A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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Neverwinter details Spelljammer’s updates to boons, the Paladin class, and several UI elements
It's easy to get lost in the sauce of Neverwinter's upcoming Spelljammer module being mostly about riding the titular airship around areas of Wildspace,...
Neverwinter previews Spelljammer’s Defense of the Moondancer trial
On Halloween, Cryptic rather abruptly announced Spelljammer, Neverwinter's next module, for November 7th. In addition to adding a new adventure zone and overhauls of...
Cryptic confirms layoffs, claiming Star Trek Online and Neverwinter aren’t ‘affected’
I wish I could say nobody could've seen this coming, but in fact, everyone did.
A few weeks ago, we learned that key Cryptic staffers...
The Stream Team: Menzoberranzan city sights in Neverwinter
After taking the back way down through the Underdark, Massively OP's MJ has reached Neverwinter's Drow city of Menzoberranzan with her team. She looks...
Neverwinter’s Spelljammer launches November 7 with a new type of zone called Wildspace
Add one more major update to an MMORPG coming next week on November 7th: Neverwinter is launching its Spelljammer module that very crowded day.
"In...
Hyperspace Beacon: Have Star Wars The Old Republic’s visuals aged well?
Initially I wanted to write a column about how the transition of Star Wars: The Old Republic to Broadsword and how we're seeing its...
Perfect Ten: Solid MMOs you might be sleeping on in 2023
For today's list, I wanted to take a different approach to recommending MMORPGs to you. I know we often talk about underrated titles, but...
The Stream Team: The truth about Neverwinter’s Masquerade of Liars
It's here again: Neverwinter's Masquerade of Liars. And Massively OP's MJ is going to expose the truth of it! The truth is... it's a...
Champions Online’s Halloween event, Blood Moon Rises, returns
In a game that's wall-to-wall costumes and dropped loot, every day is pretty much Halloween. But do you know what's more Halloweeny than that?...
Elite Dangerous’ Frontier Developments readies a round of layoffs
It certainly seems like we've in the thick of layoff season right now, what with Epic Games, Twitch, and Cryptic all letting personnel go...
Whatever non-layoff thing is going on at Cryptic sounds ominous and we don’t like it
Disturbing and confusing news for Cryptic and its MMORPGs - chiefly Star Trek Online and Neverwinter - has erupted across social media today following...
One Shots: A most adorable destroyer of the cosmos
As we enter the delicious aroma of fall and the spine-shivering thrills of Halloween, is there any MMO that deserves to be revisited this...
Elite Dangerous outlines patch timing and teases October 16’s Update 17
What's coming in Update 17 for Elite: Dangerous? We don't know yet; Frontier Developments always puts out the patch notes on the day of...
The MOP Up: It’s the great Albion, Charlie Brown!
Albion Online is getting into the spirit of Halloween with its Harvest Challenge: "Fall has come to the world of Albion... the shadows are...
The Stream Team: Making our way to Menzoberranzan in Neverwinter
After finishing up Neverwinter's elemental evils adventure series, the D&D night crew is ready to set off for new horizons... underground. The group is...
Motiga’s MOBA Gigantic has been resurrected… for 33 hours starting this afternoon
So here's a nice surprise for a Thursday morning: If you missed the old Motiga MOBA-shooter Gigantic, you can play it again - briefly.
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Star Trek Online is discontinuing its 3-D-printed ship partnership with Gameprint
There are a whole lot of different ships in Star Trek Online, and considering the customization and personal investment that a player can have...
The Stream Team: Be a Borg with this Star Trek Online giveaway
Does Massively OP's MJ need a reason to stream some Star Trek Online? No, but having some keys to giveaway still sounds like a...
The MOP Up: Soulframe releases a soundtrack tidbit
Soulframe fans starved to hear something -- anything -- about Digital Extremes' upcoming fantasy RPG were thrown an audio morsel this week in the...
Perfect Ten: The 10 unsung heroes of the MMO user interface
If we ever think of an MMO's user interface, it's either when we're getting settled into a new game or when a title decides...
