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A major global studio based in South Korea, known in the west for games like WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, among many others.

The Daily Grind: What are some quietly impressive things in your fave MMO that nobody notices?

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When my husband and I went back to Guild Wars 2 for Janthir Wilds a few weeks ago, he booted up the game for...

Throne & Liberty cranks up the marketing machine with a new video series ahead of launch

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Don't look now but we're less than four weeks away from the new launch of Throne and Liberty here in the west, which means...

Guild Wars 2 just unveiled a new 5v5 PvP mode called Push with beta starting next week

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Somebody go tell MOP's Sam that Guild Wars 2 is about to get a new PvP mode and he may actually like it! ArenaNet...

Aion Classic EU’s Dominance update is live today with two endgame PvE instances and a PvP map

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Dominance - aka patch 2.8.5 - is live for the EU version of Aion Classic today. "With Dominance, players who have achieved the new...

The Stream Team: Touring Guild Wars 2’s Kodan village

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What's that? The next step in Guild Wars 2's Janthir Wilds story is to explore? Well that fits right into Massively OP's MJ's personality!...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 483: Singing the Blues Protocol

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Justin and Bree discuss the demise of Blue Protocol, WoW's War Within launch, RuneScape's sub fee hike, and Wizard101's console ambitions, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW, and Guild Wars 2, plus mailbag topics on MMO cosmetic gear, Ultima Online as a survival game, and sticking to a vision as MMOs age.

MOBA-like battle royale brawler Battle Crush will introduce a solo play mode in next patch

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The tail end of June saw NCsoft unleash its free-to-play MOBA-style battle royale Battle Crush to the early access scene, and while our own...

Massively Uplifting: Labors of love, generosity, and grief in Warhammer, Terraria, Conan Exiles, Albion, ARK, and more

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Labor Day in the United States is an annual celebration of the social and economic achievement of the American workers. The official Department of...

One Shots: Save the teddy bear, save the world

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In any other MMO, a child's teddy bear is usually nothing more than a sign of innocence or an environmental storytelling cue. In The...
So this is my life.

Into the Super-Verse: Looking back on Champions Online, 15 years later

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I hadn't even really thought about the fact that Champions Online has been out for 15 years now until I saw the anniversary post...

Flameseeker Chronicles: How to gear up in Guild Wars 2 in 2024 – without breaking the bank

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Gearing in Guild Wars 2 is simultaneously really nice and also very frustrating. It's nice because there is no uber tier of stats locked...

Massively Overthinking: The MMOs without player housing in 2024

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Last week, Guild Wars 2 became the latest western MMORPG to finally add proper housing, with pages lifted straight out of Wildstar and RIFT....
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Massively OP Podcast Episode 482: The war within two expansion launches

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Justin, Bree, and Colin discuss Guild Wars 2 Janthir Wilds, World of Warcraft The War Within, Elder Scrolls Online's U43, DDO's Myth Drannor, Dune Awakening, and Path of Exile 2.

Flameseeker Chronicles: 10 easy Guild Wars 2 builds for solo play in 2024’s Janthir Wilds

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While most MMORPGs offer a variety of ways to play a character, Guild Wars 2 offers a huge variety of builds for each of...

The Stream Team: Journey to an Unknown Territory in Guild Wars 2

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Having "just" returned from the Astral Ward, Massively OP's MJ was quickly invited to a new Tyrian Alliance meeting to address the rifts in...

Aion Classic EU promises a new PvP map and two endgame instances in Dominance update

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Aion Classic EU has been cranking out updates all year - and it's got at least one more in store for 2024. Gameforge announced...
It burns, burns, burns.

Wisdom of Nym: Speculating on Final Fantasy XIV’s Beastmaster

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We currently know very little about Final Fantasy XIV's Beastmaster. We know that it's going to be coming at some point during the Dawntrail...

Global Chat: Recapping World of Warcraft’s Pandaria Remix

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With Pandaria Remix now officially over and done in World of Warcraft, it's time to move on... right after some post-mortem analysis, of course....

One Shots: Cue techno chocobo theme

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When I drive around and look at the sea of boring cars with mostly the same shapes in the same four colors, I can...

NCsoft Q2 2024: NCsoft says it’s not shifting focus away from MMORPGs

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In the chaos of August financial releases and Gamescom, we overlooked NCsoft's Q2 2024 financial release, so we're tackling it now. Unfortunately, it's not...

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