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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Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2022
It's tradition for us to pick out one big story or narrative arc that defined the year and slap it with an award label,...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2022
This has been a pretty challenging year for a lot of reasons, and my 2022 in Choose My Adventure certainly didn't feel any different...
The Daily Grind: Which MMOs have gotten too grim and dark?
While we expect grimdark themes in certain MMOs -- such as Secret World, Mad World, or Star Stable -- even the most light-hearted among...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 396: Crowfalling
Justin and Bree discuss Crowfall, Blue Protocol, SWTOR, New World, Q3 2022 financials (for Blizzard, Pearl Abyss, Square Enix, NCsoft), and new patches (for DDO, Neverwinter, Blade and Soul, EVE Online, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online), with a mailbag topic covering Shadowbane, Second Live, Secret World, and Ultima Online.
Vitae Aeternum: Tackling New World’s endgame as a solo player
After nearly a year of stopping to smell the roses, I finally made it to level cap in New World shortly before the launch...
Massively Overthinking: Would you do hard MMO content without rewards?
Are you here for the challenge or here for the shinies? That's the core question the MOP team and audience is tackling this week...
Star Anvil’s Secret World TTRPG Kickstarter successfully funds with $150K raised
Secret World fans, prepare yourself for the only Secret World content you're going to get in the foreseeable future: Star Anvil Studios' The Secret...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 395: The grandma who stole Halloween
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Dragonflight prepatch, New World's fresh start, Ashes of Creation, Secret World's community mess, and AQ3D's Elvira event, with adventures in WoW, SWG Legends, and City of Heroes.
The Secret World Classic won’t have a Halloween event this year thanks to… player feedback?
Over summer, fans of the original version of The Secret World were delighted to see the game's anniversary event activated for the first time...
Vitae Aeternum: First impressions of New World’s Brimstone Sands and Nightveil Hallow
It's finally here: New World has launched its fall update, and the Soulwardens of Aeternum now venture into the wastes of Brimstone Sands.
This is...
One Shots: Let us tell you a fairy tale…
Just the other day I was musing about how EverQuest II feels like a forgotten MMO -- and I guess I was heard because...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO haunted houses to explore – if you dare….
Happy Halloween! Or if you prefer, Happy Scare-Related Holidays featuring the Stylings of Ed Casbar and His Electric Teeth. It'd be the best of...
Star Anvil’s Secret World TTRPG shares images of card decks and draugr as crowdfunding moves past $100K
The TTRPG for The Secret World being created and crowdfunded by Star Anvil Studios continues to roar along. As of this story's writing, the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 392: Don’t rollback my heart
Justin and Bree discuss New World's fresh start and Brimstone Sands, expansions for EverQuest and EverQuest II, the sale of My.Games, Final Fantasy XIV, Mythos, Echo of Soul, Shroud of the Avatar's huge rollback, and the Secret World TTRPG Kickstarter, with adventures in WoW and SWG Legends.
One Shots: The Old Lion’s Arch Fan Club
While it was certainly gutsy for Guild Wars 2 to smash up and replace the main city hub of Lion's Arch back in the...
Global Chat: What gets you back in an MMO you previously dismissed?
We've all been there: We try out an MMO, find that it isn't doing it for us, and abandon it. But then down the...
Massively Overthinking: Do you take vacation time to play MMOs?
Back when Amazon was busy merging several dozen Lost Ark servers, I saw a comment thread where people were grousing about being locked out...
Star Anvil’s Secret World tabletop RPG has already exceeded its Kickstarter goal
As we've been reporting, while Funcom is more or less content to leave both versions of Secret World in maintenance mode for the indefinite...
Vague Patch Notes: Mandatory content and game design in MMOs
Let me tell you about my second roommate in college. He was named Kyle, and he was benefiting from the fact that I had...
Vitae Aeternum: The New Secret World
Comparisons between New World and The Secret World have existed pretty much since the earliest teases of NW. It's what put the game on...
