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.

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...
Let's rock.

Blade & Soul will include North American players in its next world championship

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Do you want to be the best around, with nothing that will ever keep you down? Blade & Soul makes a point of being...

The Daily Grind: What’s your worst MMO guild drama horror story?

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Guild Wars 2's raiding guild drama earlier this week naturally made me think of guild drama I've experienced myself. I mean, if you've been...

Guild Wars 2 Quaggan holiday merch available to pre-order tomorrow

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Every MMO seems to have its breakout race, and for many Guild Wars 2 players, it's the lovable and squishy Quaggan. So what if...

Aion’s Abyss is shaken up with Patch 4.9

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Strange and wonderful things are afoot in Aion's Abyssal region following yesterday's Patch 4.9. The content update comes as a shockwave has hit the game's...

Perfect Ten: MMOs you forgot existed (but are still running)

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No MMO can be in the spotlight eternally. Even some of the biggest names out there -- your World of Warcrafts, your Guild Wars...
Catch and release.

Blade & Soul makes Western debut on January 19th

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If you've been waiting for the localized launch of Blade & Soul for what feels like an eternity, your wait is nearly over. The...

The Daily Grind: Have you tried Lineage II’s new server?

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Lineage II launched on Steam recently. NCsoft also added a new server to its 11-year old fantasy stalwart. I played a bit in Aden...

Guild Wars 2 had a five-hour Heart of Thorns launch megastream

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If you've got five-plus hours to kill and you're a fan of Guild Wars 2, you might enjoy checking in with the Heart of...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s enhanced Squad UI factsheet

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I've already brought you my initial impressions of the Gorseval raid encounter followed by a quickfire interview with Guild Wars 2 Associate Game Director Steven...
We had a bet running that it would take longer.

Guild Wars 2’s introduction of raids is followed shortly by the introduction of raid drama

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Guild Wars 2 introduced the first wing of its new raids to players yesterday. To make these new raids as good as they could...

The Daily Grind: What’s your preferred style of MMO combat?

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A passionate WildStar discussion-slash-debate in my guild the other day on the subject of MMO combat styles had us all taking sides on what was...

Global Chat: Gearing up in WildStar

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If you're anything like me, when you get to the max level in a game, there's a general flailing of hands and a feeling...

ArenaNet’s Steven Waller discusses Guild Wars 2’s raiding foundation

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Following my playtest of Guild Wars 2's raiding, which I chronicled earlier today, I had the opportunity to fire some quick questions across to Guild...

Hands-on with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns’ first raid

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Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, raiders of all professions: I'm delighted to finally be able to spill the beans about all things raiding...

Not So Massively: StarCraft II Legacy of the Void sold 1M copies in three days (November 16 2015)

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Online gaming and e-sports are getting bigger by the day, and there are literally hundreds of popular online games out there that don’t really...
I want to like you a lot.

Blade & Soul dedicates a week to highlighting the Force Master

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The combat in Blade & Soul centers around mixing it up with martial arts, but the Force Master is the class that recognizes how...
But, see, now I want to play elephant guy.

Korean edition of Blade & Soul gearing up for a new class and more story

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Are you worried about the health of Blade & Soul? With any import title, it's easy to wonder if the game is going to...

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