Champions Online goes Free to All on January 25th 2011
We covered the initial announcement of changes coming to Champions Online a while back. Cryptic and Atari are turning to the free-to-play model with micro transactions that has proved a successful...
View ArticleAtari Kicks Off Star Trek Online Anniversary Sale
Atari and Cryptic are celebrating Star Trek Online’s first year running and the kick off of Champions Online: Free For All with a special anniversary deal. Starting January 25th, lifetime...
View ArticleCryptic Drops New Trailer for MMO Dungeons & Dragons: Neverwinter (TRAILER)
Well, PAX East fans, we’ve got your first reveal of the day: a new trailer from Cryptic, further showing off its upcoming Neverwinter MMO. Neverwinter has been in development for a while, but started...
View ArticlePSA: Possible User Account Breaches At Cryptic Studios
If you play Champions Online, or Star Trek Online, your private data may have been accessed by unauthorized parties. That news comes courtesy of a source who received the following email from Cryptic...
View ArticleCryptic Studios Spills Details On Security Breach
Last night, we reported that Cryptic Studios games Star Trek Online and Champions Online had experienced an unspecified breach of user accounts. In their initial announcement, given via an email to...
View ArticleNeverwinter Developers Working to Be True to Stories
Dungeons & Dragons’ world of Neverwinter has a storied history, explored in novels and fiction as well as video games. So when Cryptic Studios started work on its Dungeons & Dragons:...
View ArticleStar Trek Online Celebrates Three-Year Anniversary With Free Ships
Everybody loves Star Trek: The Next Generation, right? I sure hope so. Star Trek Online knows that TNG is the best of all the Star Trek shows, so they are offering some fancy new (old?) ships for the...
View ArticleCryptic CEO Talks Neverwinter, MMOs, and More
We’re pretty into the new Neverwinter MMO from Perfect World and Cryptic Studios. Dan’s been covering the beta weekends, and I stopped by their booth at PAX East last weekend to see what was new....
View ArticleNeverwinter Beta Impressions: A Strong Start
Full disclosure: I’m not especially fond of Cryptic’s previous games. Champions Online has promise, but it is weighed down by awkward combat and netcode. Star Trek Online is better, but it’s hard to...
View ArticleNeverwinter Review: Hefting The Axe
There’s a reason we do impressions for MMOs first, then do the review a bit later. The first few hours of an MMO are always designed to be exciting and engaging, and the end is usually many dozens of...
View ArticleStar Trek Online Turns Four, Celebrates 3.2M Captains
More than 3.2 million captains are boldly going where no one has gone before. Star Trek Online is celebrating four years of voyages in the final frontier. Along with a new feature episode, A Step...
View ArticleScourge Warlock Class Coming To Neverwinter
The upcoming fourth module for Neverwinter Online, “Tyranny of Dragons” will include a new class, the Scourge Warlock. The Scourge Warlock is a powerful magic user who plies dark magical abilities,...
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