A major Chinese publisher with a large branch in the US, known here primarily for its stewardship of Cryptic Games’ MMORPGs, including Star Trek Online, Neverwinter, and Champions Online.
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DECA is closing the Star Trek Online, Champions Online, and Neverwinter forums in favor of Discord
As I type this, Another One Bites The Dust is going through my head, but I'm not talking about an MMO - just its...
Tower of Fantasy posts the patch notes and event schedule for its May 13 update
Tower of Fantasy appears to be extremely excited for its May 13th version update, as Hotta Studio and Perfect World have put out patch...
Gachapwned: Examining the nature of gacha mechanics as a concept
If you mention the term "gacha" to most people, what you will get is a reaction somewhere between disgust and anger or one of...
Neverwinter’s 31st module, Red Harvest, is live on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation today
Hey Neverwinter fans, heads-up: It's launch day! Specifically, it's launch day for Red Harvest, the MMORPG's 31st and latest module, live now not just...
World of Jade Dynasty promises to be accessible to western players thanks to fans’ English patch
This one is going to need a bit of a refresher since we're talking about a game that closed about seven years ago. That...
Star Trek Online talks Axiom, career-specific objectives, and what’s next for the narrative
Last week developer DECA talked about the recent Axiom episode for Star Trek Online and how it was taking the baton passed by Cryptic....
One Shots: The MMO grand tour
Have you ever taken a step back from your endless endgame chasing to go back through the entirety of your MMO from start to...
Star Trek Online’s new studio DECA says the Axiom episode continues Cryptic’s legacy
Have you played through Star Trek Online's newest episode yet? If you have, then you might want to check out the first part of...
Vague Patch Notes: Not every MMO mechanic you dislike is a bad one
There is a category of responses to any column about mechanics, and it came up with the recent couple of columns about level scaling,...
Perfect Ten: Early versions of MMOs that were rougher than you remember
Despite our nostalgia goggles and cries for legacy versions of MMORPGs, the real truth is that most 1.0 versions of our online games were...
Neverwinter’s D&D movie-inspired 31st module, Red Harvest, launches on PC and console May 6
Some good news for Neverwinter has just arrived in the wild: Arc Games (and dev studio DECA, we assume, though it's not mentioned anywhere...
Torchlight Infinite’s new season takes you to cloud city (but not that one)
The Torchlight brand's current holdout is hoping to make a strong case why this is the online ARPG that should be sucking up your...
Star Trek Online celebrates First Contact day and turns up experience rates
In-universe, First Contact Day is a big deal in Star Trek Online; it marks the day that Vulcans and Humans first met one another,...
Massively Overthinking: The things that broke us from old beloved MMORPGs
Last week, MOP's Chris and I were discussing his husband's obsession with Sea of Thieves; he runs with a set crew that generally leaves...
Champions Online, fresh off a smol UI update, introduces its new DECA community manager
Remember back in February, when DECA Games finally posted a memo to Star Trek Online fans to let them know how the transition from...
Vague Patch Notes: The MMO you play isn’t always the MMO that was designed
There was, for a brief period of time, a window when World of Warcraft was moving toward a more deterministic gear structure that de-emphasized...
Design Mockument: How would a Marvel MMORPG actually work?
We've had an awful lot of Marvel-related online projects that never quite get over the finish line into an MMORPG. Sure, we have had...
Vague Patch Notes: Learning to hate the MMORPGs you love
I had to teach myself how to hate Star Trek Online. It didn't come naturally to me.
If you've read the stuff that I've written...
Star Trek Online’s Unveiled, the MMO’s 33rd season, is live on console today
Console Captains, it's finally your moment in Star Trek Online, as the Unveiled season is officially live on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Xbox...
Star Trek Online’s anniversary celebrations have kicked off for console players
It's kind of hard to play Star Trek Online on console when the anniversary event starts, because you know that you're going to have...
