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The development team at Cryptic and publisher Perfect World have announced that the MMO Star Trek Online players will get access to new content on February 11, under the name Episode 4: The 2800. The number refers to the amount of ships that the Jem’Hadar inhabiting and dominating the Gamma Quadrant of the Gal... |
6 February 2012
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Video game publisher Atari and developer Cryptic Studios have launched the second trailer for their upcoming MMO Neverwinter, showing how the game feeds on the Dungeons & Dragons lore to create a living, breathing game universe.In Neverwinter, which is based around the main city of the Sword Coast, gamers will be abl... |
30 November 2011
11:51 GMT |
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A lot of people were surprised to learn that the new Neverwinter video game from Perfect World and Cryptic was moving to the free-to-play MMO business model but the developers say that the move made sense to them and allows the team to create a more complex experience.Speaking to MMORPG.com Andy Velasquez, who is the... |
15 November 2011
22:31 GMT |
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Star Trek Online, the MMO based around the well-known television universe, has faced an uphill struggle ever since it was released and met with mixed reactions from gamers, but it seems that the developers have big plans for 2011. Their plans, revealed via a pretty lengthy Questions & Answers session on the officia... |
14 January 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Atari, as the publisher, and Cryptic Studios, as the developer, have announced that their superhero-based MMO Champions Online would be moving to a free-to-play and microtransaction business model starting on January 25.
The move had been announced for some time, with initial information coming out in late 2010, b... |
13 January 2011
13:41 GMT |
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Cryptic Studios, as the developer, and Atari, as the publisher, have announced that the Season Three update, labeled Genesis, for the MMO Star Trek Online is now officially set to be released on December 9, 2010 bringing a host of changes to the video game that is based around the successful science fiction franchise... |
17 November 2010
04:12 GMT |
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The developer of the new Neverwinter role playing game, which will focus on the cooperative element, have not yet decided on the business model that will power their game but it seems that players will not have to pay a monthly subscription to enjoy it.Talking to Gamasutra as part of a larger interview Jack Emmert, w... |
30 August 2010
17:21 GMT |
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Publisher Atari and developer Cryptic Studios have announced that they are working on Neverwinter, a new fantasy based role playing game that is set to arrive on the PC, dispelling rumors that talked about the two companies working on yet another MMO based on a popular intellectual property.Jack Emmert, the current l... |
27 August 2010
16:31 GMT |
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The leader of developer Cryptic Studios has admitted that his company needs to improve their creation process for the upcoming cooperative role playing game based on the Neverwinter universe, after the criticism they have faced over the lack of launch polish for MMOs Champions Online and Star Trek Online.The new Neve... |
25 August 2010
16:41 GMT |
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Developer Cryptic Studios and publisher Atari have officially announced that they are working on a new Neverwinter video games which is to be focused on cooperative play and will arrive on the PC at some point in 2011, just as well known author R.A. Salvatore puts together a new fiction series that will tell the stor... |
24 August 2010
05:05 GMT |
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Publisher Atari has posted financial results for the fiscal year, which ended on March 31, managing to cut its losses from 221.9 million Euros, about 272.4 million dollars, during the previous year, to just over 19 million Euros.The company even succeeded in posting a small profit, of 3.8 million, during the second h... |
27 May 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Star Trek Online will see some interesting changes in its next two major updates, Season Two and Season Three. Craig Zinkievich, the title's executive producer, talked about what was in store for the fans in the big content additions to come in his latest State of the Game address. Season Two will include, acc... |
24 May 2010
03:50 GMT |
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Star Trek Online has just received its first significant content update with the Season One: Common Ground package and, just a few months after the official launch of the MMO, Cryptic is looking forward to a Season 2 and a Season 3 that they plan to have out this year, although the exact content that will be added is... |
7 April 2010
04:22 GMT |
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Death in video games is a very abstract concept, and each genre punishes players in different ways for carelessly throwing away their lives. Single-player games tended to force the re-load screen upon them, but, without such a feature in online titles, death and defeat needed to adapt, developing actual punishments f... |
19 February 2010
05:14 GMT |
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Star Trek Online is now out and Cryptic Studios, the developer of the MMO, is quickly moving to talking about the wonderful things they plan to offer to players in the coming weeks and months. This might be seen as an answer to players’ complaining about the limited content offered in the initial release of the... |
18 February 2010
03:16 GMT |
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Star Trek Online is the latest MMO launch and the first big one of 2010, and the people at Cryptic are really working hard on making sure that those who were first attracted to the game because of the Star Trek theme will be staying for the wealth of fresh content the developers are planning to implement in the comin... |
3 February 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Cryptic's last massively multiplayer online role-playing game, Champions Online, has had people grinding for just over two months, but that won't stop the developer from working overdrive on its next MMORPG. Star Trek Online is announced for release on February 2, 2010, and its developers have now announced... |
23 November 2009
04:47 GMT |
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As its launch date approaches, more and more details regarding Star Trek Online begin to surface. The latest details its developers have released are the system requirements so that Star Trek fans will have plenty of time to upgrade their system if necessary. The minimum requirements for the game are pretty decent, t... |
12 November 2009
02:42 GMT |
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Cryptic Studios, as the developer, and Atari, as the publisher, have announced that Star Trek Online, their MMO that will allow players to live the life of a starship captain, is set to go live on February 2 in North America and on February 5 in Europe.The news is not yet offered on the official page of the project, ... |
10 November 2009
07:15 GMT |
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Cryptic Studios has announced that its recently launched MMO Champions Online now has more than 1 million characters created and running around saving the in-game world. The videogame was published by Atari, which was acquired Cryptic earlier in the year, and offers players a chance to choose their appearance, their ... |
30 October 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Cryptic, the developer, has announced that its MMO Champions Online is set to become free to play for all those interested in superheroes and social gaming for the upcoming weekend. Between Friday, October 30, and Monday, November 2, the video game is open to everyone in an effort made by the show runners to attract ... |
26 October 2009
16:11 GMT |
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The idea that gaming consoles like the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and the PlayStation 3 from Sony are the mediums that MMOs will conquer next has been around for some years but while multiplayer-oriented gaming has been on the rise on those platforms, no MMO managed to really gain traction on devices that are dominated ... |
14 October 2009
13:51 GMT |
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With Champions Online released and playable, Cryptic is shifting its development team to work on its next project, Star Trek Online, the MMO set to arrive in 2010, allowing gamers to take on the role of Starfleet captain in a distant future when the Khitomer Accords have broken down and the Federation and Klingon Emp... |
13 October 2009
08:57 GMT |
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Paragon Studios is celebrating the launch of Issue 16: Power Spectrum, but it's not doing so in-house, over a bottle of wine and party crackers. It's doing it with the gamers of City of Heroes. All inactive accounts in good standing along with the rest of the active players will be able to enjoy a free Reac... |
1 October 2009
04:26 GMT |
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Champions Online will probably never get to be as popular as the current king of the MMOs, World of Warcraft from Blizzard; still, the game will surely find a niche market amongst those interested in superpowers, made villains and saving the world.The videogame is set to arrive on September 1 but only those who play ... |
31 August 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Champions Online, the Cryptic-created and Atari-published super hero-oriented MMO, is set to arrive on September 1 and the developers and publishers are trying some interesting tactics to get players to sign up for the long term with the game, rather than getting a subscription for only one month that can be constant... |
6 August 2009
14:31 GMT |
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Champions Online is poised to be released in less than two months and the developers at Cryptic have announced what players need, both in terms of software and hardware, in order to run the MMO. The game itself might be centered on superheroes and their exploits in a fictional world but the real world demands on comp... |
9 July 2009
13:11 GMT |
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Cryptic, which is now owned by Atari, is hard at work polishing up Champions Online, its MMO that should be launched soon to allow players to become superheroes and live out their comic book-related fantasies.And one of the elements that the developer plans to emphasize in the fresh game is communication and social n... |
7 July 2009
03:59 GMT |
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Atari, as the publisher, and Cryptic Studios, as the developer, are said to be working on a MMO based on the Neverwinter Nights franchise. The tentative release date is for sometime in 2011 and, apparently, the title is one of the big bets that Atari is taking in order to insure its survival as a videogame company.Th... |
11 June 2009
18:11 GMT |
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Cryptic Studios, which is now wholly owned by Atari, has announced that its superhero MMO Champions Online has been delayed and now has a release date set for September 1 2009. The game was initially scheduled to come out on the PC on July 14, which is also the national day of France (someone is bound to find a conne... |
19 May 2009
04:27 GMT |
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Cryptic Studios is sending word that Champions Online, its super hero-oriented MMO, is set to be released on the PC on July 14. The game should arrive at the same date in both North America and in Europe and Cryptic is apparently still struggling to launch an Xbox 360 version of the MMO, which was planned ever since ... |
28 April 2009
04:28 GMT |
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Bill Roper, who is the leader of Cryptic Studios, offered quite a few new details related to the superhero MMO under development, Champions Online.Roper talked about the fact that Champions Online would have a level of difficulty, which would try to provide a challenge without frustrating the player with frequent fai... |
7 April 2009
02:59 GMT |
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One of the most important men at Cryptic, Bill Roper, says that there are problems with the expectations that people have regarding Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, the MMO developed by Mythic Entertainment.Roper talked to MTV Multiplayer and said that “I hear half the people are saying, 'Oh gosh, Warha... |
24 February 2009
04:37 GMT |
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Infogrames, the parent company of Atari, is forming a new distribution division, which is to be called Distribution Partners for now, and has named Jackie Fromion, a veteran of the videogames industry who worked within Electronic Arts, as the head of the new entity.Jackie Fromion headed the European operations of Yop... |
23 December 2008
03:59 GMT |
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Atari, which has been quite present in the news lately, acquiring the rights to publish Sam & Max and talking about the future of Baldur’s Gate, announces having acquired developer Cryptic Studios.Cryptic is a respected development studio. It has created City of Heroes and City of Villains for NCsoft, although ... |
11 December 2008
12:31 GMT |
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The recently released new Prince of Persia, which marks the series’ leaving the familiar Sands of Time setting, could be one of the most important videogames in the history of Ubisoft.Alain Martinez, who is the Chief Financial Officer of Ubisoft, stated, at the UBS Annual Global Media Conference, that Prince of... |
11 December 2008
04:22 GMT |
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It's tough to launch a MMO these days. After all, World of Warcraft, Blizzard's project, has now more than 11 million subscribers and the second expansion for the game, Wrath of the Lich King, which has just been released, has the potential to draw even more players. Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning and T... |
13 November 2008
18:11 GMT |
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The co-founder of Flagship and one of the most important people behind the MMO Hellgate: London, Bill Roper, is set to join Cryptic Studios, to work on their upcoming superhero powered title, Champions Online, as a design director.Bill Roper became well known to videogames lovers as one of the key people responsible ... |
4 November 2008
03:39 GMT |
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Cryptic Studios announce that they plan to launch a closed beta for Champions Online, the MMO featuring superheroes which the developer intends to release sometime in early 2009. The announced beta is PC only, although the game is also slated to be out for the Xbox 360, and all you have to do is visit the game s... |
15 October 2008
04:07 GMT |
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Star Trek has a lot of fans and has been the setting of a few games, without any spectacular result. Even if the intellectual property is very interesting for developers, they have never managed to make players connect with the Star Trek games that have come about.Now Cryptic is trying to come up with something ... |
23 September 2008
04:21 GMT |
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Developer Cryptic Studios is announcing that it is appointing a new Chief Executive Officer in the person of John Needham. The new appointment is seen as an effort to bring structure to the company as development on its Champions Online MMO is going into full gear.John Needham comes from Sony Online Entertainment, wh... |
4 June 2008
03:10 GMT |
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Cryptic are now working on an MMOG titled Champions Online, which aims to bring superheroes, arch-nemesis and fully destructible environments to the players. Sounds familiar? I bet it does because Cryptic were previously working on Marvel Universe Online. As that project got canned everybody thought heroes-and-villai... |
21 February 2008
02:57 GMT |
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