Introduction

Established in early 1996, The Syndicate® is the most successful Virtual Community in the history of Online Gaming.
We specialize in Game & System Testing, Strategy Guide Writing, Consulting On Systems Design and Round Table Feedback. We are a very well organized, professional, mature organization that has been involved with MMO projects for many years. The quality of our work and our ability to deliver on time and maintain the secrecy of the projects we are currently working on is one of our hallmarks.

In addition to Game Development focus, we have a strong focus on growing our community, building friendships and in making the online gaming community better for all gamers. Some of our current projects include our alliance with industry leader Prima Games to help create the best Strategy Guide content possible; consulting relationships with Game Developers to help create better "next gen" gaming content; formalized beta testing agreements where we focus heavily on providing value added feedback to improve the final gaming product; and finally we are also currently participating in two 'live' MMOs which are the worlds of Ultima Online and World of Warcraft. The Syndicate isn't just a guild, we are the industry leaders in gaming excellence.

There is far more to share about The Syndicate and what we stand for. Come in and explore our site. Read about our rich history, browse articles written about us, check out our Charter and FAQ to learn what makes us tick, read about the games we are a part of and much more. Step inside, for The Legend of The Syndicate awaits..

News

8th Annual Syndicate Conference & Charity Raffle

July 1st, 2009

The 8th Annual Syndicate World Conference & Charity Raffle is going to be held in Austin, Texas this year. Taking place late this summer, and despite the current tough economic climate, there will be 150+ Syndicate members that plan on attending. In addition we anticipate the following companies also having presences at the conference: G4TV, Sony Online Entertainment, 38 Studios, Richard Garriott's Space Adventures, Dell, Alienware, KingsIsle, Bioware, Stray Bullet, Pure West Media, Ten Ton Hammer, Prima Games and Playxpert. We are definitely looking forward to making this our largest and most successful event yet! As part of the conference this year, the Second Skin MMORPG documentary will be hosting its theatrical debut.

The Syndicate's 13th Anniversary

Feb 1st, 2009

In February 1996, The Syndicate was founded. The internet was a blazing fast 28.8kbps on computers you wouldn't even us as a footstool today. There was no Ultima Online yet. World of Warcraft wasn't even a concept much less a real game. Alot has changed but our core values remain the same and have guided us through years of growth and maturing into the strong, unified, successful group that we are today. Friendship, Loyalty, Team Focus, Maturity, Professionalism, Guild First. Those are our watch words and they have helped us to grow to more than 600 members large, with virtually no turnover and doing projects in the gaming world most other groups dream about but never get the chance to do. For us, 13 is not an unlucky number. It is the next step in our continued evolution as the premier online community.