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 starts Wintersday today
Today is not a winter's day, nor is it the start of winter days. That's the solstice, which is on December 22nd this year....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 42: Starstruck
Justin and Bree discuss Star Citizen, Devilian, WoW, WildStar, Landmark, Cube World, and Mytheon, with mailbox questions on multiboxing and MMO monogamy.
Guild Wars 2’s soundtrack to release on vinyl LP [Updated]
Back in our holiday gifts guide for the MMO hipster, I made a joke about demanding game soundtracks on vinyl. Little did I know...
Guild Wars 2 e-sports team ragequits over design meta, technical issues
Here's a bit of MMORPG e-sports drama for you: A major Guild Wars 2 e-sports team bailed from competition last night. Competing in the game's ESL Guild...
Guild Wars 2 plans post-Heart of Thorns balance changes
On the Guild Wars 2 official forums today, ArenaNet's Gaile Gray has outlined a number of balance changes heading to the game, once again...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: MMO Trend of the Year
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the best MMO trend of 2015.
Last year, we chose sandbox and social gameplay as the awardee...
The MOP Up: GTA Online makes every bullet count (December 13, 2015)
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...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Most Likely to Flop
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our most likely to flop in 2016 and beyond award.
Last year, Star Citizen took home this dishonor, leading to...
Jukebox Heroes: A very merry Christmas MMO mix
Now that we're into the thick of December, I've given myself permission to finally turn the radio station over to the all-Christmas-all-the-time channel for...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO has the best wardrobe system?
I think about MMO fashion a lot because I'm a weird person who doesn't get invited to a lot of parties (or maybe it's...
Perfect Ten: The 10 best free-to-play MMORPGs
You know one of the reasons I like writing this column? Because one of these days I'm going to be able to make a...
Massively OP’s Best of 2015 Awards: Biggest Disappointment of 2015
Massively OP's end-of-the-year awards continue today with our award for the biggest MMO disappointment of 2015.
Last year, we gave this "award" to WildStar and ArcheAge in...
Win a Blade & Soul ‘Master’ founder pack from NCsoft and Massively OP
Blade & Soul begins its next-to-last beta test tomorrow, and if you're not in it, that could be because you haven't pre-ordered with a founder...
WildStar is merging its PvE servers back together today
A few weeks ago, Carbine merged WildStar's post-F2P servers back with their originals. Now it's PvE's turn.
The studio announced on Twitter yesterday that the...
The Daily Grind: What MMOs would you recommend to others?
One of the most common questions I see floated out on Reddit, forums, and Twitter in relation to MMOs is, "What should I play?"...
WildStar developers will be joining you… IN SPACE!
Very soon now, WildStar players will be scurrying about, collecting spaceship parts and enjoying everything that Expeditions have to offer. But why should the...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 41: Trove talk
Justin and Bree discuss GW2 PvP, RIFT, Path of Exile, SWTOR, The Secret World, Marvel Heroes, and LOTRO, plus mailbag questions on Blade & Soul localization and a chat with Trove's lead dev.
Blade and Soul starts testing the Soul Fighter in Korea
Blade and Soul's roster is ever-growing even as the title's western launch grows near. Steparu is reporting that the title is currently testing a...
WildStar’s Winterfest Extravaganza starts on December 16
WildStar's twistedly funny -- consumer-saturated -- version of the holidays is coming next week to a server near you.
The very first Protostar Gala Winterfest Extravaganza is...
The Daily Grind: What do you buy in MMO cash shops?
I'm excessively picky about what I buy in MMO cash shops. I'll buy necessities like backpack and bank slots, character slots and classes. Occasionally I'll...