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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Blade and Soul will sell class changes for a modest $100 apiece
Sick of your class in Blade and Soul, but you don't want to reroll? Starting tomorrow, you will have another option: to pay for...
The Daily Grind: How much would you pay for a single MMO cosmetic?
A while back, I was fishing around trying to make my husband's Guild Wars 2 Catalyst look a little more elite in the current...
Here’s what to expect from this week’s Blade & Soul Unchained Chaos update
While Blade and Soul won't be seeing its next content update until Wednesday, March 16th, that doesn't mean that players can't get a headstart...
One Shots: My best buddy and me
One of the best parts of MMORPGs is when you make good friends while online. Of course, those are supposed to be human friends...
Massively Overthinking: How do alts fit into MMORPGs in 2022?
Last weekend, my play group took a second batch of Guild Wars 2 alts to Cantha, and we found ourselves a bit grumbly about...
Lineage II: Aden adds in the Vanguard class and new areas to fight through
For far too long you have had to suffer the problem in Lineage II: Aden wherein your van down by the river which you live...
Blade and Soul’s next update adds new Gunslinger spec, Demonsbane dungeon, and class swapping March 16
Next week will bring some Unchained Chaos to Blade and Soul, which is the name of the update arriving on Wednesday, March 16th, not...
Guild Wars 2 addresses Jade Sea meta mechanics and siege turtle acquisition
If you caught our piece about problematic expansion choices or listened to our End of Dragons-centric podcast this week, you already know about the...
The Stream Team: Doing some duo things in City of Heroes Homecoming
You know when inspiration strikes and you have a new character to build? That's what MOP's Chris experienced in City of Heroes' rogue server...
Perfect Ten: Favorite NPCs from my favorite MMOs
In a recent episode of the Massively OP Podcast, we had a terrific question winged our way asking about our personal favorite NPCs from...
Interview: Talking Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons’ soundtrack with lead composer Maclaine Diemer
Maclaine Diemer is the long-time lead composer for Guild Wars 2, with soundtrack credits going as far back as the very first Living World...
The Stream Team: End of Dragons Outreach in Guild Wars 2
Massively OP's MJ has traveled to Guild Wars 2's beautiful land of Cantha, but it is not for vacation! While she enjoys the beautiful...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 363: Cruising through Cantha
Colin, Justin, and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons launch, how the MMO industry has responded to Ukraine, SWTOR's botched LOTS rollout, Conan Chop Chop, and Swords of Legends Online's free to play rollout, with a mailbag topic on when MMO studios should pull the plug on a failed game.
Temtem preps Switch build and next update with PvP, mounts, and auction halls
Pokemon-inspired MMO Temtem made a big splash way back in 2018 when it soared through Kickstarter with nearly half a million dollars of gamer...
Isometric MMO Broken Ranks lays out content roadmap, raises funds for Ukrainian relief
We haven't touched base with Broken Ranks, that turn-based MMO which caught an awful lot of attention, since its somewhat chaotic launch in late...
The Daily Grind: What’s the quickest way to derail an MMO expansion?
I think that if I polled veteran MMORPG players about expansions that bombed, they'd probably point to Star Wars Galaxies' Trials of Obi-Wan and...
Guild Wars 2 dev confirms that End of Dragons does not mean the end of story content
It's perhaps a somewhat reasonable assumption that an expansion called End of Dragons would maybe mean that Guild Wars 2 is going to stop...
Fight or Kite: Lost Ark’s PvP is a well-designed experience for Lost Ark players
Lost Ark was a game that may as well have been vaporware for so many years. It plays basically like a Diablo game, although...
Guild Wars 2 outlines slight adjustments to End of Dragons’ Battle for the Jade Sea encounter
This might be entering spoiler territory, but the finale for Guild Wars 2: End of Dragons ends in a fight. I know, I know,...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO that you’re not playing?
The reality of the MMORPG genre is that even when the genre was small, there weren't enough hours in the day to play everything....
