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’s season 3 finale will include a brand-new fractal
When ArenaNet announced the sixth and final episode of Guild Wars 2's third living world season yesterday, it was a one-liner post with a...
The Daily Grind: What’s the worst minigame in an MMORPG?
Sure, Gems is up there for obnoxious MMO minigames, but for me? It's Polymock.
I had almost forgotten Polymock existed until a WoodenPotatoes video put...
Here’s how magic in Citadel: Forged With Fire will work
This morning, we wrote about a new "massive online sandbox RPG," Citadel: Forged With Fire, built by Slender devhouse Blue Isle Studios and expected to...
Citadel: Forged With Fire is a brand-new ‘massive online sandbox RPG’ debuting this month
Well well, lookie what popped up on Steam: It's a new "massive online sandbox RPG," Citadel: Forged With Fire, and it came out of...
The last episode of Guild Wars 2’s living world season 3 arrives July 25
The sixth and final episode of Guild Wars 2's third living world season launches on July 25th. We'd like to tell you more, but...
Shroud of the Avatar’s Portalarium transitions into publishing, may consider partnerships
Barreling toward this month's Release 44, Shroud of the Avatar is (ahem) fleshing out its Elven population with better models and even female models....
Guild Wars 2’s gem store gets a huge overhaul
Have you ever found yourself in this situation: You are flush with cash and desperately want to dump it on Guild Wars 2, but...
Flameseeker Chronicles: Guild Wars 2’s living world season 3 in review
The Guild Wars 2 story arc found in the Living World's third season has contained more twists and surprises than even I had anticipated, and I...
Master X Master devs take on post-launch community queries
You're certainly heard of dev community Q&A sessions, but what about dev cosplay Q&A? Master X Master recruited the help of cosplayer Cheezecake to...
The MOP Up: SMITE sees a Divine Light (July 9, 2017)
The MMO industry moves along at the speed of information, and sometimes we’re deluged with so much news here at Massively Overpowered that some...
One Shots: R.I.P. Firefall
Do not go gentle into that good night forever,
Old MMOs should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the...
The Game Archaeologist: Where are all of the open-source MMOs?
Recently we had an interesting question come in from reader and Patron Rasmus Praestholm, who asked me to do a little investigating: "What (if...
PSA: All Master X Master toons are playable this weekend, plus unlock Guild Wars 2’s Rytlock for free until tonight
During a recent Massively OP podcast, Justin and I expressed surprise that NCsoft wasn't doing more cross-promotion with the newly launched Master X Master...
Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet hires former Ubisoft Creative Director Jason VandenBerghe
Gamasutra is reporting this afternoon that Guild Wars 2 studio ArenaNet has picked up former Ubisoft Montreal Creative Director Jason VandenBerghe. His new title...
How I got married through World of Warcraft
I've mentioned a lot of times, in passing, how my wife and I connected in part through World of Warcraft. But I've never actually...
Unofficial Guild Wars 2 CCG gets a Prophecies-themed expansion
Back in March, Guild Wars 2 player Luke Dowding announced that he was building a free and unofficial collectible card game for the community...
Perfect Ten: MMOs in limbo
The one thing that I thought we could all count on forever was that the MMO life cycle was pretty easy to understand. A...
The Daily Grind: What kind of MMO achiever are you?
Yesterday's post on Richard Bartle's new unplayer matrix got me thinking once again about my quibbles with the original Bartle quotient, which won't surprise...
One Shots: Moonglow
I don't say it enough: I am truly impressed by how our readership manage to bring out the beauty in MMORPGs through their screenshots....
Massively Overthinking: Do MMORPGs aspire to pro-social mechanics?
Massively OP reader and Patron Avaera has a thoughtful question for the team and readers this week. "I wish more virtual world games thought deeply...
