cryptic studios

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

Chronicles of Elyria adds City of Heroes animator to the team

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Soulbound Studios has a new year's resolution for Chronicles of Elyria: "kick so much ass." "The next few months will see us preparing a playable...
Guerillas in the mist, indeed.

Star Trek Online launches Season 12 on January 26

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It's hard to believe that Star Trek Online is coming up on its seventh anniversary. But you should believe it; the game has been...

Jukebox Heroes: Six MMOs that need official soundtrack releases

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For an avid fan of video game soundtracks, and of MMO soundtracks in particular, the most frustrating aspect of collecting and listening to these...
Take that, EVE.

Star Trek Online details the vessels of the Tzenkethi

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As cool as the troops of the Tzenkethi look, the race would not be a plausible threat in Star Trek Online without starships. It'd...
Deeeeeep cut.

Star Trek Online details the creation of the Tzenkethi

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The Tzenkethi are coming to Star Trek Online, which should make any franchise lore nerd at least moderately happy. No television series has ever...
aw jeez

Champions Online fights off giant monsters while offering lifetime sub discount

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When massive monsters attack town, who you gonna call? No, not them, their specialty is in a completely different field. You're best off dialing...
Klingy.

Klingon Rodek actor Tony Todd joins Star Trek Online cast

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Another iconic Star Trek character -- and the actor who portrayed him -- will be joining Star Trek Online's ever-growing ensemble cast, Cryptic and...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: The best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2016 (that aren’t Legion)

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Sometimes you have to exclude something from a list. I could, for example, praise World of Warcraft: Legion for being a really good expansion...

NetEase announces Justice, an MMO four years in the making

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If you have more than a passing interest in NetEase's upcoming Revelation Online, you should also keep an eye on another title that the...
Fight me, coward.

PSA: Champions Online is running a hideout sale through January 1st

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Let's face it, you are not the best hero in Champions Online. You try to do good, you really do, but your efforts at...

Massively OP’s Best of 2016 Awards: MMORPG Studio of the Year

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Massively Overpowered's end-of-the-year 2016 awards continue today with our award for Best MMORPG Studio of 2016, which was awarded to Square-Enix last year. We asked our writers to...
WHAT ARE THOSE?!

Neverwinter adds more dungeon loot – and the space to store it

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Here's something to look forward to in 2017: Neverwinter is preparing an overhaul of its dungeons that includes a whole lot more loot. "I can...

Neverwinter’s Sea of Moving Ice lands on console January 17

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Are you a console player staring longingly at Neverwinter's Sea of Moving Ice update, which launched back in November for PC players? Sorry dudes...

Star Trek Online’s Borg come home for the holidays

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What are you hoping to see in your stocking come Christmas morning? If you're like most geeks, chances are that you are hoping against...

Cold Iron’s Craig Zinkievich on funding, the genre, and the MMO nature of the game

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Earlier this month, we got a curious press release from a new gaming studio called Cold Iron. I might have skipped over it but...
YOU LIARS

Neverwinter’s Winter Festival arrives through January 5

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Well, that's it; Neverwinter is officially a game of lies now. Why? Because if the game is called "Neverwinter" with an eponymous city as...
watch me doooooo

Perfect World Entertainment integrates Twitch streaming into its Arc launcher

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If you want to play Neverwinter, Gigantic, Star Trek Online, or maybe even Perfect World International, you're probably familiar with Perfect World Entertainment's Arc...
I want to go back (go back)

Datamining hints at new content coming to Star Trek Online

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So what's next for Star Trek Online? Intrepid dataminers have been poking around in the game's files since the last patch and found a...
why you like this 2016

Star Trek Online’s 3D-printed ships aren’t happening after all

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Remember how Star Trek Online made a big announcement about getting custom ships 3D printed for players? That sounded cool right from the start....

Ask Mo: Scoring last year’s Massively OP MMORPG predictions

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As we do every year, today we're going to squint back a year, into the depths of a Massively Overthinking from the tail end...

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