Official Site:Â The Secret World
Studio:Â Funcom
Launch Date:Â July 3, 2012
Genre:Â Modern Horror Hybrid Themepark
Business Model:Â Hybrid B2P (Optional Sub, Cash Shop)
Platform: PC
See also: Secret World Legends
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The Soapbox: Casuals and soloers need challenging MMO content too
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Massively Overthinking: Open world difficulty and puzzles in MMOs
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Massively Overthinking: The slowest and fastest combat in MMORPGs
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A while back, I was talking in the comments of an article about how bad The Secret World's combat was. It was the game's...
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Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs as Saturday morning cartoons
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Microsoft’s Activision-Blizzard buyout is official, Kotick to stay through end of 2023
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The...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG offers the best horror content?
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Funcom celebrates its 30th anniversary as it looks back at Anarchy Online, Conan, and Secret World
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The studio got started making games for the Genesis...
Interview: New World’s Scot Lane on the MMO’s past, future, and upcoming dungeon finder
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Star Anvil’s Secret World TTRPG is about to start delivering draft digital rulebooks to backers
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