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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.

Former WildStar dev Stephan Frost is now WoW’s design producer

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WildStar lost a lot of dev talent over the past year, but at least one ex-Carbine staffer has landed on his feet. Former WildStar...

That guy who redesigned Guild Wars 2’s UI is now tackling WoW’s website

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Remember back in January when an ArenaNet forum user named Amax redesigned the UI for Guild Wars 2? As it turns out, Amax is Gradinar Razvan, who...

WildStar’s devs spill more on F2P transition

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The picture of WildStar's future is slowly starting to emerge from the haze with continuing discussion from Carbine Studios about this fall's business model...

One Shots: Impossible architecture

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When you construct your buildings out of pixels and polygons, you don't necessarily have to worry about what's physically possible and what isn't, just...

Tree of Life has territory growth, guild wars on the mind

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The survival sandbox Tree of Life has plans to vastly expand its territory, promising that it will soon grow to encompass four times the...

City of Titans demos its costume-making process

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Every superhero worth her or his salt knows that it's the costume that makes the hero. Well, that and a heapload of mutant powers,...

World of Tanks, SWTOR rocketed up the Raptr chart in May

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Raptr's most-played games list is out for this past May, and it looks that both World of Tanks and Star Wars: The Old Republic...

Guild Wars 2 reveals Stronghold PvP Mist Champions, admits SAB is on hold

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ArenaNet has just announced Mist Champions for Guild Wars 2's incoming Heart of Thorns Stronghold PvP mode. In a new dev blog released today,...
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Flameseeker Chronicles: Exploring Guild Wars 2’s new Lion’s Arch

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Good morn-noon-ning (hell, I don't know what timezone you're in!) readers, and welcome along to another instalment of Flameseeker Chronicles! Be warned: This edition will...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 20

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Justin and Eliot discuss FFXIV's Heavensward expansion, Devilian, WoW's 6.2 patch, Anarchy Online's graphics upgrade, WildStar's fall plans, PlanetSide 2's PS4 launch, and some embargoed goodies.

Trion welcomes action-RPG Devilian into its fold

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After a cryptic teaser site posted last week, Trion Worlds is finally ready to make its big announcement: The studio will be publishing Korean...

The Daily Grind: Are levels in MMOs overrated?

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Today's Daily Grind question comes from an anonymous Kickstarter donor who wanted to see just how many cans of worms he/she could open in...

Pathfinder Online’s new settlement mechanics improve customization

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The power to customize settlements in Pathfinder Online lands for players in the game's next Early Enrollment release, v10. Previously, these settlements were composed of predesigned templates...

Guild Wars 2 invites players to design emblems for guild halls

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Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns' upcoming guild halls will undoubtedly serve as a focal point for community interaction and shared efforts. Before they...

E3 2015: Garriott and Long share Shroud of the Avatar secrets

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This past year, Shroud of the Avatar moved from a monthly weekend-release cadence to being online 24/7, but the major updates have been no...

One Shots: Gazing at potential

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Major props to reader John, who somehow managed to finagle screenshots from his PlayStation 4 to bring us this stunning Destiny vista. Back when...

Nexus Telegraph: Why I play WildStar

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Back on the old Massively-That-Was, we used to feature a sporadic series called "Why I Play." The idea was for each of the writers...

WildStar begins Chinese beta this August

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As WildStar is preparing to make the grand transition to free-to-play in the west this summer, it's simultaneously making in-roads into Asia with an...

The Daily Grind: What’s the ideal MMO endgame?

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Happy Friday! Today's Daily Grind question was penned by Kickstarter donor Iain Leishman, and it's exactly the kind of juicy question that makes me want...

Massively Overthinking: Random encounters in MMORPGs

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This week's Massively Overthinking question comes to us from Kickstarter donor TheChiHawk, and it's coming from an unusually not-so-massive corner of gamesdom for us: Are...

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