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 488: Amazon vs Amazon
Justin and Bree discuss Ultima Online New Legacy, New World Aeternum, Throne and Liberty, Lord of the Rings Online's Legacy of Morgoth, and fall expansions for EverQuest and EverQuest II, with adventures in World of Warcraft, LOTRO, and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag topic on what we're willing to do for long-term MMO rewards.
Choose My Adventure: Throne and Liberty continues to both intrigue and concern
I appreciate that reading that summary about my current feelings regarding Throne and Liberty comes off as conflicting, but that's primarily because I continue...
Throne & Liberty counts 3M players in its first week as Amazon has now added 55 extra servers
The MMORPG community may be confused over the burgeoning Steam counts and mixed reviews for Throne and Liberty, but somebody is thrilled with the...
The Daily Grind: Do you try launch MMORPGs just for the experience?
An hour before the F2P launch of Throne and Liberty last week, I was quietly working and minding my own business when I saw...
The Daily Grind: Do you use your own character builds in MMORPGs?
I've been hyperfixating on builds in Guild Wars 2 since returning for Janthir Wilds, and it's actually the first time in that MMO that...
Global Chat: What’s World of Warcraft Cataclysm’s best zone?
Wilhelm over at The Ancient Gaming Noob kicks off our tour of various MMO essays as he lists and ranks all of the zones...
Throne & Liberty addresses ongoing errors, disconnections, and invisible characters
As Throne and Liberty approaches its first full weekend as a free-to-play MMORPG, Amazon and NCsoft have issued a letter to the community, saying...
Massively Overthinking: Has the term MMORPG become toxic?
Back in 2016, when the MMORPG genre had just suffered a brutal one-two punch of losing EverQuest Next and the gutting of WildStar's team,...
GeForce NOW’s October games lineup kicks off with the addition of Throne and Liberty
Throne and Liberty seems to be kind of everywhere right now, what with its free-to-play launch on Steam, PS5, and Xbox X|S this week,...
The Stream Team: Let’s dive into the newly launched Throne and Liberty
It's time for MOP's Chris to hop into Throne and Liberty for real this time! He's had some time to get to just about...
Four Winds: Throne & Liberty’s opening hours were fun AF, but I’m still on my guard
After what feels like an absolute eternity, Throne and Liberty is finally here. In my younger, less jaded years, I'd feel excited and elated...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that let you bring a whole squad of pets and minions
Pet classes are not really my jam. I don't want my companion to be doing the tanking or damage or healing or whatever, and...
Throne & Liberty adds 41 new servers to handle global launch pops, peaking at 326K Steam players so far
Welp, we knew that Throne and Liberty was going to see a big blast of players when it switched from its paid headstart to...
The Stream Team: Pondering post-poo and politics plans in Guild Wars 2
After a night of poo and politics, Massively OP's MJ wonders what exactly is the next step in Guild Wars 2's story. What are...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 487: Give me Throne and Liberty
Justin and Bree discuss Throne & Liberty's launch, the new book on Blizzard, ArcheAge 2's morph into ArcheAge Chronicles, and New World Aeternum's impending release, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Guild Wars 2, plus a mailbag topic on MMO history and games preservation.
City of Heroes Homecoming is about to release 1.6M character names – here’s how to save yours
The legally licensed City of Heroes Homecoming team has released an update today, though it's not entirely the content kind. The most important part...
NCsoft’s MMORPG Throne & Liberty has officially arrived at its global F2P launch
All right folks, if you've been waiting for Lineage 3 aka Lineage Eternal aka Project TL for the last decade, your moment is finally...
Lineage II kicks off autumn events across all three of its versions
The season of falling leaves and cooling weather (ideally anyway) is being marked across all versions of Lineage II, with new seasonal fun to...
One Shots: Even monsters should brush their teeth
Imaginations being what they are, I've spent perhaps too much time thinking about what sentient monster lives are like when we're not beating the...
Aion Classic EU announces an official PvP tournament for October 19
Remember when one of the big ticket features for Aion was its two-faction PvP? Pepperidge Farm remembers. And so does Gameforge apparently, as...