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 Overthinking: Should MMOs have endings – or at least end points?
I suspect most MMO players are going to read that question and immediately balk at it. We think of MMOs as being defined in...
Blade and Soul promises more story content in November with the release of Act XI Part 2
For those who have been playing Blade and Soul regularly enough that they're hoping for more story content, your time is coming soon. The...
Into the Super-Verse: Has Homecoming torched the plans of City of Heroes successors?
Anyone who has followed my career for a while is probably aware of the fact that I love City of Heroes. This is not a...
Guild Wars 2 reveals the Engineer’s Mechanist spec, details next week’s beta
ArenaNet is taking the wraps off its ninth and final elite spec for Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons today: It's the Engineer's Mechanist,...
Massively Uplifting: Warframe fights cancer, Square Enix helps the Red Cross, and Extra Life 2021 looms
Summer has ended, school has started, and now the leaves have begun to fall as the air turns cooler. It's a time of coziness...
Perfect Ten: A completely accurate 10-point summary of MMO history
History! Let's be real here, it's pretty damn boring. No one cares about it, and it all happened beforehand, so why is any of...
Guild Wars 2 reveals the bunny-thumping Untamed, the Ranger’s End of Dragons elite spec
Today's Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons elite spec reveal is going to be of particular note to Classic Guild Wars fans: It's the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 343: Mysterious and spoopy
Justin and Bree discuss Halloween MMOs, Path of Exile, Star Trek Online, Book of Travels' early access, DDO's freebies, LOTRO's latest patch, and the FFXIV Endwalker media tour, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, New World, and Book of Travels, plus a mailbag question on orbital video game enjoyment.
Guild Wars 2 introduces the Thief’s End of Dragons elite spec, the scepter-wielding Specter
Now here's a Guild Wars 2 elite specialization that's perfectly suited for the Halloween season: the Specter. Announced this morning, the Specter is the...
The Daily Grind: Do you actually use the ‘walk’ option in MMOs?
Movement in New World has been a bit of a weird reverse learning curve if you're using to wide range of movement in MMOs...
Lineage II is adding a new talisman, new zones, and the Sigel Death Knight class October 20
On Wednesday, October 20th, players of human male characters in Lineage II are going to have a spooky new class to play. It's presumed...
Vitae Aeternum: Did New World’s morph to full MMORPG hamstring its PvP?
Leading up to New World’s original launch, I had virtually no interest in playing. Even after Amazon Games pulled the ol’ switcheroo and added...
Aion Classic adds new quests and instances in the 1.5 update, challenges players to a server first race
The progression server of Aion Classic has gotten some new content. Well, new to the server content - this stuff already arrived to the...
Massively Overthinking: What’s the most painful or memorable bug you ever experienced in an MMO?
Witnessing all the folks upset over losing gear and trades to rollbacks over and over in Diablo II Resurrected made me reflect on some...
Guild Wars 2 dates livestream previews of End of Dragons zones, expansion features, and siege turtles
Hold up, the End of Dragons expansion of Guild Wars 2 is getting siege turtles? Like... giant tortoises mounted with siege weaponry stomping onto...
Former ArenaNet boss Jeff Strain’s new gaming company is called Possibility Space
There's a new games studio in town: Possibility Space, led by veteran game executive Jeff Strain. Strain, of course, is best known to MMORPG...
City of Heroes Rebirth rogue server celebrates Halloween and the Day of the Dead
When you're a superhero, every day is a costume party -- but not every day gives you candy for free, alas. So it's still...
Lineage W announces November 4 launch and answers player questions in a video showcase
This past August we reported on Lineage W, another version of the long-running Lineage franchise that was first announced for mobile but later announced...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 342: From New World to Old Camelot
Justin and Chris discuss New World, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft, and Dark Age of Camelot, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, and New World, plus mailbag topics on polling MMO players, out-of-game MMO promos, and 'managed decline' works for MMOs.
Guild Wars 2 starts rolling out the Icebrood Saga in Living World Return starting on October 19
Are you eager to get into Guild Wars 2's Icebrood Saga but don't feel like shelling out the money necessary to get access to every...
