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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Why I Play: Returning to Guild Wars 2 and exploring elite specs after nine years
I have a strange history with Guild Wars 2. I fell hard for the pre-launch hype, and when it finally arrived, I loved it...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 340: New World cometh
Justin and Bree discuss New World's launch, Diablo II Resurrected, LOTRO's Gundabad, Warhammer Online's Return of Reckoning, Book of Travels, and Ultima Online, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on New World's infrastructure and LOTRO's closed servers.
Guild Wars 2’s Shadow of the Mad King returns next week with a bonus XP event
You know, if you suffer from karamelokalampokiphobia - or more colloquially, candycornphobia - you're not going to enjoy a lot of MMO Halloween events,...
Choose My Adventure: DC Universe Online just ended up making me love City of Heroes more
Third verse same as the first. If nothing else, DC Universe Online is consistent in how its leveling game works, though there were a...
Lineage II Aden raises the drawbridge for castle sieges this week
It's time for Lineage II Aden players to batten down the hatches, heat up the boiling oil, and prepare the diseased cattle for catapulting,...
Aion EU offers a sneak peek at new instances and features of update 8.0, Aion NA dates next content launches
As per usual, the EU version of Aion is getting a forward look at the game's 8.0 update ahead of the NA version of...
One Shots: Personal space
Part of being a starship captain in Star Trek Online is making shrewd decisions that outwit enemies. Part is being a momma or papa...
Guild Wars 2’s WvW world restructuring beta ends early over match-up issues
It's been a long lead-up to a restructuring of Guild Wars 2's world-vs.-world system, but now it finally arrived. And then left just as...
Ultima Online is 24 years old today, celebrating with its 111th update as New Legacy dev continues
Well well well, look what we have here: Somebody's turning 24. It's Ultima Online, broadly considered the grandfather of the genre and the coiner...
Massively Overthinking: Would you play your favorite MMO without its IP?
Nonameplease recently posed us an interesting topic, inspired by a thread on the Star Trek Online subreddit. "It seems most people don't think the...
Perfect Ten: Ranking the Guild Wars 2 professions from best to worst
There are a lot of times when this column is not in any way a ranking, when it is just a list of things...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Test driving Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons’ Vindicator, Bladesworn, and Catalyst elite specs
It’s time again for another End of Dragons elite specialization beta! It’s an exciting time for Guild Wars 2 players, who are learning what elite specs...
The Daily Grind: Do you enjoy fully ‘mapping’ MMO zones?
Apart from going through particularly good quest stories, filling out a map is my favorite MMORPG activity. This means slightly different goals depending on...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 339: Kitchen sinks and the Tao of MMOs
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, Funcom, Mortal Online 2, WoW Classic, EverQuest II, Star Trek Online, and Final Fantasy XIV, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online and SWG Legends, plus mailbag topics on the direction of Guild Wars 2 and WoW and what's going on with LOTRO's dead servers.
Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons testers can play with the Vindicator, Bladesworn, Catalyst, and DX11 update now
Hear that hum? It's the distant rumbling of the hype train to Cantha, and it's getting a little bit closer with this week's Guild...
The Daily Grind: Are there MMOs with simply too much to do?
MMO blogger Bhagpuss recently penned a solid article about his time in Guild Wars 2, arguing in part that the game's problem isn't that...
Global Chat: New World beta pleases some, fails to grab others
The buzz around MMO Town these days is on New World, and specifically, the open beta that wrapped up last week. So far, the...
Guild Wars 2 stream previews End of Dragons’ Vindicator, Bladesworn, and Catalyst
Guild Wars 2 players are getting no shortage of new expansion info lately, between last week's fishing and skiff stream and last month's preview...
Design Mockument: Fresh ideas for City of Heroes 2 in 2021
Back in 2019, I had the idea to make Design Mockument semi-regular column because I like doing this sort of thing. I put out...
Guild Wars 2: ‘Upgrading to DirectX11 is the first step toward being able to do more shiny things’
If the Revenant, Warrior, and Elementalist aren't your Cup of Light-Roasted Coffee, then next week's Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons beta round might...
