A major global studio based in South Korea, known in the west for games like WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, among many others.
ncsoft
Global Chat: The best of both worlds
If you have ever played more than one MMORPG, the thought has probably crossed your mind that you would love to see your favorite...
One Shots: Fashion patrol coming your way!
Well that is certainly one way to fill up the comments section with tons of screenshots: asking all of you to show of your...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO’s music brings back all the feels?
One of the reasons that I love and listen to MMO music so much -- other than it rocks, obviously -- is that it...
Blade and Soul throws the kitchen sink into next week’s patch
You know it's a really good and meaty content patch when a studio can get more than two blog posts out of it. Blade...
E3 2018: hands-on with The Division 2 – a major upgrade over the original game
At this year's E3, Ubisoft creative director Julian Gerighty said team behind The Division 2 tried to learn "everything" from The Division to help make the sequel...
‘Magic through serendipity’: Raph Koster on the glorious mess that was Ultima Online
I was a wide-eyed, naive kid when I first stepped into Ultima Online in 1997, and as it turns out, the developers were too.
That's...
Battle Bards Episode 122: Happy town
In peaceful villages and bubbly burgs, you just know that there’s bound to be an abundance of happy music! Whenever the Battle Bards regroup...
Blade and Soul preps two bonus events for its Celestial Dawn release
Seriously, what could be better than a juicy content drop for your favorite fantasy MMORPG? Well, how about a pair of events that tie...
Perfect Ten: Ten things you need to understand about MMORPG Rogues
Sometimes I know that I may be a bit too old-school because there's a little twitch in my eye whenever I have to refer...
The Daily Grind: How do you handle content lulls in MMORPGs?
MOP reader Joel recently wrote into us with a link to a Dark Legacy Comic (#634) that succinctly captures the problem of content lulls...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Discussing Guild Wars 2 content voids and cadence disruption
Waiting for a Living World release you know is coming eventually is one of the more frustrating parts of playing Guild Wars 2 for the...
The Stream Team: Celebrating a Massiversary in Aion
Massively OP's MJ just celebrated her eighth Massiversary yesterday, so she is celebrating in the game that brought her into the fold: Aion. There...
One Shots: Rave on Risa
I love how in the Star Trek universe, the universal consensus on what makes for an ideal vacation spot is a planet that looks...
Massively Overthinking: Why is no one meeting the obvious player demand for big MMORPGs?
Massively OP reader ichi_san has a burning question about the state of the industry.
"Lots of people seem to be looking for an MMO they...
Blade and Soul rounds out its Nightfall Sanctuary raid
What MMORPG actually releases a fully-fleshed out raid in this day and age? You have to milk that content drip by drip, giving players...
TERA’s Hero’s Oath is live today with a new dungeon and piles of new loot
Hero's Oath is live in TERA today. Somehow, I didn't quite realize that TERA had committed to a "near-monthly" update schedule, but En Masse...
City of Heroes emulator SEGS announces new update with NPCs, database support, and a GUI
If you've been following SEGS' twitter over the last week, you know the team there has been teasing something big. And now we know...
Guild Wars 2 fans grow impatient for episode 3 while Pride Month commences
The slow rollout of Guild Wars 2's season 4 is starting to severely tax the patience of the MMO's community and content creators. It's...
The Soapbox: Do MMOs still fall victim to the copycat curse?
When Radical Heights launched, I was inspired to put together a whole Perfect Ten about why trend-chasing doesn't work for online games. Obviously, my...
Guild Wars 2 fans find evidence of ‘awakened’ mounts incoming
Possibly due to the delay of the next Guild Wars 2 living world update, certain store assets have been added to the game's files...