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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.

Echo of Soul update brings in the Warlock

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The soft-launched Echo of Soul has a new player on the scene today, as Aeria Games introduced its six class, the Warlock. Warlocks can specialize...

Nexon and NCsoft part ways

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After a turbulent partnership, MMO companies Nexon and NCsoft have finally parted ways. Nexon sold its 15.08% of shares back to NCsoft today, ending the two...

The Daily Grind: How would you mix MMO features to create the best one ever?

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Today's Daily Grind question -- more like command! -- from Massively OP Kickstarter donor Tim is short and sweet: Mix features to create your perfect MMO. It...
It's the economy, stupid!

WildStar patches in some economic improvements

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WildStar offers some robust options for customizing gear in both appearance and stats, but some of those systems were just a bit more pricey...
There were some decent tabletop Star Trek games, but no.

Perfect Ten: MMO systems that could be great (but I haven’t seen it yet)

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Before I start this column, I want to say two important things. First, my experiences do not extend outward to the limits of the...

Guild Wars 2 begins Heart of Thorns countdown, announces ESL Pro League

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It's a week until Guild Wars 2's first expansion launches (at 3:01 a.m. EDT on October 23rd, to be precise), and ArenaNet's Colin Johanson...

How WildStar’s soundtrack is intensely personal for its creator

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Loving those WildStar tunes? Then it's high time you met the man behind the game's enormous and beloved soundtrack, Composer Jeff Kurtenacker. Top Shelf Gaming...

The Stream Team: Taking on WildStar’s first dungeon

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MassivelyOP's MJ and her group had quite a bit of fun blasting through WildStar's first expedition last week. It was actually the first time...
Now I'm the best thing ever!

WildStar offers up a free-to-play feature trailer

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The fact that WildStar is free-to-play means that people who've never bought the game can try it out, and the people who were already...

Choose My Adventure: Unearthing the mysteries of WildStar’s Levian Bay

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Hello everyone, and welcome back to Choose My Adventure. Last week, you fine folks voted on whether my pwecious wittle Chua Spellslinger would continue his...

Massively Opinionated: Which is the best open-world PvP, WvW or FFA?

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It's a real battle to the death when Larry Everett invites Tina Lauro and Brendan Drain to debate WvW and FFA PvP.

Buy a founder’s pack, get into this weekend’s Blade and Soul alpha

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If you're looking for a sure way to get into Blade and Soul's alpha test, then it won't hurt to hand NCsoft a little...

Check out WildStar’s ‘impossible maze’

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Give players a wide range of player housing tools and you're going to get some interesting results. Perhaps one of the most fascinating creations...

ArenaNet isn’t ‘leafing’ us out of Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns hype

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A mystery box arrived on my porch today containing a cryptic message... ... and a tree. Unfortunately for this lovely tree, I don't have my Sylvari's green...

Guild Wars 2 dives back into Halloween on October 23rd

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Expansion? Who is thinking about expansions when Halloween is prowling about? Guild Wars 2 players will have plenty with which to keep themselves occupied later...

Guild Wars 2’s Heart of Thorns economy and legendary weapons

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ArenaNet has published two Guild Wars 2 dev blogs today: one on the economy and one on legendary weapons. ANet economist John Smith begins by...

WildStar promises economy and tradeskill improvements

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In response to player feedback from the recent Reloaded update for WildStar, Carbine is preparing several changes to the economy and tradeskills that will be added...

One Shots: Skyscraping

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Look up on that building! It's a bird! It's a gargoyle! It's... MOP reader Epelesker showing off his hero in Champions Online! "Unlike a grand...

Blade and Soul starts technical alpha, talks closed beta features

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The very first technical alpha for Blade and Soul is live, according to the game's official Twitter feed. The studio is sending out alpha...

Aion kicks off Octoberfest

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Beer: The cause of and solution to all of life's problems. Or so sayeth the wise sage. In Aion, at least, beer is an...

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