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: What is your favorite non-minipet pet in an MMO?
I've mentioned in the past that it took me a long, long time in MMOs before I became a "pet" person, largely because pet...
Aion Classic EU blames ‘criminal entities with malicious intentions’ for its ongoing DDoS attacks
The EU version of Aion Classic is continuing to face DDoS attacks that started disrupting the game earlier this week, which has prompted Gameforge...
Jack Emmert confirms that NetEase’s Warhammer 40,000 MMO is being built in Unreal Engine 5
Hopefully you didn't miss the fascinating announcement last month that Jack Emmert's new Austin-based, NetEase-owned game studio is working on a Warhammer 40,000 MMO...
Storyboard: Managing the escalating stakes in MMO storytelling
Everyone who has at least passing familiarity with stories, whether they be in MMOs or elsewhere, roleplayed or canonical, realizes that stories need stakes....
Guild Wars 2 is giving everyone free rainbow wings to celebrate Pride Month
It's the start of June, and that means Pride Month is here once again for everyone who celebrates. And what better way to celebrate...
Vague Patch Notes: Why we should evaluate MMO systems based on how they break
Back before Final Fantasy XIV's reboot launched, Naoki Yoshida talked about how the developers had plans to make certain primals be world bosses. Players...
Gameforge is sunsetting Swords of Legends Online not quite two years after launch
I wish I could say nobody saw this coming, but unfortunately, the writing has been on the wall for a while: Gameforge announced this...
Guild Wars 2’s Dragon Bash is coming next week
Some games may be co-opting dragons for fun and profit these days, but we all know that Guild Wars 2 is where dragons go...
Massively on the Go: Top 5 features location-based games need use more
In our last Massively on the Go, we talked about the top five features location-based games keep using but shouldn't. The genre is relatively...
Aion Classic EU maps out the rest of 2023 while compensating players for DDOS outages
Gameforge has release a roadmap and dev blog for the EU version of Aion Classic this morning, talkng up the game's success so far....
The Stream Team: Gathering for the summit in Guild Wars 2
Bringing together Tyria's leaders for a summit to face a world-wide threat in Guild Wars 2? In some cases, Massively OP's MJ thinks that...
The MOP Up: Netmarble and Take-Two finances are powered by MMOs
We have a couple more earnings reports to, er, report to you today. Netmarble's Q1 2023 financials reported $472.4M in revenue, with MMORPGs making...
NCsoft West restructures as NC America, with shared CM for Lineage II, Aion, and Blade & Soul
Back in February, we reported on a wave of layoffs that struck NCsoft West, which saw 20% of its workforce handed their walking papers...
Throne & Liberty kicks off Korean closed beta as we wait for the fall launch
In a year when we've seen some pretty extreme delays already for anticipated titles, it falls to the least-delayed MMOs to offer the most...
Perfect Ten: 10 old MMO promises that never happened
Developers like to talk a big game. It's expected, it's encouraged by all parties, and it's part of the fun. When a game or...
Guild Wars 2’s presumptive summer expansion teaser raises more questions than answers
Following the launch of Guild Wars 2's What Lies Within episode yesterday - and you can read all about that in our hands-on in...
Will Smith headlines Tencent’s mobile survival MMO Undawn, launching June 15
Tencent's Level Infinite and LightSpeed Studios have announced today that Undawn is coming in June - June 15th, to be exact. The post-apoc open-world...
The Stream Team: The rampaging flower wolf of Guild Wars 2
What to do when I giant flower threatens the area? Well, Massively OP's MJ plans to pluck it! A Mordrem wolf (the aforementioned giant...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 423: The Overwatch MMO we’ll never get
Justin and Bree discuss Amazon's LOTR title and shade for LOTRO, Overwatch 2's PvE debacle, Worlds Adrift's return as Lost Skies, and delays for Nightingale, Ashfall, and Wayfinder, with adventures in LOTRO and Torchlight II, plus mailbag topics on character build freedom and the natural and unnatural ends of MMO characters.
Flameseeker Chronicles: Wrapping up the End of Dragons era with What Lies Within
It's the end of an era: Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons era of content comes to a close with today's episode, titled What...
