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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Perfect Ten: 10 MMORPGs with creative idea hooks
There's so much blatant -- and lazy! -- copying in the world of entertainment and arts that anything novel is to be cherished. I've...
The Stream Team: Journey into the Bloodstone Maw in Guild Wars 2
Having just finished the mastery that was blocking her story progress, Massively OP's MJ is now able to continue Guild Wars 2's Living World...
Rumor: NCsoft may have canceled its unannounced Horizon MMO
For the last couple of years, we've had plenty of clues that Sony and NCsoft were collaborating on some sort of MMORPG in the...
Massively Overthinking: What will be your three most played MMOs in 2025?
So here we are at the top of another year, looking ahead at what we think we're going to play. Consider this week's Massively...
Guild Wars 2 delays January’s balance update into February
If you remember early November, which I realize feels like 10 years ago, ArenaNet released a roadmap for the rest of the Janthir Wilds...
End-of-Year Eleven: The MMOs with the most uncertain futures in 2025
I am the sort of person who derives no small amount of ongoing satisfaction from the idea that I have had an influence upon...
Blade & Soul, Lineage II, and Aion NA offer freebies for pre-registering to Blade & Soul NEO
Yesterday saw NCsoft take the wraps off of renewed plans to bring Blade & Soul NEO to the west, opening up both pre-registration for...
The Stream Team: Investigating Guild Wars 2’s Bloodstone Fen
After Eir's memorial, Massively OP's MJ boarded an airship... like anyone thought that was a good idea! After all, airship is synonymous with explosion...
Co-op open-world roguelite Hyper Light Breaker just launched into early access
Multiplayer fans looking for a dash of that old WildStar environmental vibe should take a look at Hyper Light Breaker, the sequel to 2016's...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 501: Moving, money, and modding
Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's new server plan, Stars Reach's Kickstarter plan, PlanetSide 2's limbo, Elder Scrolls Online's new DLC, and roadmaps for EverQuest and EverQuest II, with adventures in LOTRO, WoW Classic, Guild Wars 2, SWG Legends, and a ton of smaller games, plus a mailbag topics on modding and MMOs.
Interview: NCsoft America’s new CEO, Jeonghee Jin, on awakening the ‘sleeping giant in the West’
A few years ago, I attended Black Desert Online's Heidel Ball, one of the yearly events that Pearl Abyss holds to make major announcements for...
First Impressions: Multiplayer sandbox Aloft doesn’t revel in your misery – it relishes mystery
Cozy survival sandbox Aloft has been on our radar since last year, and as of tomorrow, it's officially moving from its public demo stage...
Aion Classic brings back Class Changes for a limited time
Aion Classic EU has been busy with a roadmap, so what's Aion Classic NA up to? Changing your class and your destiny, apparently.
Now, there...
Throne and Liberty’s Violetta’s Star battle pass is live with new morphs and cosmetics
We're very sorry to the men in Throne and Liberty who wish to dress up in sexy battle gear because the Violetta's Star battle...
Aion Classic EU’s first half of 2025 will bring a new content patch, server merges, and new and adjusted events
The new year is bringing some new goodies for fans of Aion Classic EU as Gameforge has laid out the first part of its...
Throne & Liberty’s latest update extends Startree Solstice quests, teases next battle pass
Throne & Liberty is back in action after the holidays with a fresh update that brings the game to 1.12.0. Servers went down at...
City of Heroes Homecoming offers a brief roadmap with two major updates planned for 2025
While City of Heroes Homecoming's license from NCsoft was big news last January, regular readers will know that after the initial rush of players...
End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2025 and beyond
As we turn the page on another fascinating year of MMORPG history, we cross into fresh territory. What lies ahead? Surprises, disappointments, and endless...
The Stream Team: Living the Guild Wars 2 Season 3 life
With holiday events over, Massively OP's MJ can return her focus to finishing up the Guild Wars 2 story. And to do that, she...
Massively OP Podcast: The 500th episode and writer roundtable
Justin, Bree, Chris, and Eliot host the annual roundtable and 500th episode of the show since the MOP reboot in 2015; they discuss the history of the podcast, fave MMOs from 2024, most anticipated games for 2025, highlights of MOP's awards series, the state of the site, and mailbag topics on Discord and MMO history podcasts.
