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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.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 148: Vampires, kobolds, and pirates

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Justin and Bree discuss MOP's December awards, DDO, Secret World Legends, Path of Exile, Hearthstone, Sea of Thieves, RIFT, and Blade and Soul, with mailbag questions on returning to MMOs and love for Champs Online.

Ship of Heroes recaps 2017, teases Christmas event, and looks ahead to 2018’s beta

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Who says you have to have launched to have holiday events? Not Ship of Heroes. The City of Heroes-inspired indie superhero MMORPG has a...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s Hall of Chains raid wing first impressions

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I promised you at the end of last week's rundown of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living World season's launch episode that I'd return this week...

Guild Wars 2’s Wintersday celebrations are live along with the condition and balance patch

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Ahhhhh! What's that thing up in the sky over Divinity's Reach, the second-best video game city ever? Oh, don't worry, it's just Toymaster Tixx's...

The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2017?

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Last year, MOP reader Agemyth suggested we debate the best new MMORPG zone added in 2016, so it seemed only fitting to bring the topic...
GLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORIA

The Humble Bundle for the holidays is full of MMO goodness, including Guild Wars 2, Neverwinter, and Blade & Soul

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So here's how the latest Humble Bundle is working. Drop $35 on the bundle and all of your money goes to charity, and you...

One Shots: Boy band cover art

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It's one thing to strike a pose and get a good-looking selfie in there, it's another to coordinate a whole group of twitchy gamers...

The Daily Grind: Are you willing to buy good-looking MMO cosmetics?

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There are few things that bug me more in MMOs than when my character looks like he or she got dressed by sprinting through...
HELLO? HELLO! HI! OPEN THE DOOR!

Choose My Adventure: Wrapping things up in Secret World Legends

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One of the things that I promised way back when I started writing this series about Secret World Legends was to mention the way...
Darn, no.

Lineage 2 EU completes its current story saga, plans free weekend on its classic server

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Big things are afoot in the realm of Lineage 2 this week. Its European version just added "The Last Page -- Salvation" update that...

Guild Wars 2 is planning a Wintersday balance patch next week

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Don't worry your little elfin ears, Guild Wars 2 players: Wintersday is on the way. And this year, ArenaNet is tossing in a balance...

MU Online activates exclusive server while MU Legend hauls out the PvP

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Here's a two-for-one update on what's going on with the MU universe of games. First up is MU Online, which just activated a new...
oh GROSS

Tera M is not friendly to free players in its Korean version

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Eager to have all of the gameplay of TERA in the palm of your hand with TERA M? You might want to be a...

Flameseeker Chronicles: Deep-diving Guild Wars 2’s living world S4 Daybreak

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I'm back with an earlier-than-anticipated special edition of Flameseeker Chronicles to share my impressions of the opening episode of Guild Wars 2's fourth Living World...
Oh look.

Perfect Ten: The healthiest live MMORPGs at the end of 2017

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As Counting Crows told us, it's been a long December, although the fact that it has also only just started being December speaks to...

Blade & Soul’s Dawn of the Lost Continent launches today (and it has a flying pirate ship)

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Blade & Soul's biggest update ever is live today - or will be this afternoon once the servers are back from maintenance tonight! As we've...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

The Daily Grind: What feature from another game would you import into your favorite MMO?

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One of the everlasting points of contention between me and the MMO industry is that no game gets everything right. Gah! Can't you mold...
Just fight the thing.

Massively OP Podcast Episode 147: Daybreak but not that one

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Justin and Bree discuss Secret World Legends, Hearthstone, World of Warcraft, Star Citizen, Guild Wars 2, Skyforge, and the cost of making games, with a lengthy mailbag-inspired discussion on minimaps.

Wintersday returns to Guild Wars 2 next week

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Break out your snowflakes, your sparkling daggers, and your dancing snowmen, as Wintersday returns to Guild Wars 2 next week - Tuesday, December 12th,...

The Daily Grind: Which MMO needs a better music system – or any music system?

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If you ask any Star Wars Galaxies veteran about the game's most amazing features, I guarantee that the music and dance system will make...

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