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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.

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Guild Wars 2 runs a deadly bonus World vs. World week

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The weeklong bonus for World vs. World content in Guild Wars 2 starts on June 8th, and it's all about high risk and high...

The Stream Team: The wacky world of WildStar turns four

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Who needs a colorful party for your fourth birthday when you are already the most colorful? WildStar celebrated its fourth birthday on Sunday, and...
Monsters.

Pokemon-inspired ‘massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure’ Temtem is about to break $100K on Kickstarter

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In this past weekend's Make My MMO, we noted we were keeping a close eye on Temtem, a clearly Pokemon-inspired "massively multiplayer creature-collection adventure."...

One Shots: The crane… the crane…

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I love crane machines. Yes, I know they're a total scam, but I won something in one once, and I can't help but throwing...
No parties.

Happy birthday to WildStar, Crossout, and World War 2 Online

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The beginning of informal summer is a favorite time for MMO launches, which also means it's prime time for birthdays and anniversaries. WildStar, for...

Grab Guild Wars 2’s expansions for 30% off this week – Bless refugees, they’re talkin’ to you

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You might think that it's a little weird to assume folks who bought Bless and refunded it have never tried Guild Wars 2, but...

Blade & Soul pits players against the Grand Celestial Emperor in June 20th’s Celestial Dawn update

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Blade & Soul is just refusing to slow down its wild content rollout, and it'll continue down that path this June with Celestial Dawn....
Always back

How a server explosion – and two epic devs – help keep Classic Guild Wars alive

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Sometimes things going wrong lead in good directions. According to a new interview on Kotaku, there are actually two developers keeping Guild Wars afloat...

Hyperspace Beacon: The sorry state of roleplay in Star Wars: The Old Republic

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Since the server merges, the Star Forge server has unofficially become the roleplay server for Star Wars: The Old Republic. And roleplaying's fight to...
How near, how far.

The Daily Grind: What kind of superhero do you want to make in an MMO?

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While City of Heroes is long gone, you can't keep a good cape down. With a couple of superhero MMORPGs out on the market...

The next episode of Guild Wars 2’s living world season has apparently been delayed

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You might have noticed it's Tuesday, and there's been no big trailer drop for the next Guild Wars 2 living world episode. That's behind...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Deep-diving Guild Wars 2’s A Bug in the System (part 2)

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I have had plenty of time to digest the rest of Guild Wars 2's  A Bug in the System since the first part of my...

ArenaNet answers a slew of classic Guild Wars questions

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Guild Wars 1 may have been supplanted and largely deemed obsolete by its sequel, but rest assured, there still exists a multitude of fans...
A prison of your own making.

PUBG Corp sues Epic Games, claiming Fortnite plagiarized its UI and items

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Last autumn, Bluehole and PUBG Corp locked horns with Epic Games over PUBG's assertion that Fortnite had all but ripped off PUBG's battle royale...

One Shots: The cream of the shuttercrop

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What do you get when you ask MMO players with bulging folders of screenshots to pick their very, very best to show off? An...

Massively Overthinking: The case for rarity and randomness in MMO monetization

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Last week, Guild Wars 2's Crystin Cox gave a monetization interview to Gamasutra during which she made one specific argument I wanted to pull...
Hello, everything is fine.

Aion’s Egyptian-themed event returns for a limited time

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You may be able to walk like an Egyptian, but can you fight like one? You'd better if you're going to venture into Aion...

SuperData’s April 2018 revenue report shows Fortnite setting new records, GTAO slowing down

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Fortnite had another record month of revenue in April, according to SuperData's latest global revenue report. "Epic’s Battle Royale shooter made $296 million in...

Lost Ark enters ‘final’ closed beta in South Korea with new class trailers

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Hey, remember back in 2014 when Smilegate first announced MMOARPG Lost Ark? It's been a long time. As I've written before, I was positively smitten...
Now imagine you're dragging a sack.

Guild Wars 2 posts small patch, plans Classic Guild Wars retrospective Q&A

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Guild Wars 2's patch this week isn't a whopper like the balancing patch, but it does fix the nasty event bug in Bugtide Coast...

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