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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One Shots: Caught in the act
If I were an MMO character, I'd be completely paranoid that at any point in my life, I could be photographed by an invisible...
Guild Wars 2’s guild hall arena is ‘a combat sandbox’
Guild Wars 2's week of dev blogs continues, this time with an update about guild hall arenas. ArenaNet calls its new guild hall arena...
Guild Wars 2 shares more guild hall details, confirms raid gearing
Guild Halls are a big part of the feature list for Guild Wars 2's first expansion, and with good cause. The ongoing livestreams of...
The Daily Grind: What kind of physics-based gameplay do you expect in a next-gen superhero MMO?
When I first read Massively OP Kickstarter donor MagmaFist's Daily Grind submission, I suspected him to be a big fan of Gravity/Force Fields Controllers in...
WildStar adds temporary new servers to lighten F2P load [Updated]
There's no question that WildStar's servers have been crushed this week under the weight of the free-to-play population. Carbine admitted that its four "megaservers"...
Massively Overthinking: Graceful MMO free-to-play transitions
In honor of WildStar's free-to-play transition this week, Massively Overthinking is about to overthink the very best F2P transitions ever. Even if you don't...
Perfect Ten: Why big MMO expansions are a good thing
I'm not really on board with the trend of saying that big expansions are back. They never left. Sure, we have one coming out...
WildStar F2P removes region locks
Buried amid all of the hubbub of WildStar's free-to-play launch is the news that the game is no longer region-locked (although it still does...
WildStar struggles with lag, bugs after F2P conversion [Updated]
It's been a long and stressful day-and-a-half for both WildStar players and Carbine, as the game's free-to-play patch resulted in horrendous lag, lengthy queues,...
The Daily Grind: Give a shout-out to your favorite retired MMO characters
We all have them: MMO characters we invested time, love, and no small amount of effort in making them all they could be... after...
Mission changes coming with Guild Wars 2’s expansion
The Heart of Thorns expansion is changing guild missions in Guild Wars 2. How so? That's what today's website update is designed to answer....
Guild Wars 2 walks guilds through the process of getting their new home
We all know that guild halls are coming with Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns, but how will that actually work? Is there an...
Choose My Adventure: Freeloading in WildStar
Hello once again, friends, and welcome to a brand-new edition of Choose My Adventure. As you have probably already surmised, assuming that you read...
Wind of Fate update shakes up Aion’s geography
It's been a huge month for Aion. Not only is it the fantasy MMO's sixth anniversary, but today the dev team pushed out Patch 4.8:...
The Daily Grind: What do you think of WildStar Reloaded so far?
It's been a day since the free-to-play update came out for WildStar, giving veteran, returning, and new players a chance to check out the business...
Jukebox Heroes: Your top 20 favorite MMO soundtracks
I've been a sneaky columnist, my friends. Oh yes I have. In my last Jukebox Heroes I posted my top six favorite MMO soundtracks,...
Guild Wars 2 enhances its squad UI, preps for Halloween
ArenaNet recently unveiled its enhanced squad UI for Guild Wars 2. It's designed to help players organize their friends, guildmates, and other large groups...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 31: MMO expansions come roaring back
Justin and Bree discuss Devilian, SWTOR, Ultima Online, the return of the MMO expansion, RIFT, Camelot Unchained, ArchLord 2, and Guild Wars 2, with mailbag questions on Heart of Thorns and gambleboxes.
The Stream Team: Wading in as WildStar goes free-to-play
MassivelyOP's MJ may have bitten off more than she could chew when she accepted that level-50 power-up on WildStar's beta server, but she's back...
Guild Wars 2’s former lead designer now develops for Amazon
Amazon has been trying to work its way into game development for a while, but the retailer has a new weapon in its arsenal....
