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

Massively OP Podcast Episode 415: Don’t go into the Lightfall

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's update 36, Destiny 2's Lightfall, CCP's blockchain game, DDO's promo, Ship of Heroes on Steam, and the return of Alganon, with adventures in LOTRO, New World, WoW Classic, and City of Heroes, plus a pair of mailbag topics on AI tech in MMOs.

Guild Wars 2’s Super Adventure Box – and part of an unfinished World 3 – is live ahead of April Fools’ Day 2023

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Guild Wars 2's Super Adventure Festival is live for the April Fools' season as of today with all the usual features and tweaks. Players...

Aion Classic officially launches in Europe on April 12 – here’s Gameforge’s new trailer

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After a brief delay, Gameforge has officially announced today that Aion Classic will launch for the European playerbase on April 12th, following its 2021...

One Shots: Finding Mister Easter bunny

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Legend goes that if you listen carefully for the thump-thump-thump of its padded feet... if you look for the bright splashes of color hidden...

NCsoft hypes up its visual and AI engine tech in a trailer for narrative title Project M

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Our coverage of a trailer for a single-player game might seem like we've lost the plot on paper, but this is less about the...

Massively Overthinking: The times MMO developers admitted they were… wrong

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Earlier in March, Jagex did the unthinkable for an MMORPG company: It admitted it was wrong about something. If you're used to the Blizzards...

Ship of Heroes’ arrival on Steam is imminent as Heroic is still planning launch in 2023

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Earlier this year, we noted that superhero MMORPG Ship of Heroes was eyeing an arrival on Steam, and as of today, it's finally happening. Or...

One More Game’s multiplayer tactical game Spellcraft opens up its Steam alpha April 6

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Back in 2020, we covered the formation of a new fully remote company, One More Game, with a bunch of relevant names from MMOs...

The Daily Grind: Do you still craft in MMOs where crafting is pointless?

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I could swap out the words "craft" and "crafting" in the question in today's Daily Grind topic and I think the same point would...

The MOP Up: Guild Wars 2 reworks its Gyala Delve meta-event

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Guild Wars 2 pushed out a patch last week that adjusted how the Gyala Delve meta-event functions and doles out rewards. Part of this...

Global Chat: Are we gaming in the ‘Age of Diablo?’

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With Diablo II's remake on the market, Diablo III's continuing seasons, Diablo Immortal's patches, and Diablo IV on the way this summer, it's not...

Polish and illness have slightly delayed Gameforge’s launch of Aion Classic in Europe

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Last November, Gameforge and NCsoft finally announced that they would launch Aion Classic for the European version of the game, long after its 2021...
I LOVED YOU LIKE A BROTHER, ANAKIN!

Vague Patch Notes: How WildStar’s first dungeon killed me

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This is the story of a girl who ran a dungeon in WildStar's world, and while it looks all right in photographs, I absolutely...
Remember me? Someone is hoping you don't!

Perfect Ten: 10 pieces of striking MMO cover art

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Earlier this year, MMO Folklorist posted a rather intriguing article about the 10 best MMO box art designs -- at least in his opinion....

NCSoft unveils a mobile and PC MMORTS codenamed Project G

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NCsoft is once again entering an MMO sub-genre at an arguably later point in time, though we also have to admit that there is...

The Stream Team: Towers and toxic spores in Guild Wars 2

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It took Massively OP's MJ a long while to finally complete enough events to continue Chapter 4 of Guild Wars 2's Living World Season...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 413: Kentucky fried gaming

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Justin and Bree discuss Bellatores, Final Fantasy XIV, Ghostcrawler and the Riot MMO, WoW's patches, Diablo IV's promos, and Star Citizen, with adventures in LOTRO, Star Trek Online, and City of Heroes, plus mailbag topics on humble characters and healer aesthetics.

The Soapbox: Hating on the competition is no way to promote an MMO

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Recently, RIFT was back in the news, offering free subscription time to new and returning players. While I salute Gamigo's generosity here, whenever the topic...

Escape from Tarkov names-and-shames thousands of cheaters in a Google doc

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Ah, welcome to Friday evening, folks, and a video game doing a little bit o' name-and-shame on some dastardly cheaters. The game is multiplayer shooter...

NCsoft is launching Battle Crush, a new MOBA, to PC, Switch, and mobile this year

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Last night, NCsoft announced a new game: Battle Crush. I actually had to read the press release twice when it hit my inbox because...

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