The Secret World

TSW: The Secret War is Coming “Very Soon”

Posted on Feb 01, 2012

Remember The Secret World beta registration? The strange Facebook application The Secret War that would supposedly grant the coveted closed beta access? That same one that failed to launch, and then after a big community fuss, seemingly vanished without further word? A recent post from Tarib, the senior community manager indicates that they are still hard at [...]

The Secret World Reveals New Location (Sort of)

Posted on Jan 25, 2012

A new location in The Secret World was unveiled in the wee hours of the morning: The Blue Mountains. I say ‘sort of’ because it’s another location within Solomon Island, the New England locale that has had a lot of information already provided to us. The Blue Mountain is located just west of Kingsmouth, and centers around [...]

New The Secret World Templar Trailer

Posted on Nov 18, 2011

It’s Templar Week over at The Secret World website and today we have a new trailer featuring the Templar faction. The trailer gives us a little more in-site into how the Templar faction works and shows off some new in-game scenes as well as some previously released cinematic scenes. The video ends with a bit of humor, [...]

The Secret World: Choosing your faction flavour of choice

Posted on Nov 07, 2011

Although initial suggestions from Funcom about an open beta for The Secret World before the holidays proved to be incorrect, Funcom has confirmed that an open beta will happen before the launch of the game in April 2012. If you’re an obsessive type, like me, you’ll probably already have started to dive deep into the factions of The [...]

Funcom Replies to Open Beta & Price Points for The Secret World

Posted on Nov 04, 2011

Yesterday we reported on a video where CEO Miguel Caron of Funcom Canada told the Montreal Gazette that Funcom would be trying to launch the The Secret World open beta before Christmas. Today Funcom has responded to it stating: Open beta will not be initiated before Christmas, but will be a part of our strategy next year [...]

The Secret World Target Beta Date Revealed

Posted on Nov 03, 2011

In a recent video interview with the Montreal Gazette, Miguel Caron the CEO of Funcom Canada, revealed that the target release date for The Secret World open beta is “before Christmas”. Don’t get too excite though, he also mentioned that it might be after Christmas. Caron also stated that the subscription fee would be around $15 to [...]

Dragon Milkshake

Posted on Oct 21, 2011

A new Dragon teaser video and interview with Ragnar Tornquist was released for The Secret World’s Week of the Dragon. Nothing marvelously new for those who’ve been following The Secret World, although there are a few interesting tidbits, like shots of what looks like a train station in space. I believe that’s a closer shot of [...]

The Secret World: Week of the Dragon

Posted on Oct 17, 2011

Funcom is kicking off the week by announcing Week of the Dragon, a full weekdevoted to the Dragon society in their upcoming MMORPG The Secret World. The Dragon is the least known of the three societies, being based in Seoul, Korea, it is perhaps the most mysterious. The Illuminate and Templar are much better known as [...]

The Secret World Phase Two Beta Signups

Posted on Aug 30, 2011

Phase one of The Secret World’s beta signup is currently underway and now more information has been revealed about phase two. The second phase will introduce a web-based community game where players will have to perform various actions on a global map in order to expand the influence of their secret society and climb within their ranks. As [...]

The Secret World Beta Signup Delayed

Posted on Aug 27, 2011

The Secret World was primed for closed beta signups yesterday, with thousands of fans hovering anxiously over the forums and website. The timer ticked down, bounced up 4 hours, then ticked down again, and lingered on 00:00 before breaking completely. Server outage or bizarre new ARG that must be solved before the actual signups can [...]