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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Blade & Soul promises an engine upgrade and more ‘lifestyle’ content
If you feel like Blade & Soul is looking a little dated, you're not alone in that sentiment; the developers feel the same way....
Classic Guild Wars 1 just got a huge graphics update
This week, classic Guild Wars 1 has gotten its first real update in the years since going into maintenance mode. As we noted on...
Exit light, enter Blade & Soul’s Eternal Night update
Today is May 9th. And that is a wonderful, marvelous day if you happen to be a Blade & Soul fan, because it's the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 169: Farscape and RuneScape
Justin and Bree discuss WoW, Trove, Secret World Legends, RuneScape and Jagex, Amazon's New World, PWE MMO sunsets, Star Trek Online's new business model, SWTOR, and ESO, plus mailbag topics on the Guild Wars 1 graphics update and crafting MMOs. And yes, we talk Farscape too!
Guild Wars 2’s underwater combat update and class balance pass are live today
Some MMOs pump out an endless stream of previews for their big patches, especially the type that overhaul major game systems or balance combat,...
One Shots: All giant spiders, all the time
Sometimes I am just so proud of our One Shots crowd here at Massively OP. I keep coming up with ludicrous screenshot challenges and...
Blade & Soul is tweaking dungeon rewards to prefer newer dungeons
Stop just doing the old, familiar dungeons of Blade & Soul. Do the new ones instead. Even if you'd rather not for whatever reason,...
Massively Overthinking: The state of modern MMORPG raiding
Massively OP reader Sorrior recently sent in a question about raiding, a topic we haven't discussed in a while.
"I have noticed raiding tends to...
Guild Wars 2’s Deadeye is taking another shot from stealth
The Deadeye is in an all right place in terms of DPS, but that alone isn't good enough in Guild Wars 2. The problem...
Battle Bards Episode 120: Short stuff
Look down — and it’ll be the last thing you’ll ever see! That’s because fury and death arrive in the form of short character...
Perfect Ten: MMOs with different (camera) perspectives
By the time that World of Warcraft came on the scene in 2004, the MMORPG industry had already gravitated toward standard when it came...
Guild Wars 2’s balance update arrives next week – with ‘underwater combat’ revamp
Remember back before Guild Wars 2 launched and its underwater content was touted as the most innovative thing in years? And remember when it...
Guild Wars 2 players sponsor $2000 PvP tournament, ban Chronomancer spec
If Guild Wars 2's abrupt pull-out of PvP e-sports and tournaments a year ago filled all your 20-slot bags with stacks of pure sadness,...
The Stream Team: Living the Guild Wars 2 life
With all the holidays and events in all the games that Massively OP's MJ highlights, sometimes it is hard for her to just go...
Missing 14-year-old City of Heroes? The SEGS emulator is looking for coders
Are you missing City of Heroes this week, what with the 14th anniversary of its launch and all? We are too. Earlier this month,...
Guild Wars blows out 13 candles on its birthday cake – were you there for its first?
Travel back with us to April 2005, when an unknown and unproven studio known as ArenaNet decided to make a play at its own...
Lineage II celebrates its anniversary and the spring harvest
Dual events are vying for players' attention in NCsoft's long-running Lineage II. Can you believe that the fantasy MMORPG is now 14 years old?...
Global Chat: Shroud of the Avatar confounds
What to make of Shroud of the Avatar? The few MMO bloggers who have looked into this recently released but already long-running title have...
The Stream Team: Partying in Paragon Chat to celebrate City of Heroes’ anniversary
Celebration might not be quite the right word to use when referring to the City of Heroes anniversary, but that doesn't mean fans don't...
Here’s how to Celebrate City of Heroes’ 14th anniversary in Paragon Chat today
If you're feeling the burning desire to reminisce in City of Heroes and hang out with other people who understand why it was so...
