A major Chinese publisher with a large branch in the US, known here primarily for its stewardship of Cryptic Games’ MMORPGs, including Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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Former Cryptic devs form Cold Iron studio to build ‘AAA online action games’
Every wonder what happened to Craig Zinkievich after he moved on from Star Trek Online and Cryptic Studios? Turns out he and several other...
Star Trek Online drops support for Windows XP and older graphics cards in 2017
Fans of Star Trek Online, it is time to update your computers! At least, it's time if you've been putting it off for a...
Epic MMO Battles of History: Star Trek Online vs. Star Wars: The Old Republic
Asking whether Star Trek or Star Wars is the better science fiction series is like asking whether Game of Thrones or The Tudors is...
One Shots: Night voyage
Hark! What is that over there, on the ocean? 'Tis nothing. Probably some local fisherman out for a pleasure cruise at night in eel-infested...
Here’s the schedule for all of PWE’s Christmas events
Perfect World wasted no time in pulling the trigger on its crop of winter holiday events now that December is here. The MMORPG publisher...
Star Trek Online’s winter event adds Klingon ice fishing, gives out free prize packs
Break out the tacky sweaters and replicate some eggnog, because Star Trek Online's winter wonderland event is back. This year, the team has added...
Perfect Ten: The biggest MMORPG stories of 2016
As we start to come to grips with the fact that we will be turning over the calendar into 2017 in one short month,...
Battle Bards Episode 87: Elves!
It’s high time that the Battle Bards lie prostrate at the feet of their social and intellectual superiors, the high and mighty Elves! Yes,...
Neverwinter reprises its Storm the Keep event
There be a red moon tonight. A blood moon, so the ancient mariners called it. 'Tis a bad omen indeed. Ye best be sharpening...
PWE is running big sales for Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, Livelock, and more
For those of you folks who you somehow have money still burning a whole in your pocket at noon on Black Friday, here comes one...
Perfect Ten: Moments to be thankful for in MMOs
It's the holiday once again, and somehow I've wound up on Thanksgiving Day here in the US. You may not be reading this on...
Champions Online heralds the return of Nighthawk
Legendary superhero Nighthawk has gone rogue -- or has he? Players will have to investigate a series of appearances of Nighthawk and his vigilante...
Star Trek Online deploys fleets to consoles
While those playing Star Trek Online on consoles are a bit behind the game's PC client, that also means that they get updates a...
Champions Online introduces a new archetype: The Witch
Seven-year-old Champions Online has a reputation for being a neglected MMORPG, but it's actually had several updates in 2016, including Teleios Lair and Shadow of...
Star Trek Online gives an admiralty system primer
While Star Trek Online PC players may be well acquainted with the admiralty system by now, it's brand-new to the Xbox One and PlayStation...
Perfect Ten: The worst patch naming in MMORPGs
Patches should, in all honesty, be the easiest thing in the world for online games to handle. You have a word that means patch,...
Star Trek Online brings the duty officer system to consoles
As we well know by now, a console edition of a PC MMORPG usually doesn't contain all of the same features and updates. There's...
Neverwinter’s Sea of Moving Ice opens for PC players today
Sea of Moving Ice, the latest installment of Neverwinter's Storm King's Thunder campaign, is live on PC today, complete with a new nautical vessel,...
One Shots: Postcards from the universe
I am not above indulging in a little universe window shopping now and then. NASA's pictures of the universe might be touched up with...
Cheers to the MMORPG studios supporting Extra Life this weekend
Extra Life is kicking off this weekend! The charity group has been organizing game developers and players alike in an annual gaming marathon for...
