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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.

Flameseeker Chronicles: Unpacking Guild Wars 2’s Flashpoint

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I've managed to calm myself enough after finishing my Guild Wars 2 Flashpoint initial impressions piece two weeks ago to bring you a much more detailed...

Netmarble’s trading debut in Korea was freakin’ huge

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Back in April, Tencent subsidiary Netmarble raised $2.3 billion in shares sold to investors during the first phase of its IPO, helping it reach...

Massively Overthinking: Is the MMO genre facing an identity crisis?

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MMORPG blogger and MOP commenter Isarii (@ethanmacfie) recently published an excellent video positing that the MMO industry is facing a "massive identity crisis." "The MMO...

Ship of Heroes explores its spaceship mission maps

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Raise your hand if you're a superhero MMORPG fan who really, really wants to see good mission maps. None of this office building #3457225...

NCsoft Q1 2017: Tumbles for Lineage, Guild Wars 2, plus new leadership for Lineage Eternal

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NCsoft's first quarter financials for 2017 have released, and... well, let's get the bad news out of the way. While sales dropped only slightly...

Valiance Online’s capital city hall is ‘akin to the Pentagon’ for supers

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Back in April, Silverhelm Studios told players it was instituting "big changes" in the way it was rolling out information for City of Heroes-inspired...
The yeller.

Perfect Ten: My MMO hate list

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One thing that I strive for in my professional career is basing things on sources more robust than my own biases. That's not to...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 116: Bree’s virtual garage sale

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Justin and Bree discuss Ashes of Creation, Blizzard, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Guild Wars 2, Marvel Heroes, WildStar, Neverwinter, SWTOR, and Ultima Online, with a mailbag question on sandbox MMOs.

Global Chat: Die inventory management die!

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Do you have inventory management with the passion of a thousand burning suns? Have you lost most of the vision in your left eye...
YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE!

WildStar is finishing its switch to ProtoBucks instead of NCoins

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The conversion to a proprietary currency for WildStar microtransactions is almost complete. While WildStar has been using NCoins (NCsoft's microtransaction currency), it introduced ProtoBucks...

Listen to these brand-new Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online music tracks

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An odd but interesting connection between Guild Wars 2 and EVE Online is that both games use Soundcloud extensively to post their soundtrack pieces...
SWEET GUITAR RIFF

Massively Overthinking: Competitive PvE in MMORPGs

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During last week's podcast, Justin and I bumped into a tangential topic about competitive PvE and how relatively rare it is in MMORPGs, which...

One Shots: Lonely hearts

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Are gamers really lonely? Do we flock to MMORPGs as a response to that? I'm pondering these thoughts today following the response of a...
There was something beautiful and wonderful and it destroyed itself.

WildStar begins testing prime raids and housing communities

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With WildStar's Patch 1.7.1 out of the way this week, the team at Carbine can kick back, open up a cold one, and... apparently...

The Daily Grind: Do you seek out MMORPG leaks?

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Over the past couple of months, the MMORPG community has worked its way through massive leaks of top-secret info: first for Elder Scrolls Online's...
Right round.

Lineage II: Revolution is arriving in June

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If you've forgotten about Lineage II: Revolution, the short version is that it's like Lineage II, only it's on mobile. (There is more to...
It's been real, and it's been fun, but... eh, you know the joke now.

Choose My Adventure: Wrapping up Black Desert and selecting our next destination

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Back when I mentioned that I was learning to like Black Desert a while back, I got this tweet from the game's official account....

Guild Wars 2 players organize Pride March Tyria 2017 for June 24

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Player advocates are organizing a pride march in Guild Wars 2 set for June 24th and 25th. The game is well-known in the MMORPG...

Valiance Online muses about a sidekicking system

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Sidekicking and mentoring were among the best and most-used features in City of Heroes, but will one of its spiritual successors take a cue...

Guild Wars 2 addresses WvW updates, expansion leaks, and legendary armor

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If you caught even the tiniest bit of the Guild Wars 2 Flashpoint AMA last night, you already heard the big news: Mike O'Brien...

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