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Filling In The Blanks On Neverwinter’s Character Sheet

Mike Fahey 12 February 2013 5:00 PM

It’s been years since I’ve walked the streets of Neverwinter, rapier swinging with every step, ready for whatever dangers lurked in the alleys of one of Dungeons and Dragons‘ most notable locales. It’s also been a while since I filled out a good old paper character sheet. Why not combine the two?

29 January 2013

Neverwinter Beta Weekends Dated, And For $200 You Can Play Drizzt

Mike Fahey 29 January 2013 10:30 AM

Perfect World Entertainment is prepared to open a portal to the Forgotten Realms next month with the first of three beta weekend events for its upcoming Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG, Neverwinter, and there’s one sure way to get in — spending $US49.99 or $US199.99 on a Neverwinter Founder’s Pack.

14 May 2012

Star Trek Online Developer Admits The Game’s PvP Sucks

Owen Good 14 May 2012 8:45 AM

While being forthright with his community about the woeful state of Star Trek Online‘s player-versus-player combat, a developer at Cryptic Studios also admitted to something of a self-fulfilling prophecy: PvP in the game is so bad, no one’s participating in it. Participation is so low that the studio has seriously considered removing PvP altogether.

6 January 2012

Retired Captains Can Now Play Star Trek Online For Free

Mike Fahey 6 January 2012 9:15 AM

Players with a lapsed subscription to Cryptic’s Star Trek Online can come back an play the game at no cost today as part of the free-to-play early start program. Everyone else can play for free come January 17.

5 October 2011

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World’s Most Famous Dark Elf Carves A Path To Neverwinter

Mike Fahey 5 October 2011 8:00 AM

Hoping to capture the attention of both traditional pen-and-paper role-players and video game RPG fans, Wizards of the Coast wants to put the city of Neverwinter on the minds of fantasy fans everywhere. That’s why they’ve called in the big guns: author R.A. Salvatore and his most famous creation, Drizzt Do’Urden.

7 September 2011

What Free-To-Play Means To Star Trek Online Players

Mike Fahey 7 September 2011 4:20 AM

Late last week it was revealed that Cryptic Studios’ massively multiplayer Star Trek Online would be going free-to-play later this year, swapping required subscription fees for an active player base. Today we find out what’s free and what’ll have players reaching for their gold-pressed latinum.

22 June 2011

You Don’t Have To Pay For City Of Heroes Anymore

Michael McWhertor 22 June 2011 7:30 AM

Superhero MMO City of Heroes is killing its monthly fee with the advent of City of Heroes Freedom as the game transitions from subscription-based model to a new, free to play one.

8 June 2011

Even The Giant Flesh-Hungry Spiders Look Pretty In Neverwinter

Mike Fahey 8 June 2011 10:45 AM

The Forgotten Realms depicted in this new trailer and screenshots for Cryptic Studios’ online co-op role-playing game Neverwinter could have been torn from the scribble pad I kept next to my character sheet back in my Dungeons & Dragons days.

18 May 2011

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Atari Dumps City Of Heroes, Star Trek Online Devs Cryptic

Michael McWhertor 18 May 2011 8:00 AM

Publisher Atari is “divesting” itself of MMO specialists Cryptic Studios, which it snapped up in 2008. It’s trying to sell the creators of Star Trek Online and Champions Online after losing Atari millions. [Atari Results (PDF)]

5 February 2011

In Real Life

Watch A Video Game Being Made In Seven Minutes

Owen Good 5 February 2011 1:30 PM

Three developers from Cryptic Studios participated in last weekend’s Global Game Jam, the festival that challenges participants to create a game from scratch in just 48 hours. They built this time-lapse video, compressing two days of work into seven minutes.

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