ncsoft

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 Daily Grind: Did you take advantage of any Black Friday sales in MMOs this weekend?

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I did a ton of shopping - all online, mind you, as I'm not so far gone as to actually put on pants or...

The MOP Up: League of Legends doesn’t want to grow up (November 26, 2017)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

One Shots: The rat race

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At times, I feel like I must be the responsible adult in the MMORPG genre and sit down some of these artists and tell...
If I recant this recommendation later, bury me with my money.

MassivelyOP’s 2017 PC hardware gift guide

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Since you're reading this, there's a good chance that you own a PC that you at least occasionally use for gaming, and there's an...

Ship of Heroes resurrects the crowd controller playstyle

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Do you miss playing your Controller in City of Heroes? One of that game's spiritual successors wants to resurrect the concept of a mez-happy...
What can I say except ''you're welcome''

Perfect Ten: MMO things to be thankful about this year

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It's kind of hard to be thankful this year. Sure, some good things have happened this year, but we also have some things that,...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 145: Farewell Marvel Heroes and Master X Master

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Justin and Bree discuss the sunsets of Marvel Heroes and Master X Master, NCsoft's and Funcom's quarterly financials, EA's Star Wars Battlefront 2 business model fiasco, and Path of Exile's upcoming expansion, with a mailbag question on slowing down for classic WoW.

Jukebox Heroes: Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire’s soundtrack

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I feel comfortable in saying that I hold the Guild Wars franchise's soundtrack in high regard. There's excellent music across the board from a...

Check out Guild Wars 2’s ‘Daybreak’ living story season 4 trailer

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If you were excited about last week's Guild Wars 2 living story season 4 announcement but found the recap trailer wanting, welp, you're going...

MMO Mechanics: What can be learned from Guild Wars 2 Mountgate?

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Most often, MMO Mechanics articles focus on the gameplay mechanics that both make the MMO genre unique and those that diversify MMOs from one...

Lineage 2: Revolution recruits Conan O’Brien for western domination

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What is the mobile game that everyone will be talking about this holiday season? Netmarble is confident that the answer to that is "Lineage...

Global Chat: Why you need to be playing Warframe

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You know what's one MMO that seems to be capturing the interest of a lot of gamers these days? Warframe. It seems to be...

One Shots: Gassy and bloated

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I do think that we, as a culture, have become disturbingly obsessed with selfies, but I will always make an exception for anyone who...
Alas and alack.

WildStar teases Black Friday deals

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Shh, don't tell NCsoft that WildStar is still operating! If we're all good and still, then the closure-happy studio might overlook this struggling-but-fun MMO....

The Daily Grind: Which MMO would you recommend to Marvel Heroes refugees?

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So Marvel Heroes has about six weeks to live thanks to the impending shutdown of the game following Disney's decision to drop Gazillion as...
Perhaps start by wearing some.

Blade & Soul grants character boosts, Blade & Soul Revolution struts its stuff on mobile

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With only a few weeks left before Blade & Soul drops its "biggest patch ever," NCsoft is gifting players a bundle of goodies to...

NCsoft is already sunsetting MOBA Master X Master

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NCsoft announced this evening that it will sunset its relatively new MOBA Master X Master, explaining that the game just "wasn’t enough to take...
Oh, hello there!

Netmarble mobile MMO Lineage 2 Revolution has officially launched

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As the Google Play app on my phone frantically notified me this morning, Lineage 2 Revolution has officially launched itself right on out of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 144: Harry Potter and the Deathly ARG

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Justin and Bree talk Guild Wars 2 mounts, the Harry Potter ARG, SWTOR's merge, WoW, LOTRO, Pocket Legends Adventures, Android games, and Bluehole's Ascent: Infinite Realm, with mailbag questions on GW2 marketing, visual effect shenanigans, and MMOs as escapism.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking more of Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire story

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As promised, Flameseeker Chronicles is back with a continuation of the Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire story deep-dive I've been crafting over the last few...

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