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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One Shots: The zen of jumping puzzles
Even my most casual acquaintance will always know two things about me: that I have more hair than is healthy for a human male...
Chaos Theory: Figuring out The Secret World in 2016
Behind you, it's totally dark and the way has closed off. There's simply no going back. Up ahead, everything is in shadows. You creep...
Age of Conan has a new game director with plans for 2016
Funcom's Romain "Tilty" Amiel, well known to MMORPG gamers as the lead designer on The Secret World, has taken over game director duties from...
One Shots: This little piggy went to market
I love me a good in-game marketplace. It always makes me think of commerce, of adventure, and of clashing worlds. Too bad we're usually...
The Secret World vows to put more mobility in combat
An unpopular change to one of The Secret World's ranged abilities in the last patch might end up benefiting the game's population as a...
The Stream Team: Searching for cyborg secrets in The Secret World
There are plenty of mysteries to solve in The Secret World, and now MassivelyOP's MJ has turned her attention to solving one involving Tokyo's...
The Secret World adds four side missions and two rare bosses
Update 13.1 has landed with an ominous thud in the middle of The Secret World's Kaidan, and players can only shudder at what unholy...
Global Chat: Making gaming resolutions
Do you make New Year's resolutions for gaming? I do and I've seen more than a few bloggers come out in early January to...
The Secret World on AEGIS plans, player perks, and city hubs
Last fall, devs asked The Secret World players to submit their most burning questions about the game, and then the community voted on which...
The Stream Team: Rooftop hopping in The Secret World’s Issue #13
Last week in The Secret World, MassivelyOP's MJ started bounding across Tokyo's rooftops at the request of Harumi, that brilliant little hacker with a...
Chaos Theory: Looking over your shoulder at The Secret World’s 2015
We've finally left 2015 behind. And while it is perfectly natural to want to glance back in the rearview mirror over the last 12...
Perfect Ten: Our favorite MMORPG articles from 2015
The first year of Massively Overpowered had its ups and downs, like anything does, but I think we had some pretty great content in...
The best Massively OP MMORPG streams of 2015
The number of games our wee little Stream Team covers in the span of a year is staggering. If you ever wanted to know...
The Stream Team: Ending the year in The Secret World’s Issue #13
It's been really hard for MassivelyOP's MJ to resist diving into The Secret World's Issue #13 so she could share it with you all,...
One Shots: A blast of winter joy
Aw, you guys! The call for winter and holiday screenshots proved to be a sustaining request, as many of you kept sending in more...
Massively Overthinking: One MMO wish for 2016
We gave out a lot of awards this month for things games did in 2015, and we talked about what we think will happen...
Perfect Ten: The 10 best MMORPG updates and expansions of 2015
There is no way we can list all of the great updates in a given year. It's not possible. We are always going to...
The best MMO deals in the Steam winter 2015 sale
It's the holiday season! A time for cuddling up before a cozy fire, enjoying loved ones, sharing memories, and... just kidding. It's time to...
One Shots: Winter… is here!
A few weeks ago we put out a call for winter and holiday-themed screenshots. Two readers responded with multiple pictures each, so today's column...
The Secret World’s Issue #13 brings back Krampus, wraps up the Kaidan survivor stories
Guess who's back once again? If you said "Krampus in The Secret World," you read the title and you are also entirely correct. The...
