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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End-of-Year Eleven: The best MMO expansions and updates of 2022
One of the underrated aspects of being an MMO player is that our games get more updates and expansions than almost any other type...
The Stream Team: Who will win the Wintersday race in Guild Wars 2?
Massively OP's MJ learned that Chris has never experienced Wintersday in Guild Wars 2, so she invited him to join in the holiday celebration....
Massively OP Podcast Episode 401: The holly jollies
Justin and Bree discuss MMO winter holidays, Chris Metzen's return to WoW, WoW's trading post, Blizzard still hunting for a China publisher, My.Games leaving Russia, and Elder Scrolls Online altering its annual roadmap, with a voice mail topic on the Twitch drops phenomenon.
Choose My Adventure: All the MMOs you made us play in 2022
This has been a pretty challenging year for a lot of reasons, and my 2022 in Choose My Adventure certainly didn't feel any different...
Throne and Liberty teases ‘director’s preview’ coming next week
One of the biggest MMORPG projects on the horizon is still one of the most mysterious. We've been eager to see what NCsoft does...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO boasts the best graphics as of 2022?
Last year, I singled out Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons - then already on our horizon - as being worthy of the "best...
One Shots: Watching the firelog show
What did people and hobbits used to do before you could stream a fireplace on your television? Apparently, they hacked up tree corpses, dragged...
City of Heroes’ Rebirth and Homecoming rogue servers kick off their respective holiday events
Christmas has come to the rogue servers of City of Heroes, and whether you're looking for some classic festivities or a seasonal event with...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2023
Nobody can see the future, but it sure is fun guessing, and that's exactly what we're going to do for (to?) the MMO genre...
Guild Wars 2 says that 2022 saw more new players than any year since 2015
It's been quite the year for Guild Wars 2 -- and ArenaNet wants you to know it. The hard-working studio took a moment to...
Aion celebrates the season with a Winter Park for EU players and item-filled meal kits for NA fans
It's time to celebrate the festive season in Aion EU, and that means it's time once more for the MMORPG to open a special...
Guild Wars 2 has already reverted the partial post-processing changes it made yesterday
Buried in the patch notes of yesterday's Guild Wars 2 Wintersday patch were notes about post-processing settings that seemed innocuous but turned out to...
The Stream Team: Sinking a navy in Guild Wars 2
Of the three plans Massively OP's MJ could choose in her fight against Guild Wars 2's Zhaitan, she selected to cripple his navy. She'll...
Choose My Adventure: Hitting my stride in another round of Guild Wars 2 Tyria mapping
I was almost certain our last Choose My Adventure vote would be a blowout one way or the other, but you fine folks had...
Guild Wars 2’s Wintersday is live with new weapon skins and a fluffy turtle
Wintersday has returned to Tyria with the launch of today's Guild Wars 2 update. Per tradition, Toymaker Tixx is back with cosmetics, snowballs, and...
The Daily Grind: What was the best new zone added to an MMO in 2022?
This is one of my favorite end-of-the-year Daily Grinds because new zones are one of my favorite things in MMOs. I just never get...
One Shots: Make yourself at home!
You all know that we here at the One Shots Studyological Laboratories are partial to pictures of player housing. This goes doubly for any...
The Daily Grind: Which MMO studio had the best dev communication in 2022?
Last year, ArenaNet took my nod for best developer communication. It's been solid all year. Really, any MMO putting out regular blog posts and...
Airship Syndicate reveals Wayfinder, a gorgeous multiplayer RPG inspired by MMOs
It almost went unnoticed at this year's TennoCon thanks to the big reveal of Soulframe and Warframe's latest content round, but Digital Extremes actually...
Vague Patch Notes: MMO design is not value-neutral
It's rare for me to find myself actively yelling at my computer screen while watching something, but it does happen every so often. The...
