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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Gamescom 2015: WildStar F2P beta is now live!
The announcement that WildStar developers Carbine Studios plan to make the MMO the latest addition to our ever-growing free-to-play piles happened a while ago...
Guild Wars 2 teases the Revenant elite specialization without much subtlety
The upcoming Revenant will have an elite specialization in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns just like the other professions in the game. What...
Earn your wings in Guild Wars 2’s new PvP leagues
Coming this fall to a Guild Wars 2 near you will be the next evolution of the game's PvP scene.
ArenaNet announced today that it...
Gamescom 2015: Guild Wars 2’s new mastery system details revealed
On the opening day of Gamescom 2015, I crept away from the buzzing hum and dazzling lights of the show floor to sit down with Guild...
The Mop Up: FEAR is dead edition
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: First steps into a greater world
Do you miss Vanguard? It's been a while now since that particular fantasy world closed its doors to players, but warm memories of the...
Nexus Telegraph: Four things that have me excited about WildStar’s F2P patch
Hot dog! This past week's stress test of the new fall patch for WildStar (it doesn't have a name yet, and Carbine is getting...
The Daily Grind: Do MMO studios discriminate against character races?
Call me silly if you like (or call me maybe), but I do believe that studios consciously discriminate against some of their very own...
Lineage Eternal should have two more tests this year
Thus far, Lineage Eternal has only had one focus group test, but NCsoft appears to be ramping up the game's test schedule as the...
Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns starts first public beta weekend
You won't need to head all the way out to Gamescom this week to see the latest and greatest in Guild Wars 2: Heart...
Perfect Ten: Clever features that should be in more MMOs
MMOs are built on the backs of many interlocking systems, some more crucial to the experience than others. While I have great appreciation for...
Gamescom 2015: Trove’s fall Shadow Tower update offers endgame content, new class
Trion did something this year that a lot of MMO studios don't bother to do: brought existing MMOs to Gamescom. The studio unleashed information on...
Gamescom 2015: Guild Wars 2 confirms 2015 expansion launch
If you were worried that perhaps Guild Wars 2 was being a little too pokey with its Heart of Thorns testing and reveals, then...
Gamescom 2015: Guild Wars 2 Heart of Thorns gallery
Guild Wars 2Â heard you liked screenshots, so it made sure to bring a ton to Gamescom, all flavored with Heart of Thorns goodness.
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Here’s what’s in WildStar’s massive fall patch
Yesterday we reported that WildStar began stress testing its fall free-to-play patch, and since then players have been reporting in with pictures and details...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 24: WoW speculation
Justin and Bree discuss WoW's next expansion, Trove, Project Gorgon, DDO, NCsoft's quarterly report, and Neverwinter, with mailbag questions on emotional investment and the state of the site.
WildStar starts testing free-to-play patch
WildStar's free-to-play transition is just around the corner, as testing commenced today on the fall patch. The public test realm update includes the new...
World of Warcraft’s Bashiok has defected to NCsoft [Updated]
Former World of Warcraft Community Manager Micah "Bashiok" Whipple announced he was leaving Blizzard last week to take up a new job this week, leading...
MMO Mechanics: Brilliant MMO boss mechanics
I love a good boss fight as much as the next MMO player, and I'm sure I'm not alone in favouring fights that really...
Nexus Telegraph: Righting the S.S. WildStar
This past week I got the opportunity to ask a few questions about WildStar's new "stat refactoring" patch that's coming this fall. There were...
