Keeping it simple is critical to the suddenly roaring success of Cryptic Studios in San Jose, Calif.

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Keeping it simple is critical to the suddenly roaring success of Cryptic Studios in San Jose, California, a hot shop founded and majority-owned by Lewis, 32.

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In 2010, Star Trek Online, a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game featuring the voice acting of Leonard Nimoy and Zachary Quinto, was launched by Atari and Cryptic Studios.

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Gamers got a pair of spaceship shooters from Bethesda Softworks (Star Trek: Legacy) and Paramount Digital Entertainment (Star Trek: D-A-C) before Cryptic Studios launched Star Trek Online in 2010.

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When I last wrote about Neverwinter, the upcoming MMORPG from Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment, it was basically my way of bemoaning the plight of the single-player RPG.

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This includes MMORPGs like the recently soft-launched MMO, Neverwinter, from Cryptic Studios, as well as non-MMO competitive games such as indie mech title Hawken and upcoming Crytek shooter, Warface.

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