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.

Flameseeker Chronicles: A visual guide to gliding in Guild Wars 2

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I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that there aren't many mechanics that are more fantastical than zooming around within...

Blade & Soul releases Rising Waters, reaches 2M players in the west

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Are you finished with all of the content that Blade & Soul has to offer, now that you've had a few weeks to play...

Global Chat: Saying farewell to City of Steam

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No doubt by now you have heard that the indie steampunk City of Steam has been shuttered. And while its demise won't change the...
Winning?

WildStar’s new game director Chad Moore on the state of the game

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Chad Moore is moving up the ranks in Carbine Studios; after a long tenure as the lore expert, Moore is now the director behind...
Heroic?

Valiance Online’s pre-alpha is available for testing

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Do you feel a burning desire to get in and try out one of the intended spiritual successors to City of Heroes? Because you...
Jungle catte

WildStar runs a Dungeon Chase through February 18th

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There's treasure everywhere on the planet Nexus, even if your definition of "treasure" is on the stricter side. The Big Game Hunters of WildStar...

WildStar shines the spotlight on queens and battle priests

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The one perk of becoming a famous leader is that you'll know that schoolkids some day will have to do reports on you. Wouldn't...

The Stream Team: Blade & Soul’s buddy system

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MassivelyOP's MJ is a firm believer in the buddy system; everything is just plain better with a friend. (And no, it's not just to...
That looks pretty much like the existing world, really.

Leaderboard: MMO RvR versus FFA PvP

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Last month, we did a little post on MMORPG PvP asking about two-faction PvP and whether it was really suited for all the MMO...
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NCsoft plans Lineage Eternal testing this year

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Korean website GameFocus reports that NCsoft is planning to continue its "rapid pace" policy by undertaking private tests of Master X Master, its MOBA,...

Preview Blade & Soul’s Mushin’s Tower and Bloodshade Harbor dungeons

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Here's the benefit of getting Blade & Soul years after its Korean launch: years' worth of content stored up just waiting for localization. When NCsoft's...

Choose My Adventure: Entering the fray in Blade & Soul

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Hello, friends, and welcome to a spankin' new series of Choose My Adventure. This month, I'm going to be diving into NCSoft's wuxia-inspired Blade &...

Jeff Grubb leaves Guild Wars 2 for Amazon Game Studios

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ArenaNet game designer and author Jeff Grubb is leaving the studio, according to his personal blog. He revealed that he decided to depart his work on Guild...
I said - what's cooler than being cool? ICE COLD!

WildStar’s next major update promises to be very, very cool (in an ice region)

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Ready to enjoy some more chill time in WildStar? The game's next update has been announced, and it should be really cool. Literally cool....

Guild Wars 2 promises less grind, faster progress with spring update

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Can you believe that it's already been more than three months since Heart of Thorns came out for Guild Wars 2? As players settle...

Blade & Soul plagued by chat bugs after maintenance

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NCsoft's Blade & Soul is having a rough maintenance day. Players are reporting numerous issues since the game's latest update, most relating to chat. Earlier today, the...

Global Chat: Oculus Rift, GW2’s philosophy shift, and emulator exploration

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The high cost of Oculus Rift brought a lot of discussion to the MMO blogosphere recently, with writers taking sides for and against the...

The Stream Team: Summoning more adventure in Blade & Soul

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Consensus seems to be that Blade & Soul gets better further in when you get more skills, so MassivelyOP's MJ is back in to...
Losing in a way that's incidentally the same as not in fact losing at all.

Superdata says League of Legends makes more money than any other game you play

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Let's just get this out of the way: Superdata is a research firm that sells its data analysis. It doesn't disclose its methodology or...

NCsoft is porting its MOBA Master X Master to the West

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NCsoft has just announced that it's porting Master X Master, its MOBA, to western shores "later this year." https://twitter.com/PlayMXM/status/692347333556715520 The MOBA brings together characters from multiple...

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