ncsoft

A major global studio based in South Korea, known in the west for games like WildStar, Guild Wars 2, and Aion, among many others.

Talking to Cryptic about Neverwinter’s new Stronghold PvP

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We're on the horn with Cryptic Lead Designer Scott Shicoff and Senior Content Designer John Hopler to talk about Neverwinter's brand-new Stronghold siege PvP...

The MOP Up: All news must go!

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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: Welcome to the party, pal!

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"You have to love randomly running across a band when you enter a building in Bree," reader Yrys said in conjunction with this picture...

The Game Archaeologist: Anarchy Online

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"The future in your hands." This was Funcom's promise to gamers in the early days of the 2000s. Even as the MMORPG genre slowly took...

Is WildStar’s cash shop pay-to-win?

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Is WildStar going to be pay-to-win when the free-to-play patch hits on September 29th? That's the topic du jour of a video that looks...

Gaming industry reports identify leading studios and online trends

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Details strewn within a trio of industry reports offer clues as to the health and direction of online gaming in 2015. First up is a...
On the other hand, you could just release this again.

Guild Wars 2 player finds himself trapped in the Super Adventure Box

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Players in Guild Wars 2 have been eagerly awaiting the return of the Super Adventure Box content more or less since the moment it...
This went to a bad place.

WildStar previews a new single-player instance, Alpha Sanctum

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The Eldan of WildStar weren't content to rest upon their collective laurels; they wanted to do more.  The story of what happened after they...

Guild Wars 2’s Scrapper turns the Engineer into a tank

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Guild Wars 2's Engineer has long been the master of long-ranged attacks, using rifles, turrets, grenades, pistols, and other gadgets to bring the pain...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 30: Slumbering MMOs

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Justin and Bree discuss WildStar, SWTOR, UO, ArcheAge, Asheron's Call, Otherland, Elite, GW2, and RIFT, with mailbag questions on early access MMOs.
You would think this would just be patched in pre-launch at this point.

Blade & Soul’s website talks skills and skill trees

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NCsoft has updated Blade & Soul's western website with a bit about the game's skill trees. You'll earn a skill point with each character...

WildStar will make crafting less complicated

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Carbine has great news for players who feel a little too frazzled and overwhelmed with WildStar's circuit board crafting system: Making stuff will be less...

Guild Wars 2 teases another elite spec

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ArenaNet teased what appears to be another Guild Wars 2 elite spec via the game's Facebook page this afternoon. Oh, and this is probably...

Guild Wars 2 will end Mordrem invasion today with no further adjustments

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As we reported last week, Guild Wars 2's Mordrem invasion had a rough go of it as players experienced bugs and other issues with...

MMO Mechanics: Economic stagnation in MMO economies

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MMO economies are notoriously hard to balance, so most MMO players have seen the effects of stagnation and hyperinflation in an MMO economy for...

Nexus Telegraph: WildStar takes on Halloween with Shade’s Eve

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While I can't decide if Halloween is my favorite real-life holiday (it's close, no matter what), I have no doubt that the spooky ooky...

The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite tale from the olden days of MMOs?

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I have a notoriously poor memory for anything that happened more than five years ago. I might not have even been alive, for as...

Guild Wars 2 Mordrem event stumbles

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A brief Guild Wars 2 pre-expansion event featuring new baddies Mordrem has stumbled right out of the gate. Players have reported numerous bugs, problems...

Massively Overthinking: NCsoft’s western autumn

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This week's Massively Overthinking is brought to you by a guildie of mine named Onyx, who donated to our Kickstarter campaign in this tier...
I know this hurts you, Caithe.

Guild Wars 2 shows off the Mordrem Guard

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The Sylvari of Guild Wars 2 were created by the elder dragon Mordremoth to serve him. That was a foreshadowed but still unpleasant development...

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