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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Massively Overthinking: Is the popularity of small-scale co-op games hurting MMORPGs?
Gamasutra has an unusual piece from an Ubisoft developer this week arguing that co-op gameplay is the industry's rising midcore trend, one that he...
Guild Wars 2’s free-play Path of Fire preview weekend is live
Update: It's up, go go go!
Ahead of its September 22nd launch, Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion will be on public display this...
The Daily Grind: How long before an MMO or expansion launch do you want to know about it?
I admit to being worried about Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion release as the year wore on and we'd still heard nothing....
Guild Wars 2’s new item identification system is a huge blessing for bloated inventories
WoodenPotatoes is continuing his huge Guild Wars 2 infodump on ArenaNet's behalf with a few more videos you might want to peek at ahead...
Choose My Adventure: Starting completely fresh in Shroud of the Avatar
I really know pretty much nothing about Ultima.
This is only partly my fault. Way back when the Ultima games were a big deal on...
Guild Wars 2 begins selling level 80 character boosts
Does anyone actually take a character to level 80 in Guild Wars 2 the normal way any more? With all of the boosts given...
Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire’s huge new in-game map and the promise of PvP
There's a joke on the Guild Wars 2 subreddit that you don't need to read anything about the game -- you just wait for...
Leaderboard: Will you be trying Guild Wars 2 for free this weekend?
As part of its marketing push ahead of Guild Wars 2's Path of Fire expansion launch in September, ArenaNet is plotting a freebie weekend...
The Daily Grind: Is there any hope for WildStar?
It's no secret that WildStar has, for the duration of its existence, underperformed and struggled to find a large and steady audience. Even with...
Global Chat: What Asian MMOs can learn from the west
Usually when it comes to discussing world hemispheres of MMO game design, comments and observations are made about what western studios can learn from their...
Learn about the history of the Crystal Desert for Guild Wars 2’s future
The focal point of Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire will be Elona and the Crystal Desert. Do you not know what the Crystal...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 130: Flame and Fire
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire, Lord of the Rings Online: Mordor, Path of Exile: Fall of Oriath, and WoW's alt-friendly plans, with mailbag questions on MMO raiding and console MMOs.
Lineage Eternal delayed again, Guild Wars 2 mobile game teased
Steparu is reporting on a Korean-language piece today that suggests Lineage Eternal is once again in do-over mode. According to the report, NCsoft has gutted...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Cautiously optimistic about Guild Wars 2’s Path of Fire expansion
ArenaNet chose to very cleverly stave off the post-season blues by teasing a long-awaited, much-anticipated, and very-spoiled Guild Wars 2Â expansion announcement as a close...
WildStar says housing communities are coming soon, begins testing Prime Genetic Archives raid
Maybe it slipped under your radar, but WildStar has been quietly and diligently at work preparing the next two content updates for the game...
Guild Wars 2 devs open up about the new elite specializations
It seems fair to say that one of the most exciting aspects of Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire for fans is the announcement...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for gamers who are sick of raiding?
In the middle of the conversation spawned by yesterday's financial news that Guild Wars 2 had seen its worst revenue quarter since launch, several...
Guild Wars 2: Loot rumors, RNG grumblings, character boosters, and map spoilers
Guild Wars 2 Path of Fire detail rumors are swirling as info (and disinfo) is trickling back from the test environment. Here's a few of...
NCsoft Q2 2017: Guild Wars 2 drops to new all-time low, Blade and Soul heads to console
Ready to take high Asian fantasy to your home console? You'd better because NCsoft recently announced that it is working on adapting Blade and...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most important feature of MMO inventory systems?
A couple of weeks ago, we ran a story on ARK Park that included the image above, which just cracked me up. I mean,...
