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
Second Skin Premier At SXSW
March 9, 2008
The
Second Skin MMORPG documentary premiered at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival in Austin Texas on Friday March 7th. It was given a coveted opening night time slot and the theater, which had close to 500 seats, was packed. The Syndicate was there with about a dozen members and invited guests to be part of the debut.
The documentary covers a host of MMO topics from the good (i.e. highly successful online communities that transcend gaming like The Syndicate, people falling in love and living happily ever after, good buddies who game together as one aspect of their multi-faceted lives) to the not so good (one persons gaming addiction that destroys his life until he realizes the addiction for what it is and puts himself on the road to recovery). They interview Chinese Gold Farmers and delve into that 'taboo' aspect of online gaming. They interview such industry giants as Gordon Walton of Bioware and industry 'statistical' expert Nick Yee.
If the cheers as the movie ended were any indication, hopefully you will be able to see the movie yourself soon as one of the many distributors in the audience purchases the film.
