Official Site:Â Lost Ark (Korean)
Studio:Â Smilegate
Launch Date: N/A
Genre:Â Fantasy MMOARPG
Business Model:Â N/A
Platform: PC
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Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most-played MMOs in 2023?
Last week in Massively Overthinking, we discussed our three most-played MMOs of 2022 - and whether we'd guessed right at the top of that...
Lost Ark drops new live-action trailer ahead of its first anniversary
We're still a few weeks away from Lost Ark's first birthday here in the west, but Amazon and Smilegate are clearly already cranking up...
Massively Overthinking: What were your three most-played MMOs in 2022?
Last year, we did a piece on what we expected our top three MMOs of 2022 to be. We'll do that again next week,...
Lost Ark tackles quality-of-life improvements in today’s The Witcher collab patch
Those of you crying out for weird crossovers will be pleased to know that The Witcher franchise has invaded Lost Ark's western version today...
Lost Ark says it’s reversed false bans even as players report Steam accounts still flagged
Last week, Amazon took one hell of a banhammer to Lost Ark, smashing so many bots that players noticed the drop in concurrency and...
Lapsed yet legitimate Lost Ark players were hit in the game’s latest ban wave
When Lost Ark decided to clean house and sweep away a huge number of bots from the game this past week, it might have...
Lost Ark deploys a giant bot banhammer with a huge impact on concurrency
If you noticed a rather dramatic dip in Lost Ark's active playerbase numbers this week and wondered what happened, first of all, nice catch....
Lost Ark’s Witcher collab and quality-of-life update launch January 18
The fact that Lost Ark is running a transmedia-synergistic crossover event with The Witcher franchise is not news; we've known about it since before...
Lost Ark hands out additional item chests after a holiday gift’s randomness runs afoul of players
Usually getting an in-game present is a nice gesture, so players of Lost Ark were likely happy when Amazon Games and Smilegate first...
Not So Massively: Why I’m not playing Lost Ark
Back at launch, I played Lost Ark quite heavily for some time, eventually racking up over 100 hours in the game and generally enjoying...
The best MassivelyOP community Daily Grinds of 2022
2022 marks the fifth year in a row we've done this roundup, but the Daily Grind has been a recurring mini-column here on MassivelyOP...
Fight or Kite: The many ways today’s MMOs are failing PvPers
Last week, the MassivelyOP writing crew released its award for the best PvP MMO of the year - yet I couldn’t bring myself to...
One Shots: The best player-submitted MMO screenshots of 2022
For our very last One Shots column of 2022, we're going to take a break from the routine to hand out awards to our...
Massively Overthinking: Our favorite MMO stories of 2022
It's tradition for us to pick out one big story or narrative arc that defined the year and slap it with an award label,...
WoW Factor: Chris Metzen’s uphill road with World of Warcraft
So, last week there was a bit of unusual timing. I had finished my column about World of Warcraft's Trading Post, and on the...
Lost Ark’s early 2023 roadmap includes the Witcher crossover and Artist class
'Tis the season for a whole lot of MMORPGs to release their previews for the new year, and Lost Ark is no different. Smilegate...
End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO expansions and updates of 2022
One of the underrated aspects of being an MMO player is that our games get more updates and expansions than almost any other type...
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2022
This has been a pretty challenging year for a lot of reasons, and my 2022 in Choose My Adventure certainly didn't feel any different...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best graphics as of 2022?
Last year, I singled out Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons - then already on our horizon - as being worthy of the "best...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2023
Nobody can see the future, but it sure is fun guessing, and that's exactly what we're going to do for (to?) the MMO genre...
