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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.

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Blade & Soul launches Shattered Empire hub

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Blade & Soul's just gone live with the website for its next big update -- that'd be 2.1, more colorfully known as The Shattered...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 61: Update-o-rama!

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Justin and Bree discuss WoW Legion, Ascent, Guild Wars 2, Star Trek Online, RIFT, and LOTRO, plus mailbag questions on The Secret World and WoW killers.
Who's dark now?

The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG class type you can’t stand playing?

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For me, it's rogues. Ug. It's bizarre because I adore rogues, thieves, and especially stealth archers in single-player roleplaying games. There's never been an Elder...

WildStar’s Steam countdown has begun

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Anxiously awaiting WildStar's arrival on Steam? Time to add it to your wishlist and let the stalking begin: The game's Steam page is live...

The Daily Grind: What are your current MMO goals?

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I've noticed that several of my friends have taken to drawing up monthly goals for their MMO sessions, an activity that I've been doing...
Guess who's back. Back again.

Perfect Ten: The odd things I noticed slipping back into Final Fantasy XI

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Over the years, I may have spent more money on Final Fantasy XI than any other MMO. It's undoubtedly my first MMO, and it's...

Aion Europe gets Abyss update on April 27

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Aion's Abyss continues to be a source of great conflict in the game, a fact that won't change when Update 4.91 comes to the...

Guild Wars 2’s spring update launches April 19; watch the teaser trailer

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We've just received an interesting little sneak peek at a teaser trailer for the upcoming Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns Spring Quarterly update that's now...

Working As Intended: Busting up the MMORPG nostalgia party

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Last week, a clever Massively OP commenter, SC_Deadline, neatly summed up the ongoing Nostalrius emulator shutdown as Blizzard "bust up someone's nostalgia party," which...
There are places I remember

A tour of RIFT 3.6: Celebration of the Ascended

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When an MMO hits its fifth anniversary, one hopes that the game's studio would pull out all of the stops to mark the occasion....

WildStar crosses factional barriers, mulls new class/race combos

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What's brewing in WildStar's labs these days? Only a whole vat of changes, that's what. As a result of Carbine's first DevConnect forum survey, the...
Wish you could actually consider being here.

Blade & Soul’s next event is all about random prizes for purchase

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Spring is here, and Blade & Soul is celebrating with a new set of expensive treasures for players. From April 13th, players will be...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 60: Nostalrius down

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Justin and Bree discuss Nostalrius, TERA, Black Desert, SWTOR, DDO, Guild Wars 2, and WoW, with mailbag questions on Kickstarters and Tabula Rasa.

Blade & Soul’s Shattered Empire update arrives on April 27

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Hope you weren't too attached to that empire because Blade & Soul done gone shattered it. The wuxia action MMO is preparing to bring Update...
We were the kings and queens of promise.

The Daily Grind: Does your guild or family govern which MMORPGs you play?

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A few podcasts ago, I lamented that my time in Black Desert would probably be brief, at least for now, because my guildies weren't...

The Daily Grind: How do you feel about being ‘run’ through MMORPG content?

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The news that Guild Wars 2 is nerfing player-led "runs" through Super Adventure Box made me sit back and ponder the whole concept. Power-leveling lowbies...

Guild Chat: Starting a raiding guild in Guild Wars 2

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Welcome along to Guild Chat, the place where we gather to discuss a reader submission on whatever guild-related topic is giving him or her...

One Shots: Farming at dawn

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You people and your Black Desert fetish! Yes, the game is drop-dead gorgeous. Yes, it's the new hotness. Yes, you like sending in screenshots...
See, that's the joke of the name.

The Game Archaeologist: Guild Wars Utopia

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Aztecs. Chronomancers. Mounts. Halberds. Golems. Dual wielding. These are all but a hint of what a fourth Guild Wars campaign could have been, a campaign...

The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG expansion you’ve experienced?

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Very few things get me as excited as the announcement of a new expansion for a favorite MMO. Expansions are thrilling events, stirring up...

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