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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PAX Prime 2015: Sword Coast Legends makes a great first impression
I like to think that it's not the hype getting to me when I talk about Sword Coast Legends. When I first saw the...
PAX Prime 2015: Trion tries turn-based strategy with Atlas Reactor
Trion, the creator of Trove and RIFT, has turned its attention to the online PvP market with its new game Atlas Rector. At its core, Atlas...
Champions Online celebrates Vehicle Week
Rev your engines, for Champions Online is calling all superheroes to exercise their driving and flying skills for Vehicle Week.
The event, which is currently...
Perfect Ten: Amazing MMO cosplay
I have nothing but deep respect for cosplayers because on two levels they are performing activities that I cannot. First of all, they put...
Star Trek Online: Heading for a New Dawn
The last major arc in Star Trek Online meant saying goodbye to the Iconican threat that had been looming in the background of the...
Neverwinter’s Elemental Evil comes to Xbox One on September 8
Neverwinter players on the Xbox One are getting a big content patch on September 8th, according to a Perfect World press release. The Elemental...
Star Trek Online bug creates neverending party
Once upon a time, Star Trek Online gave players a "party amplifier" that spawned a disco ball and other effects on command. Then a...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 27: SmedSoft
Justin and Bree discuss Smed's new company, EQII's prison server, Champions Online, FFXIV, Trove, and Revival's housing, plus mailbag questions on NCsoft and terrible graphics.
Star Trek Online’s New Dawn will be ‘full of mystery’
Star Trek Online is on the verge of a storyline shift with the upcoming Season 11: New Dawn, as it puts the wraps on...
Champions Online is letting players take a walk on the villainous side
Having an option to play a supervillain in an MMO can be tough, since supervillains are usually meant to have big skills and powers...
Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs coming soon to a pocket near you
It may be true that interest in playing and developing mobile games has peaked, although personally I very much like mobile gaming. On the...
Perfect World launches PWI’s Riptide update
Perfect World Entertainment has announced that its Riptide update is live for Perfect World International. The patch includes a new star chart system, which...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 26: Failcom
Justin and Larry discuss WildStar's F2P, Funcom's troubles, Otherland's alpha, Darkfall's soft wipe, Neverwinter's strongholds, and the next iteration of Hellgate.
The Daily Grind: Should MMO studios disclose the odds of winning lockbox prizes?
Every once in a while in an MMO, the desire to play with numbers grips me, like the time I hand-crafted a thousand drinks in Star...
Star Trek Online invites the players to help hunt down bugs
Bugs. They plague every online game, no matter how hard the designers try to hunt them down. So Star Trek Online is seeking an...
The Daily Grind: Are lifetime subs ever worth it?
Seeing Champions Online's lifetime subscription go on sale last week -- for the "low" price of $200 -- made me think once again what...
Neverwinter nerfs high-level mobs, grants increased XP
Neverwinter is making some changes to the leveling curve between 60 and 70. A dev blog released this week says that the team has...
Champions Online overhauls events and offers sales
Events are the real thing to do at this point in Champions Online; there's not a whole lot of new updates in the pipe...
Perfect Ten: Ten MMO futures that never were
One of the things I spend a lot of time thinking about is Operation Unthinkable. For those of you who don't feel like clicking...
Perfect World touts Neverwinter’s Strongholds release
Neverwinter's Strongholds update is officially live. It's the seventh expansion for the free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons MMO, and it features customizable guild spaces as well...
