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: How would canceled MMOs be doing right now if they were still operating?

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Many of us have our private (or not-so-private) sorrows regarding shuttered MMORPGs. Yes, we wish that they were still alive and often opine that...
Wow, positive.

Perfect Ten: Ten City of Heroes systems every MMO should have stolen by now

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Today, City of Heroes turns 12 years old. Except it doesn't; the game shut down three years ago, it never lived until it reached twelve,...
I'm going to blame these jerks.

Former City of Heroes developers fill out the game’s annual lore reveal

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There are going to be two potential reactions to the yearly set of lore reveals from former City of Heroes developers Matt Miller and...

Blade & Soul’s Shattered Empire is live today

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Blade & Soul's 2.1 update, Shattered Empire, has gone live today as planned. The patch introduces two new floors for Mushin's Tower plus two dungeons...

City of Heroes fans mark 12th anniversary in Paragon Chat and Champions Online

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Twelve years ago, heroes answered the call to defend Paragon City against aliens, bandits, and nefarious sewer zombies. City of Heroes launched on April 27th,...

Dungeons and spring bonuses arrive in Blade & Soul tomorrow

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Do you have plans for tomorrow? Blade & Soul certainly hopes that you'll rearrange them to include a tour of its Shattered Empire 2.1...
The first dozen of cuts are all equally deep, really.

PAX East 2016: Hands-on with NCsoft’s Master x Master

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Master x Master might very well be the MOBA that I learn to love in spite of any and all preconceptions. I am not, categorically,...

MMO Mechanics: Innovating mechanics to refresh Guild Wars 2

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I usually keep MMO Mechanics quite general by looking at several games as examples to highlight my point regarding the mechanics of choice in each article,...

One Shots: Jedi to the max

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Are you all the Jedi you could possibly be? If not, then subscribe to our exclusive six-week course, where we'll teach you such advanced...

PAX East 2016: DC Universe Online’s Xbox One trailer

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Daybreak has just posted a new trailer for DC Universe Online's Xbox One release. The company announced the Xbox One edition back in January;...
Both hands!

Leaderboard: Will you be giving Guild Wars 2 another chance?

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This week's Guild Wars 2 update has been widely welcomed by both current and past players for its broad-sweeping quality-of-life adjustments (and rollbacks) for...
I can see I'm going blind.

Guild Wars 2 begins testing WvW world linking today

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ArenaNet is kicking off the first stage of Guild Wars 2's WvW World Linking beta tonight beginning at 10 p.m. EDT for North American...

Perfect Ten: What I loved about Dungeons and Dragons Online

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Dungeons and Dragons Online was a very strange game at first glance. Ten years ago, I ventured into Stormreach with no more motivation than a longstanding...

The Daily Grind: Are we ever going to see a WoW-killer-killer?

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On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I tried to answer a question from a listener named Kenny, who proposed that we consider...

Massively Overthinking: The ‘next’ EverQuest

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This week's Massively Overthinking comes to us from Patreon donor Roger, who fully admits he still has EverQuest Next on the brain. "Since we won't...

Korean analysts believe Blade & Soul’s western launch generated $17M in new revenue

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Korean investment firm KDB Daewoo Securities has published its outlook on MMO giant NCsoft for the past and coming quarter. "We estimate Blade & Soul...

Guild Wars 2 now has an unofficial mobile app called GW2 Sidekick

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If you're still bummed because the once-promised official Guild Wars 2 companion app never materialized, how about a consolation prize in the form of...

Jukebox Heroes: Six cover songs of popular MMO tunes

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There's a dedicated subcommunity of video game music afficionados out there that love these soundtracks so much that they devote considerable effort to producing...
Problems!

Guild Wars 2 isn’t selling level 80 boosts, might consider raid difficulty modes

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If you missed last night's Guild Wars 2 Ask Me Anything on Reddit because you were too busy actually playing the update, then you...

Mu Legend wants to satisfy your ARPG cravings

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Has Mu Legend grabbed your attention yet? This action-RPG has been in development since 2011 and is on the cusp of closed beta testing...

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