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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 Game Archaeologist: How Sceptre of Goth shaped the MMO industry

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When it comes to text-based MMOs created in the '80s, '90s, and 2000s, the sheer number of them would blot out the sky. There...

WildStar’s Starfall Celebration heralds the game’s third birthday

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It hardly seems as if it's been three years since WildStar launched. In fact, I missed the original launch since it rudely came out...

SuperData April 2017: Smooth sailing for World of Warcraft, Overwatch, and Hearthstone

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SuperData's April worldwide digital video games market summary has arrived, and with it we get a glimpse into the top gaming studios. And only...
And on and on and on...

Perfect Ten: Understanding MMORPG Warriors

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There is always a Warrior. Every game has a Warrior. No matter what other class options it has, a Warrior is in that list....

One Shots: Head of the class

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What do you do if you're a sentient stone head who has been tasked with centuries of guard duty? You probably do a lot...

Check out Bog Otter’s guide to returning to Guild Wars 2 as a Heart of Thorns noob

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So let's say you're somebody like MOP's Justin -- somebody who liked Guild Wars 2 way back in the day but didn't consider picking...
The jokes write themselves some days.

Boot up your Age of Conan account for a free level 80 toon on its ninth birthday

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So, Age of Conan players. Let's talk. I know this year has been kinda rough on you. You found out, as we did, that...
Sometimes this is easier said than done.

Guild Wars 2 drops extensive class balance patch

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Players logging into Guild Wars 2 yesterday might have found that their classes were changed quite a lot, thanks to a rather extensive balance...
And we shoot the varmint.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 117: Starfall no more

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On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin is joined by MJ to chit-chat about The Secret World (Legends), ESO Morrowind, TERA, RIFT, Wild West Online, Guild Wars 2, ARK, Conan Exiles, EverQuest II, Warframe, and LOTRO, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs, F2P MMO recommendations, and our old Marvel Heroes guild.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s Flashpoint

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I've managed to calm myself enough after finishing my Guild Wars 2 Flashpoint initial impressions piece two weeks ago to bring you a much more detailed...

Netmarble’s trading debut in Korea was freakin’ huge

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Back in April, Tencent subsidiary Netmarble raised $2.3 billion in shares sold to investors during the first phase of its IPO, helping it reach...

Massively Overthinking: Is the MMO genre facing an identity crisis?

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MMORPG blogger and MOP commenter Isarii (@ethanmacfie) recently published an excellent video positing that the MMO industry is facing a "massive identity crisis." "The MMO...

Ship of Heroes explores its spaceship mission maps

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Raise your hand if you're a superhero MMORPG fan who really, really wants to see good mission maps. None of this office building #3457225...

NCsoft Q1 2017: Tumbles for Lineage, Guild Wars 2, plus new leadership for Lineage Eternal

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NCsoft's first quarter financials for 2017 have released, and... well, let's get the bad news out of the way. While sales dropped only slightly...

Valiance Online’s capital city hall is ‘akin to the Pentagon’ for supers

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Back in April, Silverhelm Studios told players it was instituting "big changes" in the way it was rolling out information for City of Heroes-inspired...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list

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One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 116: Bree’s virtual garage sale

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Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Blizzard, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Neverwinter, SWTOR, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on sandbox MMOs.

Global Chat: Die inventory management die!

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Do you have inventory management with the passion of a thousand burning suns? Have you lost most of the vision in your left eye...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

WildStar is finishing its switch to ProtoBucks instead of NCoins

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The conversion to a proprietary currency for WildStar microtransactions is almost complete. While WildStar has been using NCoins (NCsoft's microtransaction currency), it introduced ProtoBucks...

Listen to these brand-new Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online music tracks

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An odd but interesting connection between Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online is that both games use Soundcloud extensively to post their soundtrack pieces...

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