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A major global studio based in South Korea, known in the west for games like WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, among many others.

The Stream Team: Going to Glint’s lair in Guild Wars 2

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Last Guild Wars 2-sday, Massively OP’s MJ collected all of the lost dragon's memory shards. Now, she must get to Glint's lair to search...
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Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King Halloween 2020 is officially live

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Shadow of the Mad King is back in Guild Wars 2 for the Halloween season of this hell year, and if you're really fast,...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Tips and tricks for Guild Wars 2’s roller beetle racing

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I’m not a big racing game person. Sure, I played my fair share of Mario Kart 64 back in the day, but beyond that,...

ArcheAge plans Chronicle patch as players boggle over Unchained’s proposed new ArchePass

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Gamigo is rolling out a patch this week for ArcheAge as well as ArcheAge Unchained: Come October 15th, both versions of the game will...

One Shots: Spit take

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If my experience with that giant camel at Aladdin's Flying Carpets at Disney World is any indication, all dromedaries are jerks that want to...

The Game Archaeologist: Deadlands Legends, the western MMO that never saw the light of day

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The saying goes that there is nothing new under the sun. So while you probably can't write an original setting that's never been seen...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO class makes you feel overpowered?

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Obviously, we here at MOP love anything overpowered -- including frappes, meme wars, and MMORPG classes. Sometimes it doesn't even take numerically superior stats...

The Daily Grind: Is there a location you wish your fave MMO could explore – but never will?

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I have two examples in mind for today's Daily Grind. The first, of course, is Cantha: I've been a broken record on wanting the...
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City of Heroes’ SEGS rebuild project releases a pre-alpha version of its engine

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The Super Entity Game Server (SEGS) project, which readers will recall is an attempt to rewrite the code for City of Heroes to connect...

Cryptic’s Stephen D’Angelo on City of Heroes’ lessons, Star Trek Online’s booming revenues

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It's been a wild year for PWE's Cryptic Studios, as it's been busy maintaining its core MMORPGs but also working on Magic Legends, which...

Guild Wars 2’s Halloween festival, Shadow of the Mad King, returns October 13

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On today's podcast, Justin asked me which MMO NPC needed more screentime, and I don't remember whom I picked but it was wrong. Obviously,...

City of Heroes Homecoming rogue servers kick off Halloween with today’s patch

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If you miss the spooky times in City of Heroes, whether you were there for some of the first ToT teams or experienced Dr....

The Wagadu Chronicles unlocks three stretch goals, including sea navigation and a new sub-lineage

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Having raised over $145,000 in its Kickstarter campaign to date, The Wagadu Chronicles is tearing into its stretch goals like a lion enjoying a...

One Shots: Watch where you’re waving that thing!

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Several Christmases ago, my mother actually bought me a giant pirate sword that was very metal and very, very sharp. I instantly became terrified...

The Daily Grind: Do you prefer combat rotations or reactive gameplay in your MMOs?

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It's not every day that I stop what I am doing to mentally clap for a poster on Reddit, but user Rolling-in-the-Meeps prompted just...

Classic Guild Wars tightens up security in its latest update

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Among the many little unique quirks that were seen in the original Guild Wars and pretty much nowhere else was a security question that...

Guild Wars 2 preps tournament week, while community website Dulfy.net disappears

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Guild Wars 2's PvP scene is a lot like hanging out at the pool. Some players are content to sit on the sidelines, some...

The Stream Team: Avenging dragons in Guild Wars 2

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Have you heard of Guild Wars 2-sday? Well now you have! Massively OP's MJ has decided that it's the perfect day to continue her...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 290: African expedition

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Justin and Bree discuss Ultima Online New Legacy, Phantasy Star Online 2's New Genesis, LOTRO's new class, WoW and BlizzConline, The Wagadu Chronicles, and Secret World Legends, with adventures in WoW, Guild Wars, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on representation in MMOs and favorite jumping puzzles.
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City of Heroes: Homecoming previews Page 6 content, preps for Halloween, and shares the cost of operations

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We've got a whole lot of news pouring out of the Homecoming rogue servers for City of Heroes, so let's dive right in. First...

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