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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Global Chat: Getting a handle on Legends of Aria
One of the great benefits of reading the wealth of MMO blogs out there is that you can touch base on a huge variety...
The Game Archaeologist: Digging up the history of City of Heroes
For the longest time in the early 2000s, MMORPGs scared me off. They looked too obtuse, too grindy, too ugly, and too unapproachable for...
Massively Overthinking: Random acts of MMORPG kindness
Last week, down in the comments of an innocuous post about gamers being nice in Fortnite, a couple of MOP commenters requested a column...
Aion EU ‘simplifies’ its gameplay with Patch 6.2 this September
With server merges and transfers out of the way for Europe's version of Aion, the dev team is able to turn its attention forward...
City of Heroes emulator SEGS cranks up powersets
The Super Entity Game Server (SEGS) continues to push forward with its version to bring a full-featured open source emulator of City of Heroes...
The Stream Team: Frivolity in Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds
Feel like racing as a dolyak? You can in Guild Wars 2's latest festival! Although Festival of the Four Winds isn't new (it has...
Perfect Ten: The best expansions for specific MMOs
Looking over the past two decades or so, MMORPGs have grown by leaps and bounds with regular releases, events, and (of course) expansion packs....
Blade & Soul’s False Idols update brings new raids, better subscription benefits
Once the servers come back up today, Blade & Soul is going to have a lot to offer its fans thanks to the new...
The Daily Grind: Rank the top three housing MMOs ever made
WildStar. RIFT. EverQuest II.
If I had to choose three MMORPGs that contained the best housing systems and then rank them, that list up there...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 179: MMO parenting fails
Justin and Bree discuss Star Wars Galaxies Legends, World of Warcraft, Elite Dangerous, LOTRO's Weatherstock, Trion's layoffs, No Man's Sky's multiplayer, DDO, and Wizard 101 updates, with mailbag entries on how to start an MMO blog and spooky stuff in Guild Wars 2.
Guild Wars 2’s Festival of the Four Winds has launched after four years asleep
Guild Wars 2 is going old school today with the return of the Festival of the Four Winds, a festival players haven't seen in...
One Shots: Party animals
Apologies for the disruption in the normal One Shots schedule over the past couple of weeks, but we're back and freakishly abnormal! Everyone behave...
The Game Archaeologist: Kesmai’s Air Warrior and Legends of Kesmai
Most studios would be overjoyed to have pioneered one significant advancement in video game history, but then again, most studios aren't Kesmai. While it's...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite non-awful gaming subreddit?
I want to flip the tables on the whole toxicity/Reddit thing a bit. Earlier this week, we talked about some of the problems Reddit...
Blade & Soul buffs up its subscription benefits in its False Idols update
It's always a great feeling when you get a good bang for your buck. While Blade and Soul isn't changing the cost of its...
Perfect Ten: Endless dungeons in MMOs
Most MMO dungeons are normal songs. You start out and you have a pretty clear picture of the beginning, middle, and end; they don't...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 178: #womenarecosmetic
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's Battle for Azeroth, Wild West Online, Star Citizen, Defiance 2050, Rend, and Fractured, with a mailbag question on in-game conflict resolution and a special interview on Blaugust Reborn.
Guild Wars 2 is bringing back the Festival of the Four Winds next week – it’s the next best thing to Cantha
You know what Guild Wars 2 could use right about now? How about a festival? Yeah! How about the return of a festival that's...
Blade & Soul’s False Idols update rebalances battlegrounds, dailies, and hard mode loot
Are ya ready for Blade & Soul's next big thing? It's called False Idols, and it's bringing sweeping change to multiple game systems. Expect...
The Daily Grind: How can we solve Reddit’s gaming ‘tragedy of the commons’ problem?
In dealing with the ArenaNet fallout over the last couple of weeks, I started giving serious thought to the Reddit problem in gaming, and...
