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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.

Guild Wars 2 takes you behind the scenes of New Lion’s Arch

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Now that you've had a day or two to properly ooh and ahh over the reconstructed New Lion's Arch in Guild Wars 2 like...

Perfect Ten: Weirdly specific quests we keep encountering in MMOs

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You know how you wince whenever you think of typing /played into your MMO and realize just how many hours you've given to a...

E3 2015: WildStar is adding much more than F2P this fall

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The fact that WildStar is transitioning to a free-to-play model this fall is old news now. Folks have been hashing out their opinions on...
Good plan.

Guild Wars 2 adds a canonically transgender NPC

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Inclusion has always been a big priority for Guild Wars 2, and that cause has taken another step forward as of yesterday's patch. A character...

The Daily Grind: What’s the prettiest MMO?

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Judging video game eye candy is one of the most subjective activities in our hobby, is it not? Everyone has a different standard (and...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 19

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Justin and MJ discuss Marvel Heroes, The Secret World, Ark: Survival Evolved, ArcheAge, and tons of news from E3 on Guild Wars 2's expansion, FFXIV's Heavensward, SWTOR's expansion, Shroud of the Avatar, Torchlight Mobile, and more.

Guild Wars 2 restores Lion’s Arch and personal storyline

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It's a day of grand restoration in Guild Wars 2, starting with the re-opening of Lion's Arch. Today's patch debuts what ArenaNet is calling...
Actually entirely precedented.

Lineage Eternal begins testing with a focus group

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After a couple years of development, it's easy to feel that we're no closer to Lineage Eternal actually launching. But that's not true; NCsoft...

E3 2015: Blade & Soul’s ‘full-access F2P’ model and hands-on

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Long before NCsoft officially announced that Blade & Soul was heading west, fans were eager for the chance to get their hands on the game...

ArenaNet addresses Guild Wars 2 pre-purchase controversy

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The Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns pre-purchase announcement sent the community into a state of agitation, to put it mildly. This was exacerbated...
Go boom.

Tomorrow’s Guild Wars 2 patch tweaks the 1-to-80 leveling experience

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Tomorrow's Guild Wars 2 patch features a change inspired by player feedback, according to game director Colin Johanson. "We decided getting to level 80...

City of Heroes is returning… as a chat client

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The dream of seeing City of Heroes reborn is still just that -- a dream. But through the hard efforts of fans of the...

E3 2015: Life is Feudal isn’t just another gankbox

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I'm standing with my PR contact at the Life is Feudal booth when suddenly a guy with a thick Russian accent walks up to me,...

Guild Wars 2 unloads a dump truck of expansion dev blogs

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Beep... beep... beep. That's the sound of a gargantuan Guild Wars 2 info truck that's preparing to unload its sizable cargo into your cortex....

One Shots: Primitive GPS

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There's no shame in being lost, especially if your MMO doesn't include an on-screen map. Anyone remember the olden days of using graph paper...

The Game Archaeologist: Seven MMOs operating on borrowed time

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Most everyone who knows me well will acknowledge that I'm not generally a cynical, dark person. I'm not rooting for games to fail, for...

Why Guild Wars 2’s prepurchase deal has the internet raging

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On the surface, ArenaNet killed it at E3, kicking ass with a much-wanted and huge expansion for Guild Wars 2, one of the biggest MMORPGs in...
I TRUSTED YOU

Perfect Ten: MMO terms that have overstayed their welcome

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My original plan for this week - during the few moments that I was capable of coherent speech rather than just babbling about the...

Check out this handy Guild Wars 2 build calculator

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Here's your Guild Wars 2 public service announcement of the day: Don't get so caught up in the expansion fever and the price wars that...

Jukebox Heroes: An exclusive journey through Aion’s Upheaval soundtrack

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Aion is a game that's well-renowned for both its visual and audio beauty. Among my fellow MMO soundtrack enthusiasts, the title's many soundtracks stand out...

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