the industry slowing down, and partly this is...
Star Trek Online’s newest batch of ships include Romulan and Dominion offerings
If you ever feel like stirring the pot over in the Star Trek Online community, just point out that one of the game's playable...
Neverwinter previews the new Gith race launching in August’s Uprising module
Last week, Perfect World and Cryptic announced Neverwinter's next big thing: the Uprising module, which launches August 13th. And the heart of the content...
One Shots: How to lose a staring contest
I suppose we all need to accept the new reality, which is that we're only starting to see the tsunami of Final Fantasy XIV...
Neverwinter’s Uprising module launches August 13 with a new Gith race and lowbie experience
Happy Tuesday, who wants some new Neverwinter content? Fans will be waiting until August 13th for the game's next big thing to drop for...
One Shots: Pointy things in space
Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of a multi-trillion credit starship that's in absolute mint condition! As you drive it off the lot,...
Global Chat: Stressing about WoW Classic’s community
Late June's World of Warcraft Classic stress test gave many MMO bloggers plenty to talk about, with pros and cons being lobbied about from...
Champions Online salutes patriotism in spandex
We are still rubbing our eyes in disbelief that Cryptic Studios is actually investing development effort into the long-neglected Champions Online -- but hey,...
Blue Protocol travels through time and space to bring you a new anime MMO
Here's a fun surprise for those who need something those not into Naga and Viera this week: a brand-new MMORPG announcement from Bandai Namco.
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 226: On the cusp of FFXIV’s Shadowbringers
Eliot, Justin, and Bree discuss Final Fantasy XIV Shadowbringers, Harry Potter Wizards Unite, WoW Rise of Azshara, SWTOR, Camelot Unchained, and Champions Online, with a mailbag question on XIV's endgame.
Star Trek Online rescinds plan to use controversial audio emote in summer festival
A brief kerfuffle over an emote planned for Star Trek Online's Risian Lohlunat Festival has already come to an end. As players on Reddit...
Star Trek Online’s Rise of Discovery makes its way to console players today
Like clockwork, the expansion cadence for Star Trek Online has once more brought all of the goodies that PC players have been experiencing for...
Star Trek Online brings back the Risian Lohlunat Festival for 2019
Space. The final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Party Bus, and we're on our way to the Lohlunat Festival for a...
Champions Online announces new ‘serialized story’ content
Back in early June, a certain nameless MOP author wrote a column that speculated on why Champions Online didn't do better -- and what...
One Shots: The gloaming hour
Are you a morning person or do you come alive in the evening? Depending on the day/night cycle of an MMORPG, you may in...
Star Trek Online’s Discovery Enterprise lockbox has captains in an uproar
It stands to reason that in a game called Star Trek Online, the most desirable starships of them all will be any that have...
Neverwinter’s Undermountain is live on console today as Waterdeep preps the Protector’s Jubilee
Dungeon delvers, prepare to descend: Neverwinter's massive Undermountain expansion goes live on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles today, bringing with it the eponymous...
Star Trek Online considers ‘the account as the player’
There's a hot phrase bouncing around the Star Trek Online community these days, and that is "the account as the player." This comes from...
