30, Jul 2013
Neverwinter team offers token of peace for beta mess

So Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios figure that Neverwinter players may not exactly be happy about the list of game-breaking bugs and exploits found in the game’s open beta over the last few weeks. To help alleviate that player frustration, the developers are offering up an olive branch of…

30, Jul 2013
Neverwinter dares you to 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”…

30, Jul 2013
Exploits plague Neverwinter economy, PWE responds [Updated]

Multiple Massively sources and forum users are reporting that a serious auction hall exploit involving negative bids has turned the fledgling economy of Neverwinter on its head. Perfect World/Cryptic appear to be locking down forum threads on the topic and have posted the following in response to the exploits: We…

30, Jul 2013
Neverwinter 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…

30, Jul 2013
Neverwinter 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…

30, Jul 2013
Neverwinter to launch with alchemy profession

Neverwinter formally launches in just two days, but it appears as though the folks at Cryptic aren’t quite done adding features to the game. The company has just announced that an entirely new profession, alchemy, will go live at the same time as the game’s official launch. This brings the…

30, Jul 2013
The end of (beta) days invasion is coming to Neverwinter

The “It’s only in beta” catchphrase is going to become obsolete for Neverwinter come June 20th. At that time, open beta will go quietly into the night as launch takes its place. Did we say quietly? We mean with the loud crashing sounds of Valindra’s army at its heels! Starting…

30, Jul 2013
Neverwinter balance and gameplay update detailed

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…

29, Jul 2013
Neverwinter officially goes live on June 20

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…

29, Jul 2013
Neverwinter launches (again), reveals Fury of the Feywild module

So, like, Neverwinter launched and stuff. And today it’s launching again. Cryptic and Perfect World are actually calling it a launch this time, though, so there’s that. What does Launch Day part deux have in store for the discerning Neverwinter customer? There’s a new Alchemy profession, the new Caverns of…