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NCsoft updates EULAs for Lineage II, Aion, and Blade & Soul as part of move to Purple
At the top of February we reported on NCsoft's decision to migrate many of its MMOs to its bespoke Purple platform, specifically affecting Blade...
NCsoft announces plans to move Aion, Lineage II, and Blade & Soul to its Purple platform
Readers might remember that back in 2019, NCsoft launched its own games platform known as Purple, which lets players enjoy the studio's mobile games...
Throne & Liberty KR will bolster endgame with coop dungeons, dungeon finder, and less ‘forced content’
NCsoft's Jong-ok Ahn is back on the official Throne & Liberty site with another producer's update this week, this time talking about the Resistance...
Blade & Soul NEO Classic discusses content tweaks while staying non-committal to a release date
The NEO Classic server project that Blade & Soul is working on seems to be a long time coming if prior posts are any...
City of Heroes players filled Homecoming’s latest $8.6K monthly donation round in three hours
When NCsoft granted Homecoming LLC a license to operate City of Heroes at the top of January, one of the questions a lot of...
Throne & Liberty KR discusses stat integration, siege wars, and (vaguely) the global launch
As western players continue to wait impatiently for even the tiniest scrap of news about the global release of Throne & Liberty, NCsoft has...
Blade & Soul NEO Classic details Cinderlands redesign, combat refresh, and the end of gear upgrades
Blade & Soul continues the impressive trick of talking about its NEO Classic server while also holding its cards close to its chest at...
City of Heroes Homecoming opens testing of new Arsenal powersets, epic power pool revamp, TF diversity, and more
It's finally here, and by here we mean on the Brainstorm beta server: City of Heroes Homecoming's first big patch since April 2023 (and...
Vague Patch Notes: What City of Heroes Homecoming means for the wider MMORPG industry
As you have probably noticed from the fact that I have been writing about City of Heroes nonstop since the Homecoming server got its...
City of Heroes Homecoming teases I27p7’s new powersets (plural) and story arcs
City of Heroes' Homecoming team, having been under official license by NCsoft for the last two weeks, issued an address to players on its...
City of Heroes Homecoming saw 4431 peak concurrent players this past weekend
As more and more players learn that NCsoft has granted a formal license to player-led Homecoming to run City of Heroes servers, the playerbase...
Blade & Soul NEO Classic showcases more Moonwater Plains visuals and vague faction battle updates
Previews for Blade & Soul's upcoming NEO Classic server continue to tumble forth from NCsoft, as the devs behind the action MMO are once...
Into the Super-Verse: Rediscoveries I made diving headlong into City of Heroes Homecoming
Last week, I wrote about how my game came back. It was a big deal to me to know that City of Heroes was...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2024
As I say every single year and several people ignore every single year: This is not a column about the games that are most...
Throne & Liberty KR’s latest security measures end up locking out overseas players
Were you among those who were accessing the Korean version of Throne & Liberty ahead of its global launch later this year? Well you...
Unsurprisingly, City of Heroes Homecoming saw a massive playerbase spike this past weekend
On Friday, we asked our readers whether they planned to play City of Heroes Homecoming, newly crowned with a formal license by NCsoft. We...
Blade & Soul previews mechanical changes to NEO Classic’s Mushin Tower
NCsoft has been mostly focused on the visual updates coming with Blade & Soul's NEO Classic server, but now the studio is offering a...
The Stream Team: Team play on City of Heroes’ newly licensed Homecoming servers
It's part podcast, part livestream, and all City of Heroes! Following the surprise announcement of the Homecoming rogue server landing an official license from...
Into the Super-Verse: Reflecting on City of Heroes, back officially at long last
As a dedicated fan of superheroes, I have to be honest that yesterday's news feels downright poetic. City of Heroes died in November of...
City of Heroes Homecoming talks funding, the City Council, and the impending content drop
Following yesterday's surprise announcement that NCsoft has granted City of Heroes rogue server group Homecoming a license to operate the game - something it's...
