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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End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2025
I am the sort of person who derives no small amount of ongoing satisfaction from the idea that I have had an influence upon...
Star Trek Online artist Taco officially departs Cryptic Studios after nearly 20 years
It's going to be really, really hard to fill the void that 20 years' worth of knowledge developing Star Trek Online creates, but that's...
The MOP Up: Star Trek Online surprises fans with Spacedock revamp
Star Trek Online delivered a small surprise this past week with visual improvements to its iconic Spacedock: "In essence, we’re replacing the exterior System...
The Daily Grind: Which game or studio made the biggest contribution to killing the MMORPG genre in 2024?
So here's another fun annual Daily Grind that always gets people good and angry. And believe it or not, I'm not going to nominate...
Choose My Adventure: All of the MMOs you made us play in 2024
This past year was full of ups and downs. You could arguably say that about any year, sure, but I felt it much more...
Star Trek Online will engage every single Red Alert event at once on December 31
Generally, a ship entering red alert in Star Trek is a semi-rare occurrence, signaling that things are getting a bit more tense and dangerous....
Tarisland continues to balance classes after ‘imperfect’ adjustments
While most people are half-upside-down on a couch in an eggnog stupor this week, the Tarisland team is like, "holiday break? What holiday break?"...
The Game Archaeologist’s ultimate MMO archives, 2024 edition
While MMORPGs constitute a shifting, ever-evolving market, their history remains surprisingly evergreen. That's what history is: Facts and stories stamped and preserved for our...
Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up Victory is Life and wrapping my head around a new ship in Star Trek Online
Well, this final Choose My Adventure for this year has certainly been a journey. For a couple of reasons. First, I've gotten through the...
The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2’s community shows off amazing player housing creations
It's no surprise that Guild Wars 2 players are thrilled to be interior decorators, thanks to this year's player housing system. And in a...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2025
This might just be my favorite roundtable of the year: It's time to lay down our predictions for the MMORPG genre for 2025. And...
Vague Patch Notes: MMORPG accelerationism is a stupid sucker’s game
The most recent Warframe update starts with a solid chunk of story, and the story that it tells is that of a time loop....
Neverwinter’s seasonal Simril’s Winter Festival returns with old and new rewards
While it might be hard to get into a festive mood given the studio-ending layoffs at Cryptic Studios and financial woes for megacorp owner...
The MOP Up: New World pulls back the curtains on its holiday event
New World's devs shared the inspiration behind the hodge-podge holiday event in the game, saying, "Our Audio and Narrative Teams took inspiration from various...
Star Trek Online’s creepy Hearts and Minds mission returns this weekend to mark Friday the 13th
Today is Friday the 13th and that's reason enough for Star Trek Online to try to squick out its players by pulling the Hearts...
Choose My Adventure: Tiny ship takes on big battles in Star Trek Online
I didn't have a whole heap of time to myself in Star Trek Online this week, but considering that I was basically told to...
DC Universe Online’s new leadership teases new content format and event system in 2025
We don't know whether anyone but us has noticed this, but Daybreak is having one hell of a week with content or announcements for...
Torchlight Infinite dev just launched Go Go Muffin, a ‘cozy fantasy MMO’ for mobile
Do you know the muffin MMO? Well, you're about to. Torchlight Infinite developer XD Games is calling its new F2P mobile game Go Go...
Choose My Adventure: Starting life as a Jem’Hadar in Star Trek Online
So, first thing's first: I wasn't really able to spend excessive time in Star Trek Online this weekend. It was not just a holiday...
Star Trek Online rings in the holidays with the return of Q’s Winter Wonderland
It's Christmastime in the final frontier yet again! That's because Star Trek Online has reopened the Q's Winter Wonderland event zone with returning events...
