Category: The Secret World News

Funcom has posted a new pair of images on The Secret World Facebook page that they say should “help clear things up”. The images are obviously puzzle pieces of a larger picture that teases…what? You tell us!

When a new MMO launches, sometimes it seems like the “new player experience” wasn’t very high on the priority list for some developers. Which, in the grand scheme of things, makes sense to a certain degree. While every player starts at the bottom and has to go through the new player experience at least once, the reality is that the vast majority of gameplay takes place once a character has reached max-level, otherwise known as the “end game.”

Funcom has announced that Golden Week has kicked off in The Secret World. During the week, several interesting items and bonuses are available in the Item Shop. Most notably, however, is that players will earn double ability points and will have a chan…

Funcom has announced that a new story pack for The Secret World is available for a great price. Called the “Ultimate Tokyo Story Pack”, the collection includes an Orochi pilot jumpsuit, two side-stories packs with eleven extra missions, and Issues 9-11. Issue 11 will bring the Tokyo story to a close and will be released in April 2015.

The Secret World was updated earlier today with the Enhanced Player Experience that brings a host of big changes to players in the earliest levels of the game and some overall improvements that are sure to please even the most veteran of players. We ch…

Funcom has announced that The Secret World has been updated to bring the Enhanced Player Experience online. Players can expect faster monster kill times, two starter weapons to allow more flexibility on starting a new character, improved rewards and mo…

Funcom’s Joel Bylos has penned what may be one of his last Game Director’s Letters for The Secret World. In it, he mentions that he will be moving on to a “new initiative” within Funcom. Bylos does not offer any further details but does mention that it will require his full focus and, as a result, he will be (and has been) handing off many of his TSW duties to others on the team.

Funcom’s Joel Bylos has published the latest Game Director’s Letter on The Secret World site. Bylos goes into some detail about what the team has been working on over the past month, most notably the new player experience overhaul and Issue 11.

Joel Bylos has published the first Director’s Letter for The Secret World. The first part of the letter takes a look back at the year that was and then launches into a preview of 2015. Among other things, TSW’s Tokyo storyline will be brought to a close and be opened for all players, new multiplayer content will be added and the new player experience is going to receive some attention.

Funcom is ready to hand out a free month of game time for The Secret World. The codes are, as they say, in the mail and should be used by January 15th to take advantage of the full thirty days. All that is terrific until learning about….killer clowns…