Depending on how much stock you put in the rumors or in Cryptic in general, this past week’s announcement of a second Dungeons & Dragons MMO — pardon me, an “OMG” — either rocked you back on your heels or cooled off your heels. Something to do with heels, at…
What’s Jack Emmert been up to since surfacing briefly to talk about Neverwinter a few months ago? Apparently climbing the corporate ladder, as Cryptic has just announced via press release that the game design veteran has been tapped to serve as CEO of the company that brought us Star Trek…
We’ve been on pins and needles since Atari announced two weeks ago that it was planning to sell off Cryptic Studios. Champions Online and Star Trek Online players were worried about the future of their titles, generating many rumors as to what might happen next . Today, we know the…
Praise Tyr! Cryptic Studios announced today that the official Neverwinter website has gone live. Neverwinter, for those unaware, is an in-development game from Cryptic Studios that brings players to the famous Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons & Dragons and particularly to the city of Neverwinter. In the game’s timeline, the…
There’s a new Ask Cryptic in town, and this month’s Star Trek Online update finds producer Dan Stahl fielding a plethora of community questions that cover a wide range of topics. While many of the questions (and answers) are straightforward one-liners, Stahl does go into a bit of detail about…
A couple of months back, we announced that Atari was in the court to sell off Cryptic Studios, and that Perfect World Entertainment had stepped up to the plate to take the studio off Atari’s hands. Well, as of now, the sale is complete and Cryptic is now firmly in…
Fans — and general looky-loos — anticipating Cryptic’s next game will have to wait a little while longer. Neverwinter has been officially delayed following a bout of legal mumbo jumbo involving Atari and Hasbro struggling over the Dungeons & Dragons license. While the two companies have finally settled this long-running…
Covering Neverwinter has always been a dicey proposition for Massively. We’ve always considered the upcoming D&D game by Cryptic Studios “multiplayer” rather than “massively multiplayer,” yet because the game was being developed by Cryptic, the urge to cover it persisted. Now we’ll be entirely justified. An article on IGN today…
Last month, we reported that Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment were changing gears to render the upcoming D&D Neverwinter game more of an MMO than originally planned, complete with action combat and a cash shop to dispense vanity items and perks. Today, MMORPG.com published an interview with Neverwinter Lead…
Like any good Dungeons & Dragons session, Neverwinter’s maiden trailer begins in a fantasy tavern, where locals and adventurers are mingling and swapping stories. Everyone is curious about a pitched battle that happened the night before on a bridge, but only one mysterious figure is able to tell them the…