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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One Shots: The secret life of NPCs
What goes on with NPCs when you're not looking? Egocentric adventurers think that they're sitting around, sharpening blades, and preparing their spellbooks for encounters,...
Star Trek Online players play with numbers to crack lockbox drop rates
While plenty of online games with lockboxes already have transparent lockboxes and far more are due to get them over the next year thanks...
Star Trek Online’s nerf to Advanced Beam Arrays causes a community uproar
All right, so this one is going to take some explanation. The latest update to Star Trek Online has arrived along with the patch...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 232: Girl Dwarves rock our world
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, LOTRO, DDO, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online, Skyforge, City of Heroes, SWG Legends, and Marvel Heroes.
Star Trek Online’s Arena of Sompek returns on August 8 with some major adjustments
Yes, your Star Trek Online character is going to face some combat trials in a deadly arena somewhere in space, but it's a kinder,...
Neverwinter previews the new Stardock Arena for PvP
Look, if no one else will say it, we will: It feels a little weird to have a fantasy game like Neverwinter sporting an...
Star Trek Online lays out a roadmap of updates for the next six months
With Star Trek Las Vegas just in our rearview mirror, it would stand to reason that Star Trek Online would have a number of...
One Shots: Indulging in nostalgia
When an MMORPG recedes into the rearview mirror of life, all you are left with are memories, music... and screenshots. It's amazing how a...
Neverwinter is revamping pretty much everything about newbie play in Uprising
Perfect World has now discussed multiple facets of Neverwinter's upcoming Uprising module: the appearance system, the new raid, the loot, the Gith, the lore,...
The Stream Team: Securing a summer ship in Star Trek Online
Summer may mean sandy beaches (and Risa!) for many, but in Star Trek Online it also means a new ship! The celebrations this season...
Neverwinter’s Uprising raid is ‘some of the most challenging’ ever added to the game
If you're a raider, Neverwinter's upcoming Tower of the Mad Mage is going to be your jam. It's the 10-man trial launching with Uprising...
Star Trek Online Awakening is launching September 10, starring Anthony Rapp
Star Trek Online fans are having a good week, it seems: PWE and Cryptic just announced Awakening, launching for PC on September 10th. As...
Star Trek Online details changes due for several ship types
The identity of your Star Trek Online spaceship is pretty important; it determines the kind of abilities you have access to during space combat,...
Here’s how Neverwinter’s appearance system is changing with Uprising next month
Wardrobe, costumes, outfits, A-tab, cosmetics, transmog: Whatever you call it, most serious MMOs have some kind of system that separates a character's visual appearance...
MMOs You’ve Never Heard Of: Perfect World Mobile, Virtuverse, Eventyr, Pixie Hollow, and Reign of Guilds
Welcome back to another quick roundup of MMOs and MMO-adjacent titles you’ve probably never heard of (or at least have entirely forgotten about!).
Up first:...
Check out the view of Toril through space from Neverwinter’s upcoming Stardock map
If you were expecting some kind of stock fantasy setting from Neverwinter's upcoming Uprising module, well, first of all, you clearly missed the most...
Nighthawk returns for players to hunt him down in Champions Online
Players in Champions Online must now content with a fallen hero with the game's newest event as Nighthawk returns once more. A former Champion...
Star Trek Online may unveil its game-changing future next weekend
What is next for Star Trek Online? That's the million credit question this summer, as player captains have been speculating on comments that Lead...
Vague Patch Notes: Keeping it simple, oversimplification, and MMO design
People who have read my work for a while know that I really like tabletop roleplaying, and I have copies of two of my...
Perfect Ten: Great MMOs that will run just fine on your old computer
The other day a friend was telling me that he used to play EverQuest Online Adventures very regularly back in the day, but fell...
