ncsoft

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: A completely accurate 10-point summary of MMO history

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History! Let's be real here, it's pretty damn boring. No one cares about it, and it all happened beforehand, so why is any of...

Guild Wars 2 reveals the bunny-thumping Untamed, the Ranger’s End of Dragons elite spec

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Today's Guild Wars 2 End of Dragons elite spec reveal is going to be of particular note to Classic Guild Wars fans: It's the...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 343: Mysterious and spoopy

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Justin and Bree discuss Halloween MMOs, Path of Exile, Star Trek Online, Book of Travels' early access, DDO's freebies, LOTRO's latest patch, and the FFXIV Endwalker media tour, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, New World, and Book of Travels, plus a mailbag question on orbital video game enjoyment.

Guild Wars 2 introduces the Thief’s End of Dragons elite spec, the scepter-wielding Specter

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Now here's a Guild Wars 2 elite specialization that's perfectly suited for the Halloween season: the Specter. Announced this morning, the Specter is the...

The Daily Grind: Do you actually use the ‘walk’ option in MMOs?

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Movement in New World has been a bit of a weird reverse learning curve if you're using to wide range of movement in MMOs...

Lineage II is adding a new talisman, new zones, and the Sigel Death Knight class October 20

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On Wednesday, October 20th, players of human male characters in Lineage II are going to have a spooky new class to play. It's presumed...

Vitae Aeternum: Did New World’s morph to full MMORPG hamstring its PvP?

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Leading up to New World’s original launch, I had virtually no interest in playing. Even after Amazon Games pulled the ol’ switcheroo and added...

Aion Classic adds new quests and instances in the 1.5 update, challenges players to a server first race

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The progression server of Aion Classic has gotten some new content. Well, new to the server content - this stuff already arrived to the...

Massively Overthinking: What’s the most painful or memorable bug you ever experienced in an MMO?

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Witnessing all the folks upset over losing gear and trades to rollbacks over and over in Diablo II Resurrected made me reflect on some...

Guild Wars 2 dates livestream previews of End of Dragons zones, expansion features, and siege turtles

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Hold up, the End of Dragons expansion of Guild Wars 2 is getting siege turtles? Like... giant tortoises mounted with siege weaponry stomping onto...

Former ArenaNet boss Jeff Strain’s new gaming company is called Possibility Space

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There's a new games studio in town: Possibility Space, led by veteran game executive Jeff Strain. Strain, of course, is best known to MMORPG...

City of Heroes Rebirth rogue server celebrates Halloween and the Day of the Dead

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When you're a superhero, every day is a costume party -- but not every day gives you candy for free, alas. So it's still...

Lineage W announces November 4 launch and answers player questions in a video showcase

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This past August we reported on Lineage W, another version of the long-running Lineage franchise that was first announced for mobile but later announced...

Massively OP Podcast Episode 342: From New World to Old Camelot

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Justin and Chris discuss New World, LOTRO, Guild Wars 2, World of Warcraft, and Dark Age of Camelot, with adventures in Elder Scrolls Online, LOTRO, and New World, plus mailbag topics on polling MMO players, out-of-game MMO promos, and 'managed decline' works for MMOs.
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Guild Wars 2 starts rolling out the Icebrood Saga in Living World Return starting on October 19

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Are you eager to get into Guild Wars 2's Icebrood Saga but don't feel like shelling out the money necessary to get access to every...

Guild Wars 2 provides a tour of Shing Jea Island in latest livestream

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Guild Wars 2 fans have to wait until February for End of Dragons to arrive. That seems like a long time. Hopefully, the latest...

Massively Overthinking: How long are you willing to wait in an MMO queue?

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New World has made headlines since the moment it launched for its excessive queues, but it's hardly the only MMO ever - or even...
Glade and bhoul.

Blade & Soul brings its Blade & Ghoul events around for another season of Halloween fun

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It's the spookiest time conceivable for Blade & Soul once again as the annual Blade & Ghoul events roll onto the live servers once more....

Aion EU releases patch notes and a livestream for the 8.0 update

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The 8.0 update for Aion has been the talk of the game for a while now, both for the EU and NA versions, and...

NCsoft is finally launching Lineage2M in the west this winter

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Lineage2M is finally launching on our shores, and we don't even have long to wait: NCsoft announced this morning that it will launch the...

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