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Major Korean studio famed in the west for Mabinogi and Maplestory, among many other MMOs.

Nexon’s ‘next-gen’ mobile MMO AxE: Alliance vs Empire is coming westward ‘soon this year’

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Nexon is fairly well known for being one of the most prolific developers of MMOs in the industry, and today the studio announced that...
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 204: SpatialOS spasms

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Justin and Bree discuss the Unity vs. SpatialOS showdown, the Destiny 2 Activision split and investigation, Elite's massive event, big updates for Guild Wars 2, FFXIV, and LOTRO, plus our adventures in ESO, LOTRO, SWG, and DDO, and reader mail on games that don't click with you, the MMOs we'd like to see built, and video game eyeballs.

Interview: Astellia’s western team on pay-to-win, themeparks, and dodging early access and battle royale

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Yesterday we covered the news that South Korean born MMORPG Astellia is heading westward in 2019, with its holy trinity classes, solid PvE and...

South Korean MMO Astellia is coming westward in 2019, vows to steer clear of P2W

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It's official: Astellia is launching in the west this year. "Let the Stars Guide You this Summer 2019," the official site says. As we've...

Atlantica Online raises its level cap and throws itself an 11th birthday party

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Believe it or not, January 2019 marks the 11th anniversary of the nautical MMO Atlantica Online. Just because it's an odd year doesn't mean...

MapleStory 2’s Skybound part 2 launches as Nexon bans exploiters and shuffles the classic team

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MapleStory 2 got another big content infusion this week in the form of the second part of its Skybound expansion. "The update introduces the Fortress...

Perfect Ten: Mobile MMOs to watch in 2018

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Love it or hate it, MMOs are going mobile in ever-increasing numbers. Last year saw a crop of acclaimed titles making their way to...

MMOs you’ve never heard of: Trulion, Morna Tales, Laplace M, Project BBQ, Genesis, Endless Battle, Achaea, Lord of Chains, Star Sonata

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We have a perilously tall pile of MMOs (and MUDs and MOBAs and such) that you've probably never heard of for today's roundup. We're gonna just jump right in, starting with Trulion Online, a new open-world sandbox MMORPG that just hit beta on Android. Yes, it's a mobile title with retro graphics, but not all of what we're looking at today falls into that category!

MapleStory 2 interview: The Soul Binder, PvP, music, the western front, and battling pay-to-win

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MapleStory 2 charmed our previewer, our podcasters, even our writers when it came time for picking out the underdog MMO of 2018, thanks in...

Phase two of MapleStory 2’s Skybound expansion will go live on January 10th

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Last month, MapleStory 2 introduced the first part of its Skybound expansion, which introduced a slew of new content, including the new Soul Binder...
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Nexon’s founder is selling off his controlling interest – for $9 billion

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So, anybody got a spare $9B to buy up the biggest gaming company in South Korea? Reuters reported last night that Nexon founder Kim Jung-ju...

Astellia’s Korean beta update adds Avalon battlefield and legendary dungeons

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Nexon's Astellia might not be on your radar as a possible eastern import -- but perhaps it should? The hybrid MMO/card game continues to...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 203: New year, same old loot

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Justin, Bree, Eliot, and Chris team up for an end-of-the-year roundtable to recap our massive annual awards rollout, our holiday gaming fun, and the Atlas launch.

The Stream Team: MapleStory 2 puts the cute in Christmas

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After the hustle and bustle and stress of the season, who doesn't need a little injection of cuteness into their Christmas? Massively OP's Chris...

The MOP Up: Hytale takes a deeper approach to the Minecraft genre

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Have you heard of Hytale? If you're a fan of the Trove or Minecraft school of sandbox design, then it definitely bears further investigation....

Battle Bards Episode 134: Halloween and Christmas

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It’s beginning to sound a lot like Christmas! And, er, Halloween! Well, the Battle Bards were never much for subtlety, so you must excuse...

Leaderboard: What was the most overrated MMO of 2018?

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Every year for the last many years, we've done some sort of award for the most underrated MMO, or even the year's sleeper hit....

MapleStory 2’s next big expansion launches summer 2019

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It's been an eventful -- albeit short -- year for MapleStory 2, which just launched in October and released its major Skybound expansion early...

The MOP Up: Echo of Soul returns

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Korean MMO Echo of Soul is now back on Steam early access after the title was shut down back around 2015 and 2016. It's...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2018

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We've got a lot of awards going out over the next couple of weeks about the "best" and "biggest" of this and that. But...

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