A PWE studio known primarily for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
cryptic studios
Massively Overthinking: Forced socializing in MMORPGs
Massively OP Patron Jackybah has a question for this week's Massively Overthinking that's probably going to kick up some dust. He wonders whether MMO...
Choose My Adventure: Cryptic’s Neverwinter in review
My time with Neverwinter is done, and it's a game I find myself in an odd relationship with. It'd be fair to say that...
The Stream Team: Starting summer off with a bang (and giveaway) in Star Trek Online’s Lohlunat festival
How do youbneat the heat of the summer solstice? In space! Massively OP's MJ is celebrating the start of summer by dipping into Star...
Neverwinter deploys the Shroud of Souls update to consoles today
It's time for console players to head to the River District in Neverwinter. The game's latest patch for the console editions of the game...
Neverwinter takes you on a tour of Port Nyanzaru
The eponymous city is obviously the main port of call for players in Neverwinter, but there are other cities worth visiting. The next major...
Neverwinter celebrates its fourth birthday with events and unicorn mounts
Neverwinter is prepping the celebration of the anniversary of its hard launch on PC way back in 2013. The festivities, dubbed The Protector's Jubilee,...
Massively Overthinking: The best MMOs and multiplayers of E3 2017
E3 is drawing to a close, with its reveals over and done with -- all that's left is processing our interviews and hands-on pieces....
Choose My Adventure: Finishing up in Neverwinter
I'm going to be honest, before playing Neverwinter I had a very different picture of this game in my head in some ways. Not...
Neverwinter jacks up enemy difficulty, gear levels
It makes sense that in an update where some of your enemies are going to be bona fide dinosaurs, the difficulty of combat encounters...
Cryptic’s Magic the Gathering RPG: Speculating on the lore and game systems
An RPG based on Magic: the Gathering is one of those things I have both long wanted and long assumed was just never going...
Battle Bards Episode 100: Centennial spectacular!
After four years and over 700 MMORPG music tracks, the Battle Bards have arrived at their 100th show! For this centennial spectacular, Syl, Steff,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 121: Tap for Magic MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss the Magic: the Gathering MMORPG, Fractured, Bless, WoW, Secret World Legends, Wild West Online, and MMO inventory mechanics.
Enter to win a Star Trek Online Fluidic Antiproton Wrist Lance for Xbox One
In honor of the launch of Star Trek Online's season 13 Escalation for console, PWE has granted Massively OP a stack of Fluidic Antiproton Wrist Lances, a...
Neverwinter’s Jungles of Chult has better daily tasks and more reward options
On some level, all Neverwinter really needs to do for Jungles of Chult is to remind you how you'll get to fight dinosaurs. That's...
Massively OP chats with Star Trek Online Kuumaarke actress Kipleigh Brown
If you haven't yet played the most recent Star Trek Online update on consoles, you might not be aware that you're going to be...
Cryptic’s CEO discusses taking an IP and making it work for an MMO
At this point, Cryptic Studios has a stable of games based off of existing IPs, most notably Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and the upcoming...
Choose My Adventure: My frustration with Neverwinter’s lockboxes
If you thought I was enjoying my time with Neverwinter as a whole, you would be right. I am enjoying my time with the...
Cryptic announces brand-new Magic: The Gathering MMORPG
One of the largest and longest-running collectible card games is about to become a brand-new role-playing video game, courtesy of Cryptic Studios. Cryptic and...
Star Trek Online debuts new lockbox items, deploys Escalation console patch
Over the years, Star Trek Online has featured a number of ships and enemy factions from one-off episodes, including an entire group of enemies...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 120: Steaming into summer
Justin and Bree discuss Marvel Heroes, FFXIV, Elder Scrolls Online, SWTOR, Ashes of Creation, Neverwinter, Shroud of the Avatar, and Black Desert, with a mailbag question on "don't give a fudge" gaming.
