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: Are you a half-hearted MMO crafter?
Whenever we talk about crafting, I feel that we're too quick to divide all players into "crafters" and "non-crafters" without considering that there might...
Blade and Soul Revolution releases the Qi Blade Champion class and collabs with K-pop group MAVE
It has been some time since the mobile MMO Blade & Soul: Revolution has crossed our news desk with a larger story - the...
The Stream Team: Evacuating Lion’s Arch in Guild Wars 2
Having discovered that all of Scarlet Brair's plans pointed to attacking Lion's Arch in Guild Wars 2, Massively OP's MJ must get to the...
City of Heroes Homecoming is testing two new arcs and a Storm Blast powerset
If you know anything about me and City of Heroes, it's probably that I have an absurdly huge number of storm characters. I just...
The Daily Grind: Does it bug you when MMO cash shops rotate out their buyables?
One of my few pet peeves with Guild Wars 2 has been the design of its cash shop, which traditionally has rotated through its...
The Game Archaeologist: Pirates of the Caribbean Online
In 1967, Disneyland opened one of its most iconic attractions: a dark boat ride called Pirates of the Caribbean. A large fandom surrounding the...
The Stream Team: Leveling toons on City of Heroes’ Homecoming rogue server
Today's stream is another one of those broadcasts that holds no greater motive or motivations beyond playing the game: MOP's Chris wants to fire...
Aion Classic’s arrival in Europe has been delayed again, this time to April 25
So... Aion Classic's path to a European release has been a bit of a mess, and I can only imagine some producer at Gameforge...
Storyboard: Pros and cons for scripted narrative stories in MMOs
Last week, we looked at the pros and cons for stories in MMOs that were purely player-driven, or at least using player actions and...
‘Real-time battler’ Spellcraft enters alpha today – here’s how to get in
As promised, One More Game officially kicks off the alpha test for Spellcraft on Steam today. Spellcraft was originally unveiled a year ago, though...
NCsoft is taking Kakao’s ArcheAge War to court over alleged plagiarism of Lineage 2M
ArcheAge War isn't just a delayed blockchain mess: It's also the subject of a new lawsuit.
According to The Korea Times, NCsoft has filed a...
Amazon Games hit with layoffs, but ‘the New World team in Irvine will grow’
Amazon is apparently continuing its mass layoffs, as this week the company slashed jobs even more relevant to MMO fans than Twitch: This time,...
Perfect Ten: 10 MMO promises that are not filling me with confidence
Every game's development - and this includes MMOs - involves certain promises being made that the developers probably half-knows are not going to wind...
The Stream Team: Exploring Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box new world 3
It happened! The next world in Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Box has opened! Well, sort of. It is in testing at the moment,...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 416: Jedi mind trick
Justin and Bree discuss April Fools' Day in MMOs, SWTOR, Mad World, Last Epoch, Anvil Empires, Multiversus, E3, ARK 2, and ARK Survival Ascended, with adventures in Guild Wars 2, LOTRO, and WoW Classic, plus mailbag topics on leaving your mark on and feeling special in MMO game worlds.
The Daily Grind: What’s the mark of a bad player in your MMO of choice?
Before we start this Daily Grind, I need to point out that good players make bad plays all the time, and I bet everybody...
One Shots: Noodling around
Get ready to slurp up some serious eye candy, because noodles are on the menu for One Shots this week. I mean, who needs...
Massively Overthinking: The dumbest conversations in your main MMO’s general chat
Last week, in a thread about one of Diablo IV's many rivals, MOP commenter Greaterdivinity noted that chat in the game was exhausting because...
Guild Wars 2 finally embraces the need for style in the first part of its April Fools’ Day joke
All right, so Guild Wars 2 is done with dragons. That's the whole point of the last expansion. What about other problems that are...
The Stream Team: Connecting the Pieces in Guild Wars 2
Between the giant twisted marionette and Scarlett's little lair, chapter 5 of Guild Wars 2's Living world Season 1 has been quite interesting to...
