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.

Space space space space.

WildStar lets players build their own spaceships with the Space Chase event

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Attention, WildStar players: It is time for you to build a ship. It will be time, anyway, as soon as you wind up jumping...

Guild Wars 2’s PvP League starts tomorrow

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Guild Wars 2's first PvP League season starts December 1st, which, not coincidentally, is tomorrow. ArenaNet has published a how-to post for those of...

Blade & Soul’s Assassin gets a class overview and a video

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Blade & Soul has released a class overview for the Assassin. NCsoft describes it as "a complex class that excels when they have the...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for WildStar fans

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One of my most prized possessions in life is a WildStar rowsdower plushie that sits behind me at work, always giving me the eye. I...

The MOP Up: Star Trek Online’s charity drive (November 29, 2015)

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The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...

One Shots: The rowsdower abides

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One of my most prized physical MMO possessions is my WildStar rowsdower plushie. It always sits there, looking at me as though it's accusing...

The Daily Grind: What upcoming MMOs are on your to-play list?

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The other day I got into a conversation with friends about which upcoming MMOs were catching our eye. While I have more than enough...
Good plan.

Guild Wars 2 sees a bright future in e-sports

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Why did Guild Wars 2 go free-to-play? According to Fortune, ArenaNet's decision to switch business models was centered around its desire to grow the fan...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for Marvel Heroes & superhero MMO fans

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If you're a superhero fan or close to someone who is, you are certainly not lacking for options as to where to spend gobs...

Guild Wars 2 hints at WvW overhaul as WvW dev departs studio

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A big revamp of Guild Wars 2's world vs. world mode is in the works according to a Reddit post by Lead Developer Colin...

The Stream Team: Adventures in Aion’s new Abyss

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MassivelyOP's MJ can't let Thanksgiving go by without checking in on her favorite flying game. After all, Aion is responsible for her tenure with...
What can I say except ''you're welcome''

Perfect Ten: Ten MMOs to be thankful for by type

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It's been a while since I wrote a column that comes out on Thursdays, which means that it's also been a while since I've...

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for Guild Wars 2 players

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It's been a glorious, if very long and busy, year for Guild Wars 2, so I'm sure ArenaNet is eager to see Wintersday approaching at...
We all began with good intents.

WildStar is running a double XP ‘X-plosion’ starting November 27

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What will you be doing on November 27th? If you're me, you'll be scarfing up leftovers, playing Star Wars: Battlefront, and looping that Finn...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 39: Giving thanks

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Justin and Bree discuss Black Desert, Blade & Soul, SWTOR nerfs, Funcom, and gratitude, plus mailbag questions on other podcasts, the quest for sandboxes, F2P restrictions, and custom races.

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for total MMO newbies

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If you're anything like me, you probably have a tough time deciding what kinds of gifts to buy all of your totally real, not-at-all...

The Daily Grind: What are the basic rules of conduct for an MMO community?

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If there's one thing I've learned from 18 years of playing MMOs, it's that games train us to abide by some pretty weird codes...
Full of sound and fury. Sadly.

Massively OP’s holiday gift guide for the MMO peripheral junkie

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I'm not going to lie, folks: I love peripherals. Love 'em. As soon as I was introduced to the idea that you could have...

MMO Mechanics: Three game-changing movement mechanics

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In order to create the most truly challenging MMOs that connect players with the specific virtual environments they're traversing, developers have always worked on...

One Shots: Transformations

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Guild Wars 2 and One Shots is a pairing as old as time immemorial. Thus, it's great to bring this good-looking MMO back into...

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