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: Which MMO has the best religious system?
Not every MMO includes deities, religions, and faith in their universes, but some do to varying degrees. I've seen games that weave such institutions...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 107: Dark Knight rises
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2, WoW, Torment, Black Desert, Age of Conan and Anarchy Online maintenance mode, WildStar, Darkfall Rise of Agon, Path of Exile, and Revelation Online's soft launch, with mailbag questions on console vs. PC MMO fans and dealing with immersion-breaking mounts.
Flameseeker Chronicles: Getting to grips with Guild Wars 2’s Bastion of the Penitent
ArenaNet launched a new standalone raid tier, dubbed Bastion of the Penitent, alongside The Head of the Snake Living World chapter, but I've not...
Lineage II announces Grand Crusade update
The next major chapter of Lineage II's long-running story arc is set to arrive later this month, as NCsoft revealed the Grand Crusade update...
WildStar’s next update makes scaling down a little more viable
If you're at the level cap in WildStar, you're probably looking forward to the game's next update. If you aren't at the level cap...
Lineage 2 preps a brand-new EU server, asks players to vote on its name
For the first time in five years, Lineage 2 is opening up a brand-new server for its European community. The server, which is currently...
WildStar is giving away max level 50 toons for logging into its next patch
Happy Monday! Who wants free stuff? It's better than candy: It's a free max level toon in WildStar for its "Free 50 Frenzy" promo.
"Just...
The MOP Up: MMOs make math fun (March 5, 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: All dolled up
It's always a crapshoot with our weekly screenshot challenges; sometimes they take off, and other times... not so much. But boy howdy did you...
The Daily Grind: How do you set up your MMO when you first log in?
The other day I was recalling the whole City of Heroes experience (sad sigh), and an odd memory jumped out. It was the most...
Guild Wars 2 peeks behind-the-scenes at its ‘chess raid’
How does chess factor into MMORPGs? When it comes to Guild Wars 2's newest raid, Bastion of the Penitent, the age-old tabletop game was...
Choose My Adventure: The overwhelming opening of WildStar
Playing WildStar for this week's session was the first time I really felt old.
I had failed to account for two things when I got...
Lineage 2: Revolution is officially coming to the west
Netmarble's mobile spin-off of the Lineage series will be officially coming to the west, the studio revealed at GDC this week.
Lineage II: Revolution launched...
Battle Bards Episode 93: It’s a madhouse!
It’s taken this long, but the Battle Bards have gone completely and irreversibly insane in the membrane! Today the team cracks open the door...
Aion is launching patch 5.3 on March 8
Is Aion one of those games for you that you keep meaning to check out again but need a good reason to do so?...
Perfect Ten: Every MMORPG bestiary ever
I have played a lot of MMOs. It's inevitable, given enough years in this job and hobby. And the sad thing is that I...
WildStar launches the Power of the Primal Matrix on March 8
Ready to start getting even more powerful after you hit the level cap in WildStar? You can do exactly that with the game's Power...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 106: Ready to relaunch
Justin and Bree discuss The Secret World's relaunch, Landmark's sunset, ESO: Morrowind, Albion Online, Guild Wars 2, Ship of Heroes, and Champions Online, with a mailbag questions on ESO and multiplayer immersion.
Global Chat: What powerful memories come from playing MMOs?
Upon seeing how a friend was becoming disenchanted with MMOs, blogger Ravalation hypothesized it was because he was shying away from other players too...
ARK: Survival Evolved rockets up Superdata’s January revenue rankings
The latest Superdata Research report is in for the month of January 2017, and in addition to an increase of 9.8% of digital game...
