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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.

The MOP Up: Trove’s Bard sings his way onto the Nintendo Switch

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It's time to RAWK OUT on the Nintendo Switch, thanks to Trove finally bringing the Bard class over to that platform. "The Bard class...

Ship of Heroes showcases trick or treat event ahead of December beta

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As the Halloween season draws to a close in MMO land, the devs working on Ship of Heroes would like to take followers out...
There was so much potential.

The Daily Grind: Which dead MMOs do you hope will come back some day?

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Last week, Fallen Earth returned to service, which delighted me to no end. When you have favorite MMOs that end up being shuttered or...

Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMORPGs of all time, 2021 edition

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Five years ago this week - back in 2016 - the MOP team and readers did an epic Massively Overthinking picking out their top...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Hands-on with Guild Wars 2’s Specter, Untamed, and Mechanist

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It seems like just yesterday that we were getting hyped for the Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons' reveal stream. While we still have...

City of Heroes Homecoming gets all Halloween happy

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The other day on the podcast, we were trying to recall what the name of City of Heroes' haunted house was. That served as...

NCsoft and World Makers talk up various Halloween events for Aion, Lineage II, and Deceit

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NCSoft and World Makers would like to invite players into the Halloween haunts that are spooking about several of their games. If you're among...

Guild Wars 2’s End of Dragons challenge mode strike missions will ‘feel like proper raid bosses’

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If strike missions in Guild Wars 2 are your jam, you're going to want to take a peek at the dev blog ArenaNet's Encounters...
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Perfect Ten: Ten MMORPGs you’ve already forgotten about

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Not every MMORPG can remain in the spotlight forever. Time has a nasty habit of making us forget titles that used to rile up...
You got boring real fast.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 344: Elyon’s infinite silence

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Justin and Colin discuss Elyon's launch, Guild Wars 2's elite specs, Fallen Earth, World of Warcraft 9.1.5, and Legends of Aria, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, GW2, and LOTRO, plus mailbag topics on cinematic trailers, MMO hype, and weapons we miss from dead MMOs.

Lost Ark plots a course for beta, lays out its monetization and currency plans

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Amazon-published Korean MMORPG Lost Ark published two documents for prospective players this week, addressing both how the upcoming closed beta will play out as...

Guild Wars 2’s third End of Dragons elite spec beta begins today

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Happy beta day, my lovely Guild Wars 2 people. Yep, the third End of Dragons beta is officially going live today. (Expect it around...
Not pictured: NFTs.

What we learned from Guild Wars 2’s Specter, Untamed, and Mechanist elite specs stream

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The final round of Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons elite specializations was demonstrated for viewers on ArenaNet's Guild Chat stream this past Friday...

Lineage II shares patch notes for Battle Chronicle update and new events for Aden and Classic

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As we've noted many times before, there are a whole lot of different versions of Lineage II out there, and this news story is...

One Shots: Marinating in Halloween

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Yes, yes, I know you saw the headline and can't wait for some tricks and treats, but we have some business to take care...

The Daily Grind: How prone are you to being distracted in an MMO?

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When WildStar first came out, I remember reading (and even personally sharing) a whole lot of praise for how many things that the game's...

Guild Wars 2 hosts community-led Halloween and cancer fundraising events

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While there are certainly events that happen in Guild Wars 2 in an official capacity, there's also no shortage of events spearheaded by the...
Technopathological.

Lawful Neutral: Managing toxicity in the MMO industry

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When I'm playing games, I make a lot of use of the reporting function. If I see a moonkin zerg farming a spot in...

Guild Wars 2 recaps botched world restructuring beta, targets November 12 for second attempt

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A month ago, Guild Wars 2 began and then aborted a botched test for its World Restructuring system for WvW. This week, ArenaNet has...

The Daily Grind: Does New World need mounts?

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Earlier this week, we ran a Daily Grind on walking in MMOs, and I happened to mention New World as a game where walking...

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