Embracer Group buys Perfect World Entertainment for $125M
Embracer Group has agreed to buy Perfect World Entertainment from China’s Perfect World for $125 million in cash and stock. Under the deal, Embracer...
The D20 Beat — Magic: Legends and Black Legend are making me cranky
I must have been wearing my cranky pants this week. I can’t remember playing a selection of role-playing games that left me feeling so...
Cryptic Studios interview: Surviving Atari, working with Wizards, and a changing business model
Cryptic Studios is entering its third decade in the massively multiplayer online game market, where it started (like everyone else) in paid subscriptions before...
Cryptic Studios interview: Reflecting on 20 years of adventures, starships, and superheroes
Cyptic Studios has been around since 2000. It’s home is Los Gatos, California, a small suburb of San Jose. It’s near the heart of...
Star Trek Online warps into Discovery
Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios announced today that Star Trek Online is starting a new saga this fall based on the latest show...
Neverwinter: Ravenloft module launches on PC
Neverwinter sure has faced some troubles. A chasm full opened during the Spellplague, spewing out twisted creatures and harboring some of the most ancient...
Neverwinter closes in on 18 million players, and we’ve killed 6.5 million dragons in 5 years
Five years ago, Neverwinter launched with the promise of mixing action-based combat with tools to make your own adventures within a bigger world set...
PC Gaming Weekly: Magic in the making at Cryptic and Perfect World
Perfect World and Cryptic Studios are brewing some new magic — and it could result in the biggest massively multiplayer online role-playing game since...
Magic: The Gathering is becoming an MMO
Cryptic Studios and Perfect World, two companies with plenty of experience making online worlds, are creating a Magic: The Gathering massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG...
Neverwinter’s Sea of Moving Ice swaps your Rod of Rulership for a fishing rod (update)
It’s time to pack your rod and reel along with your great swords, bows, holy symbols, and spellbooks. Neverwinter’s next update for its Storm...