2, Aug 2013
returns with seven-hour rollback after exploit

Over the weekend, a massive exploit plagued Perfect World Entertainment’s Neverwinter beta as players discovered a way to make billions off of the auction house and Astral Diamond Exchange. After initially closing the economy to explore the company’s options, PWE decided to do a seven-hour rollback of the servers that…

2, Aug 2013
The great economic collapse of 2013

So funny story: In planning out in advance what I wanted to talk about in this biweekly Neverwinter column, I had selected something that recently caught my eye about the game and made me happy. That something was the Neverwinter Gateway, a web portal that allows out-of-game players the ability…

2, Aug 2013
kitchen sink update incoming

Are you singing the open beta blues when it comes to Neverwinter? Nasty bugs or class inconsistencies getting you down? Then cheer up, little soldier, for Cryptic has the cure for what ails you. The studio announced today that it’s preparing a “major” update to address issues across the Neverwinter…

2, Aug 2013
Neverwinter officially goes live

Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios have announced today that their free-to-play MMO Neverwinter will be officially launching on June 20th of this year. This launch will also mark the addition of the Gauntlgrym content for level 60 vets and a public test shard named NeverwinterPreview. If that’s not enough…

2, Aug 2013
Neverwinter balance and gameplay

Perfect World wasn’t kidding when it said earlier this week that it was prepping a kitchen sink patch for its new Neverwinter MMO. The title, now slated to shed its open beta tag for a proper launch date on June 20th, has just received a mammoth balance and gameplay post…

2, Aug 2013
Conquer the Caverns of Gauntlgrym

When Neverwinter officially launches on June 20th, those players who are already congregating at the level cap will have a new challenge to overcome: the Caverns of Gauntlgrym. Cryptic posted a new article to highlight the level 60 dungeon that offers both PvP and PvE content. Promising “something for everyone”…

2, Aug 2013
The soft launch scam

Back in the golden days of video games, there was no such thing as a soft launch. Nintendo didn’t send out test copies of Super Mario World to special “backers,” and Sega didn’t ship half-finished Sonic games with promises of further content updates. Games, for the most part, were played…

2, Aug 2013
Neverwinter:A one-month evaluation

It’s been a little over a month since Neverwinter soft-launched as a no-wipe open beta. Perhaps some folks are holding off until the “official” launch to play it, but I wager that most anyone who is interested in this game is already leveling up like mad. I always think that…

1, Aug 2013
Neverwinter:Advanced Combat Tips

I figured that since Neverwinter is an action based MMO, it would be good to compile a list of tips and tricks that may help some people survive their next encounter, or save our veteran players from giving the same lessons day in and day out. Some will be fairly…

1, Aug 2013
Players starting in Neverwinter…

Tips/Advice for players starting in Neverwinter… Hi, I’ve decided to make a thread where players can post up any tips/advice they have for players starting out in the game. I have some of my own, but please do add any you happen to have or think would help players out,…