ncsoft

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

Leaderboard: Would you wear MMO clothes that look like armor in real life?

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Last week, ArenaNet dropped a bizarre tweet: It's collaborating with an apparel company on Guild Wars 2-themed clothes. And I don't mean t-shirts with...

The Daily Grind: Has a free trial ever convinced you to buy an MMO?

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Many years ago when my guild was between home games, we decided to conduct a little experiment to entertain ourselves while we waited for...

One Shots: Playing favorites

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Oh sure, we all say that we're impartial and we love all our alts the same... but admit it, there is one race that...

Aion news: Mobile gets XP gifting, EU previews the Painter for 7.0, NA celebrates summer

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Welcome to a big chunky bundle of Aion news! The mobile and PC versions of the game all look to be extremely busy recently;...
Oh my.

Into the Super-verse: A possible glimpse into City of Heroes 2

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In 2010, popular video game network MTV noted that NCsoft had filed an interesting trademark for a possible City of Heroes 2. While companies...

The Daily Grind: Have you ever forgotten about an MMO character you played?

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MOP's Tyler dropped an amusing remark in our work chat a while back about forgetting stuff in MMOs - in his case, an MMO...
Sexy, kinda.

Blade & Soul outlines item changes arriving on July 24

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The next patch for Blade & Soul is bringing some item changes when it arrives on July 24th, including the ability to send PvP...
kaboom

Vague Patch Notes: Datamining, leaks, unforced errors, and messaging

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So now that Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers has been released, basically everyone playing the game has completely forgotten that the expansion actually prompted some...

Meadow developer Might & Delight announces a new unnamed online RPG

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Last year, I hopped on our podcast to talk about an obscure but long-running and adorable MMO: Meadow. It's one of those games that...

Desert Oasis: Taking a swing with Black Desert’s Tamer and her bō staff

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When I first started playing Black Desert, it was because I wanted to play a Dark Knight. From her animations, armors, and that sweet...
Guess who's back. Back again.

Perfect Ten: How Final Fantasy XI shaped my MMO preferences forever

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Your first experience with something has an outsized importance. This feels like one of those statements people really want to argue with sometimes but...
Someone's dropping a hit single.

Blade & Soul is open for esport championship registration through July 26

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If you want to prove yourself the absolute best player in Blade & Soul, your chance to prove it is now. Player registrations are...
Noice.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 229: Adventures in Albion Online

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Justin, Samon, and Bree discuss Daybreak, the new LOTR MMO Amazon is co-developing, EVE Online's comms blackout, Caravan Stories, and City of Heroes, with a sponsored segment on Albion Online's Percival update.

Choose My Adventure: The ‘hard mode’ of City of Heroes in Going Rogue

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Disaster! Our plucky Praetorian has plunged into a pit of perilous despair! The challenges of this bold new world are mounting, and the pint-sized...

The Soapbox: Hoping for Amazon to succeed where Lord of the Rings Online failed

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It's not often I really get excited about an upcoming MMORPG. Partly this is because of the industry slowing down, and partly this is...
Sorry, guy.

The Daily Grind: Which MMO would’ve benefited from early access?

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In our mailbag podcast a few weeks back, we answered a question about Wildstar, specifically about whether early access might have helped the game...

One Shots: How to lose a staring contest

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I suppose we all need to accept the new reality, which is that we're only starting to see the tsunami of Final Fantasy XIV...

The Daily Grind: Which online game has a personality that mirrors yours?

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Intentionally designed or not, every MMO and online game exudes a personality, and no two are exactly alike. It might be the cheerful anarchy...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO suffers the most from powercreep?

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Last month, an MOP reader named Swifty replied to our Daily Grind about the last MMO he'd quit by calling out EverQuest II -...

The Stream Team: We’re gonna rob a bank in City of Heroes Homecoming

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You asked for it, and so now you have to live with it! Massively OP's crew are getting together for more City of Heroes:...

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