A major global studio based in South Korea, known in the west for games like WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, among many others.
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The Daily Grind: What’s the most important example of death spiral development in MMOs?
A couple of weeks ago, Justin reminded me of a Guild Wars 2 panel from many years back where ArenaNet addressed Charr armor clipping.
"A Charr...
Wings Over Atreia: Awakened Legacy could be Aion’s rebirth
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of Aion, the facts of Aion!
There's...
The Daily Grind: Which MMORPGs should be preserved in the Video Game Museum?
In returning to the video game preservation debate this week following the DMCA exceptions granted to museums and archivists allowing them to archive online...
The MOP Up: Elder Scrolls Online’s free update offerings
When Elder Scrolls Online's Update 20 arrives, it will bring with it a free base patch that promises to spice up the alliance war...
One Shots: Pumpkins Online
I know and you know that MMO developers love Halloween perhaps more than their own flesh-and-blood children. And as much as I enjoy how...
The Video Game Museum offers a home to Star Wars Galaxies, City of Heroes, and WildStar
It's the longest of all long shots, but WildStar could be kept alive -- and in a museum, as Indiana Jones intended. And not...
Wings Over Atreia: Awakened Legacy is Aion’s NGE gut punch
Woah! WOA is back! It's only fitting: Wings Over Atreia debuted when Aion launched as a new game, and now it is back for...
The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2 Halloween with the MOP ladies plus one
Mad Kings and sinister clock towers, that's what Guild Wars 2's Shadow of the Mad King event is made of! But that won't stop...
US Library of Congress grants DMCA exception for preserving online games
It's a win for the good guys, at least if you figure the good guys are on the side of preserving video game and...
Massively Overthinking: Is there too much negativity in the MMO genre?
MassivelyOP reader Threespeed posed us an interesting question for this week's Overthinking that I thought was particularly appropriate given the Trion Worlds situation.
"Everyone has...
The Stream Team: A look at Aion: Awakened Legacy
Aion had a huge update yesterday in which many things were slated to be changed. Massively OP's MJ may not be able to reach...
Aion’s massive Awakened Legacy update is now live
Yesterday, NCSoft introduced the latest major Aion update, Awakened Legacy, and the full -- and, might we add, very, very extensive -- patch notes...
Blade & Soul tweaks its Blade & Ghoul Halloween event based on feedback
So, let's take stock. The bad news about the upcoming changes to Blade & Soul's Blade & Ghoul event is that "soul" and "ghoul"...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 192: Tricks and treats
MJ, Justin, and Bree discuss Trion's acquisition, Aion's Awakened Legacy, MMO Halloween, Black Desert's Russian un-fiasco, SWTOR, MapleStory 2, and ZeniMax's new maybe-MMO.
Guild Wars 2 dev explains the real cost of crunch to games and gamers, Rockstar Lincoln clarifies crunch policy
Rockstar's crunch problem and the ongoing industry discussion around games dev labor abuses don't appear to be dying down. Ahead of the weekend, Rockstar Lincoln...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst MMO zone transition of all time?
OK, stop me if you've heard this one: You're going along in a new MMORPG, happily zipping across verdant landscapes, doing quests in a...
The MOP Up: Mutant Year Zero breaks down the barriers
I think a lot of us unfamiliar with the IP might be giving Funcom's upcoming Mutant Year Zero a wary look and a wide...
One Shots: Waifu dreams
Make no bones about it, MapleStory 2 is as anime as they come. Need proof beyond the huge eyes, overdone expressions, and ultra-saturated cuteness?...
LOTRO Legendarium: Wait a minute, LOTRO, you lost me
If WildStar will go down in gaming history as the MMO with the consistently shortest quest text, then Lord of the Rings Online has...
The Daily Grind: Why don’t players use emotes more in MMOs?
The other day I was reading up on Fallout 76's emote wheel -- brought to you by Bethesda's console tunnel vision -- and was...
