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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The Daily Grind: Would you be interested in a retro-styled MMORPG?
As it's been about a year now, I know that pretty much nobody remembers John Smedley's ill-fated Hero's Song. For a while there, we...
Exclusive: Ship of Heroes’ Casey McGeever on the superhero MMORPG genre
Ship of Heroes is super-jumping right into 2018 with two documents of note. The first is a retrospective of what the Heroic Games team...
The best Massively OP MMO reader polls of 2017
Polls are a quantitative sort of magic that we don't often get from our other articles - at least when they aren't being brigaded...
MMO Year in Review: WoW Classic and the doom of Marvel Heroes (November 2017)
We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...
Aion prepares to move to a free-to-play model in Korea on its 10-year anniversary
There are many possible reactions to that headline. Some of you are expressing disbelief that Aion could be moving to a free-to-play model in...
The most popular MMORPG conversations of 2017
Last week, we posted a rundown of the most popular MMORPG articles of 2017, calculated strictly by the number of pageviews they got. Today, we're going...
Battle Bards Episode 112: MMO minigame music
It’s time to take a diversion to play — and listen — to the minigames tucked inside of our MMOs! The Battle Bards haul...
One Shots: Riding the unicorn charge into 2018
That's it, folks. It's time to put the wraps on the bumpy, odd year that was 2017 and get ready to flip our calendars...
MMO Year in Review: Expansion 2 for Guild Wars 2 (September 2017)
We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...
MMO Year in Review: Johnny Depp + Secret World = profit? (August 2017)
We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...
The Daily Grind: What’s the most expensive MMO to play at the end of 2017?
We talk about money a lot here on Massively OP. Business models. Stupidly expensive things we've bought. Annoying cash shops. Even things we'd like...
MMO Year in Review: July was the high mark of the year for MMORPGs (July 2017)
We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...
Massively OP’s 2017 Blooper Awards: Most egregious use of buttcapes in an MMO
Massively OP's not-so-serious end-of-the-year awards continue today with our blooper award for Most egregious use of buttcapes in an MMO. And the winner is...
Guild Wars 2
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The Stream Team: The MOP MMO Christmas album live
Did you enjoy the MOP MMO Christmas Album? Do you wish there was a live version you could sing along with? What if we...
The most popular Massively OP MMO articles of 2017
One of my favorite things to do every year is drill down the top articles on the site for our readers. I don't mean...
Flameseeker Chronicles: A Guild Wars 2 2017 column retrospective
Welcome along to a rather festive retrospective in which I sum up 2017 for both Guild Wars 2 and Flameseeker Chronicles! A large glass of...
MMO Year in Review: Ship of Heroes abandons Kickstarter (April 2017)
We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...
The 2017 MOP MMO Christmas album
Do you like to sing carols? That's one of my favorite things about this time of year! Christmas time is the best time for...
The best Massively OP streams of 2017
As captain of our Stream Team, Massively OP's MJ Guthrie and Larry Everett were joined by Andrew Ross this year to play zillions of...
MMO Year in Review: City of Heroes necromancy in Master X Master (March 2017)
We’re taking a time-machine back through our MMO coverage, month by month, to hit the highlights and frame our journey before we head into...