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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.

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Massively OP Podcast Episode 459: A Gigantic return

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Justin and Bree discuss Nightingale's launch, Gigantic's return, Guild Wars 2's Realm of Dreams, and Last Epoch's launch, with adventures in LOTRO, Elder Scrolls Online, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on Wagadu Chronicles and TTRPG-MMO crossovers.

Flameseeker Chronicles: First impressions of Guild Wars 2’s The Realm of Dreams, launching today

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Can you believe it has been more than half a year since we took our first steps into the mysterious, long-teased Wizard's Tower in...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever ruined an MMO character to the point of deletion?

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I was hanging out in City of Heroes a few weeks back when someone in chat mentioned that back in the day, he had...
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The MOP Up: Aion, Lineage 2, and Blade and Soul get ready for a new launcher

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Blade and Soul, Lineage II, and Aion are all preparing to migrate everyone from the old launcher to the new PLAYNC platform. NCsoft posted...

One Shots: What am I looking at here?

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Sometimes a screenshot ends up in my lap that I stare at for a long time and still have no idea what's going on...

City of Heroes fans celebrate new players with a Halloween haunted house and giveaways

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If you've been enjoying our articles on City of Heroes' sprawling base-building systems, then you're in for a treat... or possibly a trick... thanks...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO could use a rebrand?

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Indulge me, MMO fans, for just a minute for a makeup analogy. If you follow makeup trends, you know that for the last year...
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Into the Super-verse: Missing in City of Heroes is part of what makes it hit

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It seems like we're never going to be done talking about City of Heroes at this point, and clearly I am here for this....

Daybreak is hosting an EverQuest panel and player meet-and-greet at PAX East 2024

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One step back, two steps forward for Daybreak: While the company is currently struggling with layoffs, delayed products, and the abrupt and poorly communicated...
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City of Heroes: Homecoming i27p7 is live with newbie improvements, new story arc, and new powersets

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A month and a half ago, City of Heroes came back when the Homecoming servers got the official license from NCsoft. A month ago,...

The Stream Team: Stuck in Guild Wars 2’s Secrets of the Obscure grind

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It was a case of close, but no cig... er, skyscale. Last week, Massively OP's MJ excitedly finished up all the achievements to get...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 458: PlanetSide 2 in limbo

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Justin and Bree discuss Daybreak selling PlanetSide, Nightingale's early access, Islands of Insight's launch, and NCsoft's financials with Guild Wars 2 and Throne & Liberty, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, City of Heroes, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on features we want to see in features for Amazon's LOTR and ZeniMax's Star Wars MMOs.

Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure: The Realm of Dreams episode launches February 27

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The third quarterly chunk of Guild Wars 2's Secrets of the Obscure finally has a name and a date: It's called The Realm of...

The Daily Grind: Which MMORPG’s graphics hold up long past their due?

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When Dark Age of Camelot first hit beta a million years ago, I remember being super impressed with its graphics. Up until that point,...
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The Soapbox: Why I’m OK with ‘missing’ attacks in City of Heroes

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The other day in the MassivelyOP work chat, we were talking about City of Heroes. Shocking, I know. But I've mentioned before that I...

One Shots: The mosh pit of friendship

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I don't know about you, but when I get together with 75 of my closest friends, I like to crowd right up on them...
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Into the Super-Verse: So what can Homecoming do with City of Heroes’ Incarnates?

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Last week I talked about the major issues that City of Heroes' Incarnate system introduced to the game, and the fact of the matter...

Classic Guild Wars just count six straight years of uninterrupted uptime

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One of the admirable hallmarks of ArenaNet's Guild Wars franchise is that the studio is able to deliver hotfixes, patches, and even expansions without...

Massively Overthinking: The last great year of the MMO genre

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I was randomly reading an article about shitposting when I came across a phrase that haunts me. The author referred to 2015 as "what...

Working As Intended: 10 City of Heroes Homecoming base builds you need to see

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This winter, I've been obsessed with City of Heroes Homecoming's supergroup base builds, which as we've previously discussed here in Working As Intended are...

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