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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.

Jade is health! Maybe.

Guild Wars 2 players have cleared 41M fractals in the last eight years according to infographic

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While the crux of the 10 year anniversary for Guild Wars 2 is primarily being marked by a Steam launch and presents for players,...
Shooty tooty.

GeForce NOW adds Guild Wars 2 and Destiny 2 to its streaming lineup

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Feeling the urge to take on some new streaming MMOs via GeForce NOW? Good news: The cloud gaming service has just added 13 titles...

The Stream Team: Guild Wars 2’s Snargle needs more inspiration

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Last week, Guild Wars 2's Snargle expressed that he needed more inspiration for his, uh, stories. As Massively OP's MJ has no intention of...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 386: Lord of Lord of the Rings Online

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Justin and Bree discuss LOTRO's mini-expansion and IP rights, Dual Universe, Mad World, Wrath Classic's prepatch, Alganon's return, and Guild Wars 2's Steam launch, with adventures in LOTRO, CoH, SWGL, and RIFT, plus a mailbag question on Ultima Online New Legacy.

Guild Wars 2 celebrates a decade online with 16M players, Steam launch, and birthday gifts

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Guild Wars 2's anniversary hoopla and Steam rollout are underway today as planned, and it's got plenty of gifts in store. We checked out the...
I'm purely decorative!

City of Heroes Homecoming’s Issue 27 Page 4 goes live with its new music-wielding powersets

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The testing phase has ended, and the live update is now available for the Homecoming rogue server of City of Heroes. Issue 27 Page...

One Shots: Tower of Final Phantasy

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When a popular game comes out, expect to see a whole bunch of pictures of it slathered across the One Shots comments section! That's...

Battle Bards Episode 215: Lineage W

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Maybe you’ve never heard of Lineage W, a 2021 spin-off of NCsoft’s long-running franchise. But after today’s Battle Bards episode, you’ll have heard its...
Ladies.

Vague Patch Notes: The perils of comparing MMOs to each other

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So the other day I read perhaps the worst Tower of Fantasy review I could have possibly read. It was most certainly not the...
I'm definitely an elf!

Perfect Ten: 10 MMOs that took aim at World of Warcraft

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The fact that we currently have a Big Five in the MMO space is a big change from not so long ago, when the...

The Stream Team: Searching for Snargle stories in Guild Wars 2

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When Massively OP's MJ first met Guild Wars 2's Snargle, she was unable to continue her talks with him and start the book collecting...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 385: Dungeons & Delays

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Justin and Bree discuss NCsoft, Aion 2, Guild Wars 2, Throne & Liberty, Nightingale, Path of Exile 2, and DDO, with adventures in SWG Legends, LOTRO, and RIFT, plus mailbag topics on playable pandas and MMO housekeeping.
City!

Guild Wars 2 is finally launching on Steam next week – just in time for its 10th birthday

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So you folks remember when Guild Wars 2 was planning to launch on Steam, right? It was originally announced way back in 2020 and...

The Daily Grind: Is the MMO genre thriving in scarcity?

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I want to talk about the MMO genre in the meta sense for a sec this morning. Every time I see another game pivot...
I guess.

Aion Classic’s August patch will ‘increase drop rates across the board’

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If you're an Aion fan, will you do me a solid? Hop down to the comments and let me know if you're looking forward...

One Shots: A salute to the world’s pylon-proppers

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Heroes come in many shapes, forms, and professions. While nobody typically thinks of them, the pylon-proppers are always selflessly keeping virtual world docks from...

Guild Wars 2’s August 23 balance patch diversifies power and support builds for several specs

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Yet another balance pass is coming to Guild Wars 2 on Tuesday, August 23rd, and once again ArenaNet has decided to give players a...

The Stream Team: Taking the next personal story step in Guild Wars 2

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MOP's Chris is once again continuing his journey through Guild Wars 2 as his Elementalist now takes on the next part of her personal...

NCsoft Q2 2022: Throne and Liberty delayed to 2023, Aion 2 in dev, Guild Wars 2 booming

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If you were skeptical about NCsoft's Q1 financial report and its confidence about still managing to get Throne and Liberty out the door in...
We have Thanos at home.

Massively Overthinking: What’s so bad about comfort zones in MMOs?

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If you've been following the MMORPG meta for a long time, particularly in World of Warcraft, you know there's corner of the industry convinced...

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