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An NCsoft studio known primarily for WildStar.

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 17

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Justin and Bree discuss Infinite Crisis' sunset, Heroes of the Storm's launch, TERA's growth, EverQuest Next, Marvel Heroes, Trove, PlanetSide 2, Aion, WildStar, and The Secret World, plus mailbag questions on game metrics and character origin stories.

The Daily Grind: Is swimming really that important in MMOs?

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One of the big brouhahas that arose back in Star Wars: The Old Republic's development was the game's lack of any type of swimming....

The Stream Team: Party hearty for WildStar’s anniversary

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MassivelyOP's MJ never needs a reason to get down and boogie, but WildStar is offering one anyway: Today is its birthday! That means Emy...

Massively OP Podcast: Episode 16

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Justin and Bree discuss WildStar's F2P, The Secret World's motorcycles, Echo of Souls' soft launch, Greed Monger's doom, Marvel Heroes' updates, plus mailbag questions on underused races, multiboxing, and tiny MMOs.

MMO Week in Review: WildStar is saving itself (May 31, 2015)

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Were you too busy gaming this week to pay attention to MMO news? Get caught up every Sunday evening with Massively Overpowered's Week in Review! Just...

WildStar hands out gobs of gifts for its birthday

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Don't let WildStar's upcoming free-to-play transition distract you from a more immediate reason to celebrate on Nexus: The sci-fi MMO is marking its one-year...

The Daily Grind: Will you play WildStar once it’s free-to-play?

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Ever since the rumors began that WildStar was about to flip the switch on a new free-to-play business model, I've been pondering whether I'll...

WildStar’s free-to-play shift: Too little or just enough?

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WildStar has taken a drubbing in its first year of operation, and much as I don't like saying so, it's deserved it. The game...

WildStar is going free-to-play this autumn

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Critics, current players, former players, people who had briefly heard about the title from friends and family - a lot of people didn't think...

WildStar gives free techno-kitty pet to everyone

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Good news for those who were inconvenienced by WildStar's extended maintenance the other day: The game will be giving everyone affected a unique cyborg...

ArcheAge spawns fresh Reddit drama over pay-to-win

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Third time's a charm with Reddit! Remember back in March when a Skyforge moderator threatened to ban anyone using the term pay-to-win and was...

The Daily Grind: What MMO gets you exploring?

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You want to hear something weird? For as much crap as WildStar got about its path system, I actually do love to explore in...
I repent.

Rumor: Blade & Soul might be in internal testing for US release

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Hey, you all remember the guy causing a whole kerfluffle about the fact that WildStar is supposedly going free-to-play? Good times! But the Redditor...

Rumor: WildStar coming to Steam as a free-to-play title in August [Updated]

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WildStar is coming to Steam, according to third-party scraper site SteamDB.info. When and for how much is less clear, given that Carbine and NCsoft...
All right, the Lopp have some chops here too.

NCsoft Q1 2015: Growth for Guild Wars 2, further deflation for WildStar

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NCsoft's first quarter financial report is out, and... you know, let's start with the good news. Guild Wars 2 is making the company more...

WildStar subreddit mod bans F2P and B2P discussions

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Hope you didn't have plans to talk about WildStar's possible conversion to a new business model on Reddit because one of the game's subreddit...

Tamriel Infinium: A guide to Elder Scrolls Online’s combat basics

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I was looking back through some of my posts about the Elder Scrolls Online, and I noticed that I've mentioned combat quite a bit....

MMO Mechanics: Three favourite action combat systems

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Virtually every MMO contains dangerous places that are filled with other players or NPCs that will attack characters on site, and many also feature...

Global Chat: What happens to original MMOs when they get sequels?

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Telwyn at GamingSF asks a question that I've contemplated from time to time: When an MMO gets a sequel, what happens to the original...

WildStar’s massive INVASION: Nexus patch is live

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Do you want a pet? Do you want to take on some contracts? Are you excited to play around with an expanded wardrobe? Is...

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