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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City of Heroes’ Rebirth rogue server adds a new task force in today’s Issue 5: Clockstoppers
City of Heroes' Rebirth server may be small, but its patches are mighty, and so it is with today's release of Rebirth Issue 5:...
Former Wildstar devs call Wayfinder ‘the second coming’ of the sunsetted MMORPG
Are you excited for Wayfinder? Good for you because it's more fun to like things than to hate on them. You know who else...
The Daily Grind: What’s the oldest MMO you tried super late in its lifetime?
Earlier this month, an MOP reader tweeted about trying Dark Age of Camelot for the first time in 2023 and falling in love, which...
One Shots: That moment when you missed your cruise ship’s departure
The day had started so promisingly. You had docked in a tropical port full of free-flowing wine, endless parties, numerous souvenir shops, and nary...
Artifact Krewe, a Guild Wars 2 exploration fan game, is out now
Is your favorite part of Guild Wars 2 getting to explore maps, jump around, discover treasures, and generally just see what the world has...
Massively Overthinking: The MMO characters we want to love but don’t
A few weeks ago, MOP reader Neurotic pinged the MOP Podcast with a question about characters we want to love but just don't. He...
Guild Wars 2 activates Twitch drops to celebrate a new chapter of the End of Dragons story
Are you excited about the next chapter of Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons story? Are you so excited that even if you aren't...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO events are not for the high-level playerbase
Let me start with a statement of fact: I actually really like limited-time events in MMORPGs. I don't like them as a means of...
Amazon Games will publish NCsoft’s Throne & Liberty in the Americas, Europe, and Japan
The rumors were true: Amazon Games is publishing NCsoft's Throne and Liberty in the west. The companies announced the partnership early this morning.
"Amazon Games...
The Stream Team: Battling Aetherblades Guild Wars 2
After a rocky start in Guild Wars 2's Sky Pirates, Massively OP's MJ is ready to take the fight right to the Aetherblades. She'll...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 410: Cyberpunk meets gaslamp
Justin and Bree discuss Corepunk, Diablo IV, Palia, Nightingale, Blizzard, NCsoft, Pearl Abyss, and EG7/Daybreak, with adventures in LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, Elder Scrolls Online, and SWG Legends.
Throne & Liberty heads into its final test phases in South Korea today
After 12 years of development, the NCsoft game now known as Throne and Liberty is finally nearing completion. NCsoft reiterated last night on Twitter...
One Shots: Flash, flash, hundred-yard dash
Rumor is, if you can run fast enough, you can accomplish just about anything. Go back in time? Sure. Quick dry jeans? Definitely. Continually...
Guild Wars 2 disables, then re-enables, its WvW objective scaling rewards system during a live test
Earlier this week, Guild Wars 2 wanted to run a test for WvW that involved an objective scaling rewards system that was intended to...
LOTRO Legendarium: Why flying would have ruined LOTRO’s Middle-earth
Despite the title up there, this column isn't really about flying. I'm just getting that out of the way right here. I actually have...
The Daily Grind: How much homework do you do coming into a new MMO?
Recently, I've re-entered the world of Guild Wars 2 after a quite lengthy absence. But I've done it in a different way than before,...
Blizzard’s Mike Ybarra stuns devs with demoralizing bonus-slashing and return-to-work meeting
Earlier this week, we noted that Activision-Blizzard was preparing to end more of its COVID-induced work-from-home policies and that some of its studios that...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite biome type in MMOs?
A while back, Pantheon posted some slides for some of its in-production biome types that caught my attention. Obviously, the mockups are slick, and...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the ideal content cadence for an MMORPG in 2023?
Earlier this week, Guild Wars 2 revealed a major shake-up of its content delivery cadence. Studio ArenaNet suggested that the traditional living world cadence...
Vague Patch Notes: The three kinds of sunset in the MMO space
Not all sunsets are the same, no matter how much you may like a given game. This is one of the things that tends...
