A major global studio based in South Korea, known in the west for games like WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, among many others.
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Aion: Legions of War promises to pump up PvP while also delivering co-op action
Aion: Legions of War, the mobile spin-off of NCsoft's high-flying MMO, has been a busy bee since its release earlier this year. NCsoft recently...
The Daily Grind: What made you leave the last MMO you quit?
The last few years, I think I've had a healthier relationship with MMOs, chiefly because I've pressured myself less into playing things I knew...
One Shots: Armed and fabulous
Last week I invited Massively OP's readers to share pictures showing off faction pride in some way, shape, or form. But who knew it...
The Daily Grind: How far behind are you in your MMO’s main storyline?
From LOTRO to FFXIV, from Guild Wars 2 to SWTOR, the backbone of the modern solo MMORPG experience is the main storyline. And whether...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG for obsessive completionists?
I have been a lot of things in MMORPGs over the years. Raider. Roleplayer. Cat-herder. Merchant. Even killer. But one thing I've never really...
Guild Wars 2 is planning a big overhaul of attribute-selectable gear
For a flat-progression MMO that wasn't originally designed to be heavily focused on gear, Guild Wars 2 has certainly trended that way in recent...
Blade & Soul Korea teases a new archer class arriving in June
As much fun as magical gun-fu can be with the Blade & Soul Gunslinger, sometimes you want to go back to basics. Back to...
Perfect Ten: Helpful tips for returning to City of Heroes in 2019
With the (community-led) rebirth of City of Heroes in 2019, a rather interesting problem has arisen for this superhero title: Namely, players who never...
Desert Oasis: In praise of the charmingly chaotic Black Desert community
One of my favorite dishes is dinuguan (dinu-goo-ahn). It's a pork dish covered in a sauce with the consistency of curry and the dark...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 221: Classic Warcraft flavor
Justin and Bree discuss WoW Classic, City of Heroes, Blade and Soul, Star Trek Online, Square Enix, and Dungeon and Dragons Online, with mailbag topics on how WoW Classic fits into the MMO genre and getting back into City of Heroes.
City of Heroes: All the public servers we know of, plus Reddit’s launch and Homecoming’s name release
A new City of Heroes rogue server has joined the chat: Specifically, it's the Reddit-backed server, and it's called Pleiades. It went live at...
The pieces needed to build a WildStar emulator have been posted online
Have any of you seen the movie Contact? It's a sci-fi film about an alien radio transmission that contains instructions to build an interstellar...
City of Heroes: Homecoming concurrency, Rebirth and Reddit’s i24 servers, and the future of basebuilding
I had wondered whether the slow-drip release of World of Warcraft Classic this week would dampen enthusiasm for other games' rogue servers and progression...
Ship of Heroes is hoping to roll out its character creation beta in July
Ship of Heroes may be the youngest City of Heroes spiritual successor, but it's also the most likely to hit beta first: Its beta...
Battle Bards Episode 144: Colors of the rainbow
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet: Combined, these forces create the awesome power of Roy G. Biv — otherwise known as the...
The MOP Up: Dauntless’ forums are down for a month as the game goes offline until Tuesday
No doubt that you have heard about Dauntless' launch on Tuesday, May 21st. And while that marks a new beginning for the monster hunting...
One Shots: Look – but don’t throw
It's pretty common to be frustrated by MMOs showing you things that you can't ever touch or play. Whether it be fantastic races that...
Lawful Neutral: What DMCA exemption victories really mean for MMO preservation
You might remember back in October, we covered how the US Library of Congress granted expanded DMCA exceptions for preserving online games. The Library...
City of Titans’ primer gets you up to speed on this superhero MMO
With City of Titans picking up development steam, the team figured that this would be an opportune time to put out a primer to...
City of Heroes: Homecoming’s new home, EU players, multiboxing, SEGS, and… piglets
Good news for players of City of Heroes' Homecoming rogue servers: The planned server moves - from The Netherlands to new destinations in Canada...
