Official Site:Â The Secret World
Studio:Â Funcom
Launch Date:Â July 3, 2012
Genre:Â Modern Horror Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid B2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
See also: Secret World Legends
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The Stream Team: Burrowing deeper into Secret World Legends’ Blue Mountain
Secret World Legends' Blue Mountain adventures are coming to a close for Massively OP's MJ. She has a few more missions to complete (including...
Chaos Theory: Funcom can still fix Secret World Legends’ Aurum fiasco
Mere days after the exciting news about Secret World Legends being made into a television show, we finally hear about the game's long-awaited Aurum...
Perfect Ten: MMO experiments in transmedia synergy
We're not going to argue that MMORPGs are the dominant form of media entertainment these days, but they do have endurance and a devoted...
Global Chat: World of Warcraft’s wild frontier
How is World of Warcraft like the wild west of American history and legend? Something about Barrens chat might come to mind, but blog...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 132: Filth TV
Justin and MJ discuss Secret World, LOTRO, Warframe, Path of Exile, Otherland, WoW, Ultima Online, ARK, Just Survive, EverQuest II, and West of Loathing.
Chaos Theory: What we want out of the Secret World Legends TV show
Wow. So I had no intention of crafting another Chaos Theory this week. I had plans. Other plans. But then the Secret World Legends...
Secret World Legends allows players to convert Funcom points into Aurum
If you were sitting on a Scrooge McDuck pile of Funcom Points back when The Secret World announced its switchover to Secret World Legends...
Massively Overthinking: Alone together vs. forced grouping in MMORPGs
I'm going to go out on a limb here and assume that everyone has at some point seen the xkcd called Isolation, but if not, there...
The Stream Team: Following Secret World Legends’ Tyler Freeborn into the sea
Massively OP's MJ has followed the trail Tyler Freeborn left behind in Secret World Legends all the way to the edge of the sea....
Tokyo is now open in Secret World Legends
Secret World Legends continues to refill the content pool to bring it back up to the level of its predecessor. Today, the conspiracy reboot...
Johnny Depp will produce a TV show based on The Secret World
Your eyes aren't deceiving you, though I did a double-take too: Deadline is reporting that The Secret World aka Secret World Legends is getting a...
Secret World Legends to re-open Tokyo on Wednesday
Ever since Secret World Legends went live earlier this summer, there's been a large, Tokyo-shaped hole in the reboot's content offerings. Part of this...
Massively Overthinking: Is the popularity of small-scale co-op games hurting MMORPGs?
Gamasutra has an unusual piece from an Ubisoft developer this week arguing that co-op gameplay is the industry's rising midcore trend, one that he...
The Stream Team: Tracking Tyler Freeborn in Secret World Legends
Oh Tyler Freeborn wherefore art thou? Massively OP's MJ is going to find out! One of her all-time favorite experiences in Secret World was...
Chaos Theory: Guide to Secret World Legends’ Whispering Tide event
Have you met Flappy? If you haven't yet, you might want to do so very soon else you'll miss your chance. That dirty bird...
Secret World Legends recovers from Steam stumbles, nerfs the Whispering Tide event
So how is Secret World Legends' Steam launch going? It's definitely increasing the game's activity, although by how much and for how long is...
The Stream Team: Fun with Flappy and the Franklin Mansion in Secret World Legends
Woo hoo! The Whispering Tide has begun in Secret World Legends, and Massively OP's MJ is ready to face Flappy for more awesome loot!...
Chaos Theory: To Steam or not to Steam your Secret World Legends account
To Steam or not to Steam, that is the Secret World Legends question -- now that the horror game has relaunched on that platform,...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO zone offers the worst questing experience?
Generally, I like to pride myself on being a quest completionist in MMORPGs. I don't like leaving a zone before wrapping up all of...
Global Chat: Dipping into Albion Online
Now that Albion Online has officially launched, what's the verdict? It's a little hard to get a feel for that, since I haven't seen...